Chicago Celebrates the Year of the Horse

Celebrations abound in and around Chicago, with performances and festivities from Chinese, Thai, Korean, and Filipino traditions, to name a few.

Don't Miss a Beat

Corky Siegel at 80: Gathering No Moss at this Magnificent Milestone

"I have so much pouring out of me that I would like to share before I can’t share it anymore. It seems the more years I’ve been given, the more I need."

Playlist: Fall Folk Foliage — Songs Old and New for Autumn

As leaves change from green to gold and red, we are inspired to harvest some songs for the autumn season!

Chicago International Film Festival 2023: 7 Movies for Music Lovers

North America's longest continually running competitive film festival returns for another year of scintillating programming.

Catching Up with Ryan Speedo Green

"It is rare, not only for a male singer who's not a tenor, but especially a bass-baritone to be able to do this kind of concert with an orchestra like the Chicago Philharmonic."

Open House Chicago 2023: 16 Spectacular Sites for Art and Music Lovers

Each year, Chicago’s most architecturally inclined residents crisscross the city to check out some of the city’s most intriguing and vaunted buildings!

Art Brings Visibility in 5th Indigenous People’s Day Chicago Fest

"Ours is a side that flips the narrative; how our culture survived, how our artists thrived and succeeded in the world."

Haitian students play drums and strum guitars to escape hunger and gang violence

“Music transforms,” said Mickelson Pierre, who learned how to play guitar in the program and now teaches it. “It’s something extraordinary, and it leads to peace of mind.”

9 Studs Terkel Conversations for Hispanic Heritage Month

Hear from Hispanic artists, writers, activists, and more from Chicago and beyond.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians get 3% annual raises in 3-year labor contract

Music director emeritus for life Riccardo Muti will lead the CSO season-opening concert September 21 at Orchestra Hall.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, musicians union agree to 3-year contract

CSO musicians struck for two days in September 2012 and for seven weeks March and April of 2019.

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