Articles filed under Chicago
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Sound check: 'Local Band' premiere puts Chicago, suburban musicians on the big screenAug 30, 2023 6:00 am - Dan Stewart, guitarist and singer for Chicago rock band Damager, gives the local music scene grind the gravity it deserves in “Local Band,” a feature-length film he dire...
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Best bets: Pentatonix, Elgin Fringe Festival, Greta Van Fleet, Shedd after-hoursAug 30, 2023 6:00 am - Happy Fringe-y birthday The Elgin Fringe Festival returns for its 10th year with even more cutting-edge performances. Built around Fringe Central at the Side Street Stud...
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Illinois leaders call on Biden to let state sponsor migrant workersAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - Elected officials and business leaders in Illinois are calling on President Joe Biden to ease work restrictions for asylum-seekers and other long-term undocumented worke...
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Blue supermoon doesn't disappoint: A few views from the suburbsAug 30, 2023 1:00 am - The second full moon of August rose Wednesday night, making for a spectacular sight in the suburbs. Wednesday's blue moon also was a supermoon, which means that it was a...
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TV news crew robbed at gunpoint in ChicagoAug 29, 2023 1:00 am - Members of a Univision Chicago TV news crew were robbed at gunpoint early Monday in West Town as they were reporting on a recent rash of armed robberies. The reporter an...
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Chicago police are investigating a shooting at White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate FieldAug 26, 2023 1:00 am - Two women were injured Friday night in a shooting during a White Sox baseball game at Guaranteed Rate Field. Chicago police say a 42-year-old woman sustained a gunshot w...
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Rhiannon Giddens is as much scholar as musician. Now, she's showing her saucy side on a new album.Aug 25, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Most people familiar with singer Rhiannon Giddens know her scholarly side. She won a MacArthur “genius grant” for her work making sure the contributions of Bl...
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4 things to watch when the Bears face the Bills in Saturday's preseason finaleAug 25, 2023 1:00 am - The Bears have one last tuneup. They will take on the Buffalo Bills during their third and final preseason game Saturday at Soldier Field. Justin Fields and the starters...
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'GMA' will stop in Chicago Monday on its 'United States of Tacos' tourAug 24, 2023 11:00 pm - Chicago will be the first stop on the “United States of Tacos” series Monday morning as “Good Morning America” goes on a four-city tour looking for the country's top tac...
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Madigan's former chief of staff convicted of perjury, obstruction bidAug 24, 2023 1:00 am - Tim Mapes, who spent two decades as the chief of staff to Illinois' once-powerful House Speaker Michael Madigan, has been convicted of perjury and attempted obstruction ...