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  • Chicago Repertory Ballet Presents the World Premiere of ‘The Capulets’ November 7-16, 2025
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BalletDanceSummer 2025

Joffrey’s Winning Works Celebrates 15 Years

February 21, 2025 Fred Cummings
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ArtMuseumsSummer 2025

Hyde Park Art Center to Present Solo Exhibition of Kuwait-Iraqi Artist Farah Salem

February 21, 2025 Isaac Jacobs
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DanceSummer 2025

Parson Dance to Return to The Auditorium After 30 Year Absence

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
Orion Ensemble Announces Opening of its 33rd Season with Original Huydts works, Mozart, and Brahms on September 21-28, 2025
Classical Music

Orion Ensemble Announces Opening of its 33rd Season with Original Huydts works, Mozart, and Brahms on September 21-28, 2025

August 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
Bella Voce Presents ‘Lost Objects’ to Open the Ear Taxi Festival on October 3, 2025
ChoirClassical Music

Bella Voce Presents ‘Lost Objects’ to Open the Ear Taxi Festival on October 3, 2025

August 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
Chicago Repertory Ballet Presents the World Premiere of ‘The Capulets’ November 7-16, 2025
Ballet

Chicago Repertory Ballet Presents the World Premiere of ‘The Capulets’ November 7-16, 2025

August 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
Elmhurst Art Museum presents ‘Shakkei:  Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust’ September 6, 2025 – January 4, 2026
Museums

Elmhurst Art Museum presents ‘Shakkei:  Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust’ September 6, 2025 – January 4, 2026

August 14, 2025 Fred Cummings

MusicView All

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Presents Annual Mandala Makers Festival, September 5-7, 2025
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Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Presents Annual Mandala Makers Festival, September 5-7, 2025

July 26, 2025 Fred Cummings

Chicago’s Mandala South Asian Performing Arts continues celebrating 10 years of connecting audiences with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the

Chicago a Capella
Music

Chicago a cappella presents “Jazz a cappella” March 29-April 6

March 6, 2025 Fred Cummings
CYSO Spanish Rhapsody Gala 2025
Classical MusicMusic

Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras Gala, “Spanish Rhapsody” Raises $500K

March 5, 2025 Fred Cummings
Music Institute Gala to Honor Paquito D’Rivera with Dushkin Award
Classical MusicMusic

Music Institute Gala to Honor Paquito D’Rivera with Dushkin Award

February 24, 2025 Fred Cummings
Riccardo Muti Conducts the CSO
Classical MusicMusic

Riccardo Muti Leads The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Distinguished Soloists in Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” in June

February 20, 2025 David Henley
Paul Simon
Music

Paul Simon Announces New Spring/Summer US Tour

February 20, 2025 David Henley

Film

Andersonville’s Community Garden Project, Aville Grows, Hosts Free Outdoor Screening of ‘James and the Giant Peach’ on Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Andersonville’s Community Garden Project, Aville Grows, Hosts Free Outdoor Screening of ‘James and the Giant Peach’ on Tuesday, August 12, 2025

July 31, 2025 Patrick Curran

Chicago’s Andersonville Chamber of Commerce (ACC) and the Andersonville Sustainable Community Alliance (ASCA) plan to host a free community screening of Disney’s family-friendly film James

‘BTS ARMY:  FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG’ Theatrical Release Announced for July 30, 2025
Film

‘BTS ARMY: FOREVER WE ARE YOUNG’ Theatrical Release Announced for July 30, 2025

July 28, 2025 Fred Cummings
Sonya Chung to Step Down as Director of Film Forum
Film

Sonya Chung to Step Down as Director of Film Forum

July 23, 2025 Fred Cummings
Still from Peter Hujar’s Day
FilmSundance

Sundance 2025 Film “Peter Hujar’s Day” Acquired by Sideshow and Janus

February 5, 2025 Fred Cummings

Theater

Paramount Theatre Earns 26 Jeff Award Nominations
AwardsTheater

Paramount Theatre Earns 26 Jeff Award Nominations

August 14, 2025 Fred Cummings

Aurora’s Paramount Theatre proudly announced that the theater’s 2024-2025 productions earned 26 nominations – more than any other Chicago theater

Musical ‘PIPPIN’ at the Skokie Theatre September 5-28, 2025
Theater

Musical ‘PIPPIN’ at the Skokie Theatre September 5-28, 2025

August 12, 2025 Fred Cummings
Cirque Du Soleil’s Celebrated Holiday Theatrical ‘Twas the Night Before…’ Returns to The Chicago Theatre, Dec. 11-28, 2025
Theater

Cirque Du Soleil’s Celebrated Holiday Theatrical ‘Twas the Night Before…’ Returns to The Chicago Theatre, Dec. 11-28, 2025

August 12, 2025 Fred Cummings
American Blues Theater’s 2025 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival scheduled for Saturday, August 9, 2025
Theater

American Blues Theater’s 2025 Blue Ink Playwriting Festival scheduled for Saturday, August 9, 2025

August 8, 2025 Fred Cummings
Joffrey Ballet Opens Its 70th Anniversary Season with ‘Carmen’
Theater

Joffrey Ballet Opens Its 70th Anniversary Season with ‘Carmen’

August 7, 2025 Fred Cummings

Dance

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Presents Annual Mandala Makers Festival, September 5-7, 2025
Classical MusicDanceMusic

Mandala South Asian Performing Arts Presents Annual Mandala Makers Festival, September 5-7, 2025

July 26, 2025 Fred Cummings

Chicago’s Mandala South Asian Performing Arts continues celebrating 10 years of connecting audiences with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the

Keelan-Whitmore
BalletDanceSummer 2025

Joffrey’s Winning Works Celebrates 15 Years

February 21, 2025 Fred Cummings
Trinity Irish Dance Company Dancers 2. Photo by Lois Greenfield
Dance

Chicago Trinity Irish Dance Company to Make Jacob’s Pillow Debut

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
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DanceSummer 2025

Parson Dance to Return to The Auditorium After 30 Year Absence

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings
Giordano Dance Chicago "Studio 62" Benefit
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Giordano Dance Chicago’s Feb. 1 “Studio 62” Benefit Supports the Giordano Dance Chicago Dancer Fund

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings

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