In spite of its size, the tuba often leaves a very small footprint in classical music. Even in brass choirs it can often be ...

The 25th Opera In The Park ended early as smoke moved into the area. After uncertainty surrounding Saturday's air quality, ...

General Director and CEO Deborah Sandler Kemper has announced the selection of the artists for the Resident Artist Program ...

HBO Max's best new shows to watch in July 2026 include 'Stuart Fails to Save the Universe,' a 'Rick and Morty' spinoff, ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson at a September press conference. The city released its 2025 ACFR on Tuesday. Chicago reported a $219 million surplus at the end of its last fiscal year, despite a ...

My first reaction when I heard of a new animated feature film adaptation of Georges Bizet‘s 1875 opera, Carmen, was that despite the animated form it was taking, this had to be for adult and fans of ...

Much like the famous line from Bizet, animation is a gypsy’s child. It has never known a law. If one were to push the metaphor further, animation could also be defined as an art form that reinvents ...

Even with the source music mostly excised, this imaginatively designed, iridescently hued family film from 'Chicken for Linda!' director Sébastien Laudenbach is a vibrant delight. That film, ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago has received a $20 million gift from the Illinois-based Negaunee Foundation, which will be used to expand educational programming and make Mozart a more permanent fixture on the ...

The "Chicken for Linda!" director returns with another singularly gorgeous work of animation. Feature-length animation has largely become a merciless and exacting thing, every frame invested with such ...

Almost 2.75 million people called Chicago home in 2025, according to the latest census numbers. That’s a decrease of 16,748 residents since April 1, 2020, but an increase of 5,253 people since 2024.