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Villains spoil McCall’s retirement in entertaining franchise entry that works as modern-day ‘Death Wish.’
Lucia Spina’s performance can feel shockingly down to earth for a stage mother whose delusions of grandeur are her one constant.
The final show is Sunday. To those devoted to the breed, a Lipizzan is “just a horse” the same way an Aston Martin is “just a car.”
AMC Theaters, anticipating high demand from Swift fans, said the film will play at least four times a day Thursday, Fridays, Saturday and Sundays at all of its U.S. locations.
The iconic Chicago theater company is the latest of many arts outlets dealing with fallout from the pandemic.
Girl’s anxiety and a language barrier hinder her from approaching other teens and building a social life.
Hotheaded hustler on the Starz series is back to facing off against the Flynns, CBI — and his mom.
Brandi Carlile at Ravinia, the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park and North Coast Music Fest are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
“It’s a wide variety of different genres, from New Age to Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz and a little bit of avant-garde,” said John Foster, the Jazz Institute’s managing director of programs and education initiatives, about this weekend’s Chicago Jazz Festival.
‘Personal reasons’ blamed for Reeves’ withdrawal from Pritzker Pavilion set.
The Loop lunchtime crowd can catch a Friday show by bands and dancers in town for the game Saturday at Soldier Field.
Oscar winner delivers as usual, but she’s stuck in a plot that goes right off the tracks.
‘They have such great attitudes and work such hideous hours,’ co-star Amy Morton says of the production assistants.
Mom worries the woman won’t live 10 more years but fears speaking up will ruin their relationship.
Story of awkward gay girls trying to score has an edgy, cheerfully warped sense of humor
La banda mexicana comparte programa este 3 de septiembre con Panteón Rococó, El Gran Silencio, Haragán & Cía., Nunca Jamás y Enanitos Verdes.
As A&E doc reports, the cartoonishly lascivious Bob Guccione found fame and fortune as a publisher but lost every penny and alienated his children.
The digital lottery system offers a limited number of tickets so Chicagoans can see the musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton without breaking the bank. Here’s how to not throw away your shot at the coveted tickets.
The 30-mile loop runs from the Museum of Science and Industry to West Bryn Mawr Avenue.
Woman considers plastic surgery to feel better about her looks.
Barker commanded the show’s stage from 1972 to 2007. His tribute will be hosted by Drew Carey, his replacement and still the show’s host now.
Singer-songwriter, who performs Aug. 31 in Aurora, suspects a digital brain might have concocted the Shakespearean version of ‘Jessie’s Girl’ now making the rounds.
Grandparents’ visits with autistic boy abruptly stop after a molestation claim that appears to be unfounded.
In a building full of musicians, dancers and artists, the manually operated elevators make their own music — a sound soon to be silenced.