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The second edition of the Sound & Gravity music festival, the new event helmed by longtime Pitchfork Music Festival producer ...

Expo Chicago’s 2026 edition will present over 130 galleries from around the world in a new format that “reflects a ...

This past year, “audiences gravitated to exhibitions that encouraged people to linger and engage with one another,” Hans ...

Persistent low attendance and funding cuts are forcing U.S. museums to think local,” reports The Art Newspaper. “Institutions ...

Teatro ZinZanni will close its Chicago show on January 31. Teatro ZinZanni is currently exploring all possibilities for both ...

Gary Gulley, owner of Alarmist Brewing, “has been brewing on the Far Northwest Side since 2015. The taproom opened on Peterson Avenue in 2017,” reports Block Club. Alarmist Brewing will close on ...

“At Bally’s behest, State Representative Kam Buckner introduced a bill that would give Bally’s until September, 2027 to open ...

AQUARIUS: You are a spy from the future.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to trek to the summit of Mount Everest. They both said later that the climb down ...