Classical, Music, Reviews, Today

Review: The CSO Under the Baton of Karina Canellakis Delivers the Goods

What kind of concert starts with an 11-minute introductory piece that ends up getting two ovations? A Chicago Symphony Orchestra concert that opens with Brio by Chicago-based composer Augusta Read […]

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Front page, Today

Journalists and Friends Rally to Save the Chicago Reader

Current and former staff of the Chicago Reader, alongside friends and fans of the 51 year-old independent Chicago alt-weekly, members of organized labor, and others rallied in front of Reader […]

Aaron Cynic /
Classical, Music, Previews, Reviews, Today

Review/Preview: Guarneri Hall’s Warm Sound Enhances Night 1 of Beethoven Cello Sonatas

Cellist Oliver Herbert and Pianist Xiaohui Yang offered lively and engrossing performances of two of Ludwig van Beethoven’s sonatas for cello and piano last night at Guarneri Hall. It was […]

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Photography, Today

In Pictures: Chicagohenge 2021

As summer comes to a close and fall breezes in with the equinox, Chicagoans are treated to a spectacular sunrise and sunset for a few days. Colloquially known as “Chicagohenge,” […]

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Front page, Today

Third Coast Review to Participate in 2nd Chicago Indie Media Fundraiser

Do you love your local media? We think most Chicagoans appreciate our community’s array of local sources—neighborhood papers like the South Side Weekly and Bronzeville Life, specialized community papers like […]

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Soapbox, Today

Essay: Haymarket Voices Have Echoed in the Streets for 135 Years

May Day is a Chicago tradition, one that goes back to 1886. It’s woven into the city’s DNA, part of the bones of the big shoulders that hold up the […]

Aaron Cynic /
Soapbox, Today

Call It by Its Name: Wednesday Was a Fascist Riot

Wednesday left us in shock. Rioters stormed up the steps, climbed up the walls of the U.S. Capitol, broke windows and battered through doors to get into the building. Then […]

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Today

Chicagoans Celebrate Biden/Harris Victory, Trump Defeat

Celebrations erupted all over the Chicagoland area on Saturday as the news came in that former Vice President Joe Biden is now the president elect of the United States.  After […]

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Today

Voter Turnout in the 2020 Election Could Shatter Several Records

The 2020 election cycle has already broken multiple records in the Chicagoland area, and once all the votes are counted, could set a few others.  The Chicago Board of Election […]

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Art & Museums, Design, Today

Button, Button: This Northside Activist Is Making Tiny Political Works of Art

Kimberly Walz’s first political activism was campaigning for the bluegill to be Illinois’ state fish in 1986. She was a fifth grader in Freeport, Illinois, when she realized she could […]

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Gallery, Photography, Today

In Pictures: Chicagohenge 2020

Twice a year—on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes where the sun hangs directly above the equator—Chicago gets a spectacular light show at sunrise and sunset. Dubbed “Chicagohenge,” the effect is […]

Aaron Cynic /
Front page, Today

Trump’s Visit to Kenosha Brings Expected Results

Despite requests to avoid the area, Trump made a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, Tuesday. As predicted, the arrival of Air Force One at Waukegan National Airport and the eventual presidential […]

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