Photos by Amy Sussman/Getty Images, Marleen Moise/Getty Images, Lester Cohen/Getty Images, Victor Boyko/Getty Images. The year 2025 began as a mess, and only got worse as time progressed. Everything ...

Chance the Rapper heads up the hometown “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” Metro and Salt Shed hold music parties and the New Philharmonic plans its annual celebration.

Each offseason has its own unique pace, but like last year's market, this year is moving quickly in some areas and more deliberately in others. This winter has seen an early emphasis on pitching -- ...

Pop music was not at all safe this year from the encroachments of an AI industry determined to slop-ify everything it can. Yet the proliferation of great songs — written, performed and savored by ...

The December tradition, which dates to 2001, continues, starting on Christmas night once again. The Twin Cities-launched modern-jazz standard-bearers have settled in with the lineup of cofounders Reid ...

Our favorite albums of the year include a new release from Chance the Rapper and the final album engineered by Steve Albini.

Make it three straight victories for the Ottawa Senators. David Perron scored twice early in the third period, including the ...

Chicago avoided a city shutdown when Mayor Brandon Johnson accepted the alternative budget aldermen passed despite his wishes ...

The College of DuPage’s New Philharmonic Orchestra, under the direction of maestro Kirk Muspratt, will perform three times on New Year’s Eve at 1:30, 5 and 8:30 p.m. The night will feature a variety ...

Chicago alders may move toward a full City Council vote on an alternative to Mayor Brandon Johnson's budget plan, with a ...

The alternative budget proposal championed by a group of Chicago aldermen won a crucial first full City Council vote on ...

When DJ Moore came down with a 46-yard pass to give the Chicago Bears a 22-16 overtime victory over the Green Bay Packers on ...