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Tennis Legend, Billie Jean King, Attends Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s World Premiere of ‘Billie Jean’

August 7, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Shakespeare Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater recently announced that tennis legend, Bille Jean King, and her wife Ilana Kloss attended the August 5,

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St. Charles Singers Unveil 2025-2026 Concert Season

August 7, 2025 Fred Cummings

The St. Charles Singers, led by founder and music director Jeffrey Hunt, will launch its 41st concert season, 2025–2026, in October

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Awards

Creative Designs by Innovative Chicago Firms to be Celebrated at Designight 2025, AIA Chicago’s Signature Design Awards

August 7, 2025 Fred Cummings Harris Theater for Music and Dance

AIA Chicago, the second largest local chapter of The American Institute of Architects and the collective voice of over 4,000

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Ensemble Member Namir Smallwood Joins the Cast of Steppenwolf Theatre Company’s Chicago Premiere of ‘Mr. Wolf’

August 7, 2025 Fred Cummings Steppenwolf Theatre

Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company announced ensemble member Namir Smallwood (You Will Get Sick, True West, Bug) will join the cast of ensemble member Rajiv Joseph’s Chicago

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Museums

Field Museum’s ‘Reptiles Alive’ Exhibition Seeks to Showcase the World of Reptiles

August 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Field Museum

The Field Museum’s Reptiles Alive! exhibition is a global journey through the world of reptiles, featuring 20 live species from

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Shedd Aquarium Makes History in Breakthrough Procedure for Kimalu, a Beluga Whale

August 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Shedd Aquarium

The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago has announced that Kimalu, a 12-year-old female beluga whale born at the aquarium, is recovering

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’44 – THE MUSICAL’ Returns to Chicago’s Studebaker Theater August 23–September 21, 2025

August 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Studebaker Theater

Following its sold-out runs in Chicago and Los Angeles, the musical comedy 44 -THE MUSICAL returns to Chicago for a second term,

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Theater

Kokandy Productions Opens the Chicago Premiere of ‘AMÉLIE’ at the Chopin Theater

August 1, 2025 Fred Cummings Chopin Theater

Chicago’s Kokandy Productions invites you to spend the summer in Paris (Montmartre, to be exact), as it kicks off its 2025 season with

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Holiday Festival

Chicago’s 11th Annual Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade Scheduled for Saturday, October 18, 2025

August 1, 2025 Fred Cummings

Though Chicagoans are now sweltering in humid August weather, it never seems too early to plan for the iconic fall

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Theater

Auditorium Theatre Announces Performance of Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlan with Lupita Infante on September 12, 2025

July 31, 2025 Patrick Curran Auditorium Theatre

Get ready for a night of música mexicana! Auditorium Theatre is set to host the world-renowned Mariachi Vargas De Tecalitlán,

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We are Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts, Chicago's premier journal for culture and the performing arts. We cover the heartbeat of Chicago's vibrant fine arts landscape with insightful features taking you behind the scenes of some of the area's most intriguing exhibitions; interviews with some of the world's elite concert artists; backstories for movers and shakers in Chicago's arts community and much, much more. With every issue, we take the pulse of Chicago's amazing arts and culture community, bringing you the amazing world class artistry only a city like Chicago can provide.
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