3+ day, 22+ hour ago   (639+ words) The 27th Annual Englewood Jazz Festival, presented by Live the Spirit Residency, returns to Chicago’s historic Hamilton Park, 513 W. 72nd St., September 17–19. This year’s festival celebrates the next generation of creative musicians while honoring the centennial legacies of Oscar Brown Jr., John…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1028+ words) It’s Saturday afternoon at 2300 Jackson Street. Gary’s most famous house, the Jackson Home, is abuzz with tourists taking selfies in front of a marble monument bearing an image of the King of Pop. Watching the activity from her porch across…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (972+ words) 41st annual Lit Fest brings acclaimed authors, journalists, poets and cultural leaders to Chicago Some of the nation’s leading Black authors, journalists, poets, historians and cultural figures will converge on downtown Chicago September 12-13 for the 41st annual Printers Row Lit Fest, bringing…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (699+ words) M.E.B. comes to Chicago Jazz Festival with full Miles Davis’ repertoire Vince Wilburn Jr. is the nephew of Miles Davis, and he founded the M.E.B. to celebrate all things Miles Davis. M.E.B. (Miles Electric Band) is an avant-garde collective whose mission…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (539+ words) City Denied Chance to See Film as Theaters Favored “Melania” Doc Chicago audiences should have had ample opportunity to see Yelena Popovic’s “Moses The Black,” a gritty Chicago redemption story inspired by a fourth-century outlaw-turned-saint, during its planned theatrical run…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (809+ words) The Festival runs through August 23 and is headquartered at TCL Chinese Theatres and venues throughout Ovation Hollywood. Out-of-towners can watch hundreds of short films online, as well. The Academy Awards® and BAFTA-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival is in its 22nd edition, continuing…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (17+ words) The Chicago Crusader Michael Jackson Family Home and Midtown Neighborhood...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (315+ words) Following sold-out performances and three 2024 Broadway World Chicago Awards, including Best Play, “Beyond the Door” returns for a special engagement August 21–22, at New Life Covenant Church, 3400 W. Division St., in the heart of the West Side community where the story…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (880+ words) The “Samurai and the Prisoner” is a 2026 Japanese historical mystery film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on Honobu Yonezawa’s novel, Kokurōjō, about a samurai lord besieged in his castle who must rely on his imprisoned strategist to solve a series…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (272+ words) That is the premise of One Night Only. It is set on the only night unmarried people can have as much sex as they want within that 12-hour period. People are hooking up with anyone and everyone after waiting a…...