“At Bally’s behest, State Representative Kam Buckner introduced a bill that would give Bally’s until September, 2027 to open ...

How Former New York Times’ Restaurant Critic Pete Wells Broke His “Years-Long Binge” ...

The musical was inspired by Georges Seurat’s painting, “A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte,” and Bailey and ...

Look for Newcity’s January 2026 print edition at over 300 Chicago-area locations this week or subscribe to the print edition ...

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced programming for the company’s forty-eighth season’s Winter Series, running ...

The Chicago Architecture Biennial has extended its exhibition at 840 North Michigan, part of “SHIFT: Architecture in Times of ...

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Eleven Chicago museums are participating in the first-ever Chicago Museum Member Swap. From January 29–February 1, members of ...

On Saturday, January 17, Chicago-born poet Edward Hirsch and Professor Joanna Trzeciak Huss will discuss his “My Childhood In ...

Year Zero,” a new book published by the Renaissance Society, has grown out of the Chicago-based artist’s 2024 exhibition at the institution: “The book tugs at loops in American culture, from iconic ...

As I make my way through the blizzard to the Blue Line’s Logan Square stop, seven pigeons are huddled on Evelyn Longman’s giant eagle sculpture atop the Illinois Centennial Monument. It’s a Thursday ...

It’s a Friday afternoon and two young men from the suburbs are looking for a place to crash later that night, after hitting up the bars in Andersonville and Uptown. A friend recommended The Lodge ...