Steve Lasker, pioneering photojournalist who captured iconic Our Lady of the Angels fire image, dies at 94
Steve Lasker, a Chicago photojournalist who captured an iconic image from the Our Lady of the Angels school fire, has died at 94.
Entertainment
Featured
Highlights from Met Gala exhibit: A look at Black style gives prominent voice to emerging designers
“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” is the first Costume Institute exhibit to focus exclusively on Black...
‘Thunderbolts’ kicks off the summer movie season with $76 million at the box office
Marvel Studios’ “Thunderbolts” opened with $76 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates...
Arts
Imaging the future of trans healthcare — and plastering it across the MCA
Edie Fake's mural, now on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art, is hard to pin down. Also, Edie Fake is hard to pin down.
Books
Federal cuts threaten program that allows suburban libraries to share books
A program that allows Chicago-area libraries to share books is in jeopardy after President Donald Trump gutted the federal agency that helped fund it.
Movies
Russell Brand granted conditional bail after appearing in London court on rape and assault charges
Actor-comedian Russell Brand was granted conditional bail by a London court on Friday after appearing to face charges of rape and sexual assault involving four women.
TV and Streaming
‘The Four Seasons’ review: Tina Fey is no Alan Alda, but at least there’s the Vivaldi
A pointless TV adaptation of the droll 1981 film about three couples vacationing together.
Theater
Review: A Black bromance under stress in ‘Hymn’ at Chicago Shakespeare
Director Ron OJ Parson foregrounds the power of friendship and the strength of Black familial bonds.
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Chicago Gourmet announces 2025 dates, new sports theme with a crosstown twist and all-star roster of chefs
Chicago Gourmet, the upscale food festival that celebrates the city as a “culinary capital,” will be returning to Millennium Park Sept. 25 to 28 with a new, sporty twist.
Music and Concerts
Brazilian police arrest two people over plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert in Rio
Brazilian police said on Sunday that they had thwarted a plot to detonate a bomb at Lady Gaga’ s concert in Rio de Janeiro.
Travel
Canadians put off by Trump’s bluster and border arrests are booking far fewer US visits
There were more than 910,000 fewer land border crossings from Canada into the U.S. last month than in March of 2024 — a more than 22% drop — according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Museums
Artists rip Mayor Brandon Johnson’s arts commissioner, department ‘dysfunction’ in letter
The letter, posted to Instagram Wednesday as a petition people can sign, harshly criticizes Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Commissioner Clinée Hedspeth.
Home and Garden
Choosing a tree? Not so fast.
Taking the time to select the right kind of tree can save homeowners substantial expense and trouble in the long term.
Recipes
Recipe: With the high price of eggs, this yellow birthday cake recipe goes egg-free
With the high price of eggs, this plant-based birthday cake with chocolate buttercream recipe goes egg free.
Fashion
Your clothes are shedding bits of plastic. Here’s what people are doing about it this Earth Day.
A single load of laundry can release millions that are so tiny wastewater treatment plants can’t capture them all.
Entertainment
Ruth Buzzi, comedy sketch player on groundbreaking series ‘Laugh-In,’ dies at 88
Ruth Buzzi, who rose to fame as the frumpy and bitter Gladys Ormphby on the groundbreaking sketch comedy series “Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In” and made over 200 television appearances during a 45-year career, has died at age 88.