Arts
The Arts & Culture Section of the Chicago Journal.
Northwestern selects Oregon's Schill to be next president
University of Oregon President Michael Schill will assume that office at Northwestern University this fall, the Evanston school's board of trustees announced Thursday.
Lollapalooza will stay in Chicago for at least another decade
Though the news "leaked" early in the weekend when the founder of Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell himself, told WGNNews' Dean Richards that a deal had been reached, Mayor Lightfoot took the stage Sunday night to announce that the Lollapalooza Festival will remain in Chicago for at least the next decade.
Chicago production of FX's "Justified: City Primeval" halted due to rolling gun battle
The Chicago production on FX’s revival of "Justified: City Primeval" has been halted after two cars engaged in a rolling gun battle broke through the production's barricades early Thursday morning. A 19-year-old female not involved in the production was wounded.
New Michelle Obama book 'The Light We Carry' to arrive this fall
It's the former first lady's first entirely new work since 2018's "Becoming," which has sold more than 17 million copies worldwide, surpassing the sales of any memoir by a previous first lady or modern president, including her husband, former President Barack Obama.
Eddie Olczyk leaves Blackhawks broadcast, set to join Kraken
Olczyk is expected to work Seattle Kraken games next season, joining the team his brother Ricky works for as an assistant general manager. He also does national broadcasts for TNT and has become one of the leading hockey voices in the U.S. after playing more than 1,000 NHL games.
Billy Corgan to play charity show for July 4 parade victims
Billy Corgan of The Smashing Pumpkins, a 20-year resident of Highland Park, will perform a charity livestream show on July 27 to benefit the victims of the Fourth of July parade shooting in suburban Chicago that killed seven people and wounded more than 30.
WXRT's Lin Brehmer to take a break to fight prostate cancer
In a message, he asked of his longtime listeners only one thing: "Afford me the kindness you have always shown me."
Muti's legacy: respect composers, reject revisionists
In the twilight of his music directorship of the CSO, Riccardo Muti candidly outlined his legacy and implored musicians to remember his instruction on Giuseppe Verdi’s operas: use the 19th century scores without altered notes and reject modern directorial concepts.
Prosecutors say R. Kelly should get at least 25 years in prison, Defense says no more than 17
In advance of his sentencing later this month, prosecutors said in a memo filed Wednesday that R. Kelly deserves 25 years in prison. Kelly’s lawyers have argued that he deserves only a maximum of about 17 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines.
Goodman steps aside, alt-weekly ЯEADER to go non-profit at end of month
The publication was on track to be sold to the new nonprofit last year until the November printing of defense attorney Leonard Goodman’s column headlined “Vaxxing our kids" prompted allegations of misinformation and censorship.
