New renderings show a grass-terraced amphitheater, boat dock and public riverwalk rising across from the existing venue.

Chicago's first interactive sewing museum opens Saturday in Avondale, with machines dating to the 1800s and a workshop out back.

Flags honoring Harold Washington, Dinah Washington and others now ring a 1904 statue in Washington Park.

Anne Akiko Meyers brings a mariachi-inspired concerto to Chicago through Saturday, October 17, 2026.

Good Fellow Lodge welcomes visitors again after decades shut, with workers uncovering a hidden 1941 time capsule inside its walls.

The Skokie museum's new core galleries add stories of non-Jewish victims and Chicagoan Leo Edelman, plus a Hollywood blacklist exhibit this winter.

Comedy Plex hosts its second Funny Is Female festival Oct. 22-25, with headliners Marina Franklin and Ariel Elias leading a four-day run in Oak Park.

Chicago's longest-running AAPI comedy troupe returns for two nights, with roots tracing back to Steven Yeun and Danny Pudi.

The Sister Act vocal coach and former Chicago schoolteacher marks 50 years in music with a State Street signing and a Wheaton concert.

Nelson Aviles built a nonprofit to get tattoos off convention floors and into fine-art galleries. Fifteen artists show healed work Friday night.

St. Simeon Mirotočivi, built on swampland by Serbian mill workers, could win preliminary landmark protection next month.

Samuel “Savoirfaire” Williams busks in O'Hare's echoing tunnels seven days a week — and owns 17 albums most travelers never suspect.

Designers from across the globe hit the runway at Bar Sol on Navy Pier this weekend, pairing fashion with diplomacy and civic causes.