3+ week, 2+ day ago  (315+ words) As William Beckett took the stage at Madison Square Garden in 2024, it all came rushing back. "It was just so cool to reconnect with them and to see how much hasn't changed from the VFW Hall days," Beckett recently said…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (534+ words) An artist's rendering of the gaming floor at the permanent Bally's Chicago casino site. Renderings of Bally's permanent Chicago casino offer early looks at the poker room and gaming floor that could welcome gamblers next year. Interior renderings of the…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (147+ words) Nearly 20 years after the release of "Welcome to the Black Parade," My Chemical Romance is back on the road in celebration of that landmark album. The 2006 concept album, which shot back onto multiple charts recently, follows the story of a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (297+ words) Taylor Swift is not playing the Field Museum in May. But it felt like she might be, after people trying to book tickets online for the Pok'mon Fossil Museum exhibit, opening May 22, spent hours and hours in a virtual line…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago  (360+ words) Julian Davis Reid sat down behind the piano in WBEZ and Vocalo's Studio 10 to perform three songs from his new album "Vocation." When he first sat down behind a set of keys, Julian Davis Reid quickly learned the piano was…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (760+ words) Klaus M'kel', conductor, and pianist Yunchan Lim take a bow during a Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concert on Dec. 18, 2025. A beloved Beethoven symphony and two recent works inspired by the famed composer. A 21-year-old pianist enjoying a skyrocketing career. And Klaus…...

4+ mon, 12+ hour ago  (720+ words) After several packed lakefront pop-up shows this summer, local band Hollyy released their debut full-length album "The Weight of This Heart" on Dec. 12. Courtesy of Miles Kalchik Chicago soul band Hollyy released their debut album last week. They're celebrating this…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago  (281+ words) Cameron Winter performs Tuesday at Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park. Just who is Cameron Winter and where on earth did he come from? Winter's grip on the music industry has been so intense, some would…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (617+ words) Rhian Teasdale pf British indie rockers Wet Leg performs Tuesday at the Aragon Ballroom as part of Q101s Twisted 2025 holiday concert series. Before all was said and done at Q101s Twisted Xmas kickoff Tuesday night, there was a marriage proposal at the…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (576+ words) A man plays a sweepstakes machine at a Shell gas station at 7138 N. Sheridan Road in Rogers Park. You've probably seen them around Chicago, especially in less affluent neighborhoods, in formerly vacant storefronts, convenience shops and gas stations. They're known to…...