The Great American Lobster Fest: Live lobsters are flown in from the East Coast for the Midwest’s largest seafood festival, held at Navy Pier. Jazzin’ at the Shedd: This weeknight series features a festival-worthy line-up of Chicago’s top jazz ensembles, along with access to the aquarium...
This year’s festival marks ten years since Riot Fest began in Chicago. Related Pussy Riotwill also add to the experience at the Riot Fest’s Chicago stop (Sept. 12-14). Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alekhina will take part in a “special interactive panel discussi...
while its halls come alive with the sound of music each week. Incredible performances — often classical, jazz, and blues — are free and open to the public in the casual first floor Randolph Café, on the stage of Claudia Cassidy Theater, and beneath...
Podlasie’s carefully curated lineups and house party energy has lately become a big hit with twenty-to-thirty-something crowds. Podlasie is authentically Chicago with an edge. Smart Bar (Wrigleyville): A favorite among many Pitchfork Fest attendees: If you're looking to dance to house, techno...
modern Jazz as I'd like to be, but I can hear some '80s Tim Berne, maybe some Either/Orchestra, and also the Spontaneous Music Ensemble's Karyobin, the way that album sounds like jazz, but also kind of sounds like a flock of migrating birds - abstract, but within a gentle framework...