Review: Hiromi and Brandee Younger are sonic wonders for SCP Jazz
Symphony Center sold out on Friday to hear Younger's trio and pianist Hiromi Uehara in a double bill.
Entertainment
Featured
Review: Canellakis and a mixed CSO concert is a reminder of the orchestra’s staffing challenges
Let’s hear it for substitute musicians. Without them, many a Chicago Symphony concert this year...
For this year’s Record Store Day, our definitive guide to Chicago record stores
Here's our list of the 15 finest, plus another half dozen honorable mentions. In an...
Arts
New museum in Pullman to recognize role of Black women in labor movement
A Ladies Auxiliary Women’s History Museum is planned near the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Pullman.
Books
Biblioracle: Ron Currie Jr.’s latest novel is the dark but inviting ‘Savage, Noble Death of Babs Dionne’
Babs Dionne's world is much smaller than the planet, but to her it's everything, and her death is truly a combination of savage and noble, a perfect description of the novel itself.
Movies
UK police charge comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault
British police on Friday charged comedian Russell Brand with rape and sexual assault after an investigation sparked by complaints from several women.
TV and Streaming
Deborah Norville leaving ‘Inside Edition’ after 30 years
Deborah Norville is leaving the daily show after 30 years, but promised viewers she has "exciting things in the works."
Theater
Review: In ‘Good Night, and Good Luck’ on Broadway, here’s George Clooney with an urgent bulletin
To his credit, he disappears into the role of CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow, on stage here in a prescient McCarthy-era story masterfully told by director David Cromer.
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Wrigley Field debuts menu with jibaritos, baseball doughnuts and fried ranch bombs
This year, baseball fans at Wrigley Field can enjoy new items such as doughnuts in the shape of a baseball, jibarito sandwiches and lobster rolls.
Music and Concerts
Review: With a sold-out show at United Center, Deftones are bigger than they’ve ever been
The modern reassessment of late ‘90s nu metal has played a role in the band’s seemingly sudden resurgence, but where Lollapalooza headliner Korn’s popularity seems rooted in nostalgia, interest in Deftones is brimming with serious adoration.
Travel
Montevideo, Uruguay: 50,000 steps in a city where the sidewalk never ends
The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla serves as an outdoor living room for locals and as an antidote to visitors' winter blues.
Museums
Chicago historian Shermann ‘Dilla’ Thomas planning future with DuSable Museum after being laid off by ComEd
Thomas is starting to settle into a new role as the brand ambassador and chief of social media for the Washington Park institution.
Home and Garden
For cherry blossoms, choose carefully
The Japanese cherry trees that bloom in a cloud of pink in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., rarely thrive in this area.
Recipes
The Kitchn: The ridiculously simple 15-minute dinner I make at least once a week
As much as I love a double-digit-step recipe with more ingredients than I can count on my two hands (looking at you, Beef Wellington), that’s not realistic for every night (let alone weekly!). Sometimes you just need a simple recipe...
Fashion
These NCAA Tournament styles stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers
The styles of Notre Dame's Niele Ivey, LSU’s Kim Mulkey, Alabama’s Nate Oaks and South Carolina’s Dawn Staley stand out in a sea of coaches in team polo shirts and quarter-zip pullovers.
Entertainment
What to do around Chicago: Parade in Greektown, ‘La La Land in Concert’ and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in Rosemont
Also around the area this weekend, Franz Ferdinand plays the Vic and a former director of the Human Rights Watch speaks as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival.