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Riot Fest is coming to Douglass Park to bring fans and artists together for three days, September 15-17, for the annual celebration of music.

Charles Newell, who has been the artistic director of the Court Theater in Chicago since 1994, announced on Friday that he will step down as artistic director next summer after 30 years of work. “This is a good time for me to look for my next challenge,” Newell, 66, said. …

Fresh from Alaska and buoyed by an afternoon visit from Lin-Manuel Miranda, the cast of “Hamilton,” the only production currently touring America, opened in Chicago on Thursday night, marking the show’s first return to the city it conquered in 2016. At the time, “Hamilton” ran for 1,365 performances in just …

Mike Veeck had a documentary to promote, but he couldn’t start without thinking about something. “What’s going on with my White Sox?” He asked. “Dude, they’re killing me.” I told Veeck that the situation was worse than he could have imagined. The man who gave us the Disco Destruction riot …

In April 1981, a year before “Making Love” and “Personal Best” cautiously ventured into the world of mainstream studio dramas featuring queer and bisexual characters, Brenda Webb, managing director of Chicago Filmmakers, launched a festival known as Reeling. By most accounts, this is the second-oldest LGBTQ+ film festival in the …

“Dumb Money” takes us back to a time in American history, the year 2020, when Reddit and YouTube semi-famous Keith Gill soared poor little GameStop shares to incredible heights. He did this from his basement in Brockton, Massachusetts. Played with easy and engaging direction by Paul Dano, Gill has garnered …

This weekend there’s the Englewood Jazz Festival, Riot Fest, the Mexican Independence Day Parade, and monster trucks in Rosemont with all kinds of arts and entertainment. On Tribune critic Hannah Edgar’s list The best jazz events of autumnThe lineup includes saxophonists Isaiah Collier and The Chosen Few, vibraphonist Joel Ross, …

Three works of art believed to have been stolen from a Jewish art collector and artist during the Holocaust were seized from museums in three different states by New York law enforcement. All of Austrian Expressionist Egon Schiele’s works were previously owned by cabaret artist and songwriter Fritz Grünbaum, who …

In New York, where emotions are inhibited and true feelings are seen as signs of weakness, Noah Haidle’s play “Birthday Candles” was dismissed by most critics when it opened on Broadway last year. I was different. Almost as strong as the one I have. To me, “Birthday Candles” is why …

Director, star and moustachioed Kenneth Branagh and screenwriter Michael Green return for their third Agatha Christie collaboration with “A Haunting in Venice.” It is clearly the most satisfying of the trio, which begins with Branagh’s “Murder on the Orient Express” (2017) and is followed by “Death on the Nile” (2022). …