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Joffrey Ballet Celebrates a Wild and Crazy Swedish-Style ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’

You will never experience anything quite like it. Alexander Ekman’s “Midsummer Night’s Dream” is now receiving its North American premiere by the Joffrey Ballet, and it is a monumental achievement on every level.

‘The Fox Hunt’ a Story of 4 Strangers, 3 Faiths and 1 Remarkable Escape

A refugee’s harrowing escape from war-torn Yemen is also a remarkable story of interfaith cooperation.

Jul 22, 2026

First Loves and Guilty Pleasures: Creating ‘The Mixtape of My Life’

The soundtrack to first loves, bad fights and family memories: Robert Elder’s new “music memoir” helps you create the mixtape of your life.

Jul 22, 2026

White Sox to Ditch Plastic Straws at Guaranteed Rate Field

Northwestern Project to Study What Local News Readers Want

10 Things to Do This Weekend: April 26-29

Dreams, Drama Drive CSO’s Concert of Works by Debussy and Tchaikovsky

Chicago Cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing, 15, Makes Symphony Center Debut

Prominent UIC Child Psychiatrist Accused of Putting Children at Risk

Countering Racism, Racial Profiling: Is Racial Bias Training Enough?

Newly Rediscovered Historic House in Wilmette Faces Uncertain Future

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Porchlight Unlocks the Blazing Heart and Soul In Musical ‘Memphis’

A transformative evening in the theater, Porchlight Music Theatre’s production features galvanic direction, volcanic dancing, a powerhouse onstage band and a large, fiercely talented cast.

Jul 22, 2026

Motown Mastermind Lamont Dozier Makes Music with Chicago Children’s Theatre

Ask Geoffrey: What Happened to ‘Chicago’s Most Famous Restaurant’?

Rainn Wilson at Steppenwolf Theater In a Farce to be Reckoned With

Radio Host Delilah Returns to Chicago Airwaves

Putting a Bit of a Twist on This Year’s Non-Equity Jeff Nominations

In ‘The Doppelgänger,’ Insiders and Outsiders Greedily Savage an African Nation

Chicago Mom Brings Black Characters Who Are Sunny, Silly and Fun to Kid’s Literature

‘Daughter of the Cold War’ on George Kennan, Russia and Remarkable Life

Business

Disney, Warner Bros., Universal Pictures Sue Chinese AI Company in Escalation of Copyright Battle

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Universal Pictures have sued a Chinese artificial intelligence image and video generator for copyright infringement, opening another front in a high-stakes battle involving the use of movies and TV shows owned by major studios to teach AI systems. The lawsuit, filed on Tuesday in California federal court, accuses MiniMax of building its business by plundering...

Democratic FCC Commissioner Says Threats Against Disney Over Kimmel Are “Truly Empty”

The FCCs threats against Disney over the comments made by Jimmy Kimmel on his late night show are truly empty, according to the lone Democratic commissioner on the Federal Communications Commission, Anna Gomez, but that may not be the point: We dont have the ability to actually take these actions, but its the threat of the enforcement that is the...

Jul 22, 2026

Ex-‘Love Is Blind’ Contestant Files Class Action Over Inhumane Working Conditions on Reality Shows

A former contestant on Love Is Blind has sued the makers of the Netflix dating series for a series of alleged labor violations, marking another lawsuit challenging working conditions and pay in reality TV. In a proposed class action filed in California state court on Monday, Stephen Richardson says he and the shows other contestants shouldve been classified as employees,...

Jul 22, 2026

Shari Redstone Says Late Night TV Financially “Not Viable,” Bari Weiss Would Be “Good Voice” at CBS News

Paramount Names Scale AI CFO Dennis K. Cinelli to Board of Directors

Webtoon Shares Soar on Disney Digital Comics Partnership Deal for Marvel, ‘Star Wars’ Content

Hasbro Entertainment President Olivier Dumont Exits

Writers Guild Rips ABC’s Decision to Pull ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ From Air: “The WGA Stands With Jimmy Kimmel and His Writers”

Trump’s Attack on ABC Is Illegal. It Might Not Matter

Hollywood Unions Say Jimmy Kimmel Suspension “Chills Free Speech,” Threatens Artist Livelihoods

Vernon Sanders Exits as Head of TV for Amazon MGM Studios

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Tom Fontana Elected President of the Writers Guild East

The Writers Guild of America East has found its next leader. Veteran television creator and showrunner Tom Fontana was elected to be the East Coast writers unions next president on Thursday after running on a platform that emphasized meat-and-potato wage and benefits issues in addition to the importance of defending free speech. Fontanas two-year term will start on Friday as...

Jul 22, 2026

Scholastic’s 9 Story Media Launches AVOD Service for Kids and Families

Broadway Box Office: ‘Hamilton’ Hits $3.8M As Leslie Odom Jr. Returns

Lionsgate Lays Off 50 Staffers in Latest Belt-Tightening Effort

TV Adaptations of Video Games Are Creating Millions of New Players

Writers Guild to Members: Work on “Verticals” Can Be Union, Too

Netflix Animation Studios and ‘Ted’ Series Production Workers Launch Unionization Drives

Hollywood Teamsters React to Jimmy Kimmel Suspension, Rail Against Corporate Consolidation

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Crime & Law

Acquitted and in Demand, Rittenhouse Ponders What’s Next

For Kyle Rittenhouse, a year of legal uncertainty over whether his claim of self-defense would stand up has given way to uncertainty over what’s next.

Police Seek Help Finding Missing Teens Last Seen Outside Amundsen High School

The Chicago Police Department has issued missing persons alerts for 15-year-olds Sujeily Zepeda and Izebella DeLeon, who were last seen Friday outside Amundsen High School, where both are students.

Jul 22, 2026

Police: Parade-Crash Suspect Was In a Domestic Disturbance

The joyous scene of marching bands and children dancing in Santa hats and waving pompoms turned deadly in an instant on Sunday, giving way to screams and scenes of crumpled bodies as the SUV sped through barricades and struck dancers, musicians and others.

Jul 22, 2026

Jury Finds Rittenhouse Not Guilty in Kenosha Shootings

Man Charged with 5 Homicide Counts in Deadly Waukesha Crash

Lightfoot’s Pick to Lead COPA Offers ‘Sincere, Heartfelt’ Apology After Report Recommends Suspension for Officer Slain Months Later

Man Charged After Allegedly Shooting at Chicago Police Officers Sunday

Hundreds Protest Rittenhouse Acquittal Across US

Donations Pour in for Missouri Man Freed After 43 Years

Protesters Trace Route Rittenhouse Took in Kenosha

Rittenhouse Tells Fox News ‘Not a Racist Person,’ Backs BLM

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Stings at Malls To Crack Down on Disability Parking Placard Abuse

The crackdown kicks off on Black Friday at Woodfield Mall. Scofflaws could face fines up to $600.

Jul 22, 2026

7 People Killed, 35 Shot Over Weekend in Chicago: Police

'Mama, Are You OK?' In Waukesha, Minutes of Terror Recounted

All 3 Men Charged in Arbery’s Death Convicted of Murder

Violence at University of Chicago Prompts a Search for Solutions to Ensure Safety

In Kenosha and Beyond, Guns Become More Common on US Streets

Jussie Smollett Heads to Trial Years After Hoax Attack Allegations

The Week in Review: Rittenhouse Found Not Guilty on All Charges

The Role of Race in the Kyle Rittenhouse Trial

Education

Chicago Housing Authority

The CHA's plan for transformation is 10 years old. How well has it kept its promise to transform public housing in Chicago? Elizabeth Brackett takes a look.

Koge Bay

　　Koge Bay, or Køge Bugt, as it is known locally, is a shallow but otherwise sizable body of water in Denmark. It spans some 190 square miles (500 square kilometers), just South of Copenhagen. Though it is closely connected with the capital, and even provides a buffer zone for the...

Jul 22, 2026

Tribune Analyzes CPS’ Bond Deals

The Chicago City Council approves a measure that would fund an early childhood education program using private investment funds.

Jul 22, 2026

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The Faces Behind Chicago’s High School Dropout Crisis

With a high school dropout rate around 35 percent, Chicago is a city full of out-of-school teenagers. Educators, activists, reformers, and district officials have competing ideas on how to reverse this trend. Yet students’ perspectives are often missing from the conversation on dropout prevention. We talk with young people – two who left CPS without a high school diploma, and one who decided to stay in school – about their ideas to change the system.

Jul 22, 2026

Ask Geoffrey: Underground Tunnels

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A Closer Look at the NLRB Decision to Keep NU Athletes from Unionizing

How New Student Loan Debt Relief Could Benefit Latino Borrowers

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Health

New Rush University Hospital

We go inside the brand new building at Rush University Medical Center, which promises state-of-the-art readiness for bioterrorism.

Prostate Cancer Screening

Should men undergo regular prostate cancer screenings? A new report says no. One of the leading proponents of the PSA test is here to tell us why he thinks the recommendation is dead wrong.

Jul 22, 2026

Obesity Epidemic

The majority of Americans are already overweight. But a new study concludes that within ten years, obesity and diabetes in America will actually get much worse. We'll speak to some health professionals and take a look at the dangerous and costly expansion of America.

Jul 22, 2026

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Jul 22, 2026

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Lake Michigan Swimmer

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Politics

Week in Review: State Gun Ban Decision; Top Madigan Aide on Trial

Mayor Brandon Johnson set to select a new police chief. Nobody gets in to see the wizard, according to a federally charged top Madigan aide. State Supreme Court rules on assault weapons. And the sinking Sox.

Biden Approves Disaster Relief for Cook County Residents Whose Homes Flooded During Severe July Storms

Cook County residents are now eligible for assistance, including grants for temporary housing and home repairs and low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses, officials said.

Jul 22, 2026

Pritzker Signs Bill Designed to Revamp Property Tax Sale System That Fueled ‘Urban Decay’

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas called the legislation “the most significant property tax reform legislation the General Assembly has approved in decades.”

Jul 22, 2026

Pritzker Vetoes Measure Granting Ameren Authority Over Transmission Line Construction

Illinois Republicans Focus on Unity and Avoid Trump During GOP Day at State Fair

Emails Shown at Mapes Trial Detail Madigan World’s Response to 2018 Sexual Harassment Scandal

Local Officials, Organizers Working to Address Humboldt Park’s Growing Homeless Encampment

Watchdog Overseeing Abuse, Neglect Cases at State-Run Facilities Resigns for Job as Chicago Park District’s Inspector General

Former Ald. Brookins Won’t Have to Pay $5,000 For Violating Ethics Ordinance After Lawsuit Against Ethics Board Is Dismissed

Trump, Rauner, Policy Wins on Democrats’ Minds During State Fair’s Political Festivities

Donald Trump Cancels Press Conference, Reacts to Georgia Indictment for First Time on Camera: ‘I Have Four of Them Now’

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Hundreds of migrant men, women and children continue to sleep on police station floors, despite efforts to move them into shelters.

Jul 22, 2026

For First Time in US History, 3 Military Services Lack Senate-Confirmed Leaders

160 Years Later, Activist Elizabeth Packard Honored in Place of Abusive Psychiatrist She Exposed

Biden Will Ask Congress for $13B to Support Ukraine and $12B for Disaster Fund, AP Source Says

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Pritzker Signs Ban on Firearms Advertising Allegedly Marketed to Kids and Militants

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Science & Nature

Central US is Now Getting Worst of the Drought. Corn Crops Are Stressed, Rivers Are Running Low

Experts say the drought in the central U.S. is the worst since at least 2012, and in some areas, is drawing comparisons to the 1988 drought that devastated corn, wheat and soybean crops.

Where Are the Thunderstorms? Lack of Severe Weather Symptom of and Contributor to Chicago Drought

Thunderstorms are as much a part of the rhythm of summer in Chicago as cookouts, baseball and street festivals. And they’ve been missing in 2023.

Jul 22, 2026

This Week in Nature: Swarm of Bees in Daley Plaza Has Got Nothing on Nevada’s Crickets

Thousands of bees settled in Daley Plaza this week, but the prize for craziest infestation goes to tiny Elko, Nev., which has been overrun by millions of crickets.

Jul 22, 2026

Shedd Aquarium Welcomes Rockhopper Penguin Chick

West Side Hit Especially Hard by Flooding From Week of Storms

Chicago Has 3 New Piping Plovers at Montrose: Meet Searocket, Prickly Pear and Wild Indigo

World Swelters to Unofficial Hottest Day on Record

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Chicago’s Air Quality Reaches ‘Very Unhealthy’ Levels as Smoke From Canada Wildfires Moves In

Despite Recent Rain, Farmers Face Major Challenges as Much of Illinois Remains in Severe Drought

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The impact of climate change is being felt across the planet in ways large and small. But it is increasingly clear that the impact of climate change is not felt equally.

Jul 22, 2026

Climate Change Keeps Making Wildfires and Smoke Worse. Scientists Call It the ‘New Abnormal’

‘Rocky’ the Coyote Moving Into Roomier Forest Preserve Digs Next Week, Activists Say Upgrades Aren’t Good Enough

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Food & Drink

Lamb Paloise Recipe

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Filet De Cheval à Cheval Recipe

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Jul 22, 2026

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