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Pokémon fans swamp the Field Museum’s website on day 1 of tickets sales for exhibit in May
1+ hour, 51+ min 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…...
Julian Davis Reid performs live from WBEZ’s Studio 10
1+ mon, 3+ week 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…...
Pairing of two young classical supernovas – Klaus Mäkelä and pianist Yunchan Lim — thrills beyond the Beethoven
2+ mon, 2+ 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…...
Chicago band Hollyy performs songs from their long-awaited debut album at Thalia Hall this weekend
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Review: Cameron Winter commands Rockefeller Chapel as crowd remains dutifully reverent in intimate show
2+ mon, 2+ week 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…...
Review: Wet Leg packs a powerful punch while AJR brings the party to kick off Q101’s annual holiday blowout
2+ mon, 3+ 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…...
Chicago loses with illegal 'sweepstakes' machines
3+ mon, 3+ 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…...
Review: Neko Case receives warm welcome back to Chicago at Salt Shed show
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (736+ words) Neko Case performs at the Salt Shed on Thursday. The singer-songwriter, who lived in Chicago in the late "90s and early "00s, is on tour in support of her latest album "Neon Grey Midnight Green." Neko Case may not be a Chicago…...
Pokémon GO Fest returning to Grant Park next year
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (292+ words) Pok'mon GO trainers gather in Grant Park for Pok'mon GO Fest on July 22, 2017. Max Herman/For the Sun-Times Pok'mon GO Fest will return to Grant Park next year for the first time since 2019. The augmented reality game captured millions of…...
Chicago musician Makaya McCraven, a drummer who makes musical time capsules, releases four new EPs
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (367+ words) Makaya McCraven's approach to the new EPs was to loop licks so that they become steady as a hip-hop producer's beats and layer elaborations upon the produced version in live performances. "I'm trying to just make music as a modern…...