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2025 Millennium Park Summer Film, Music Series Announced. Here’s the Schedule

The Millennium Park film and music series are making a return this summer. This year's film schedule includes "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire," "Love & Basketball," "Wicked" and "Pride and Prejudice."

‘The Experience of a Lifetime’: CPS CEO Pedro Martinez Reflects on Tenure as He’s Set to Leave School District

Martinez on Thursday reflected on his time as Chicago’s schools chief during what will be his final monthly meeting of the Board of Education before he exits to take over as Massachusetts’ next school board commissioner.

Smoke From Canadian Wildfires Could Cast Haze Over Chicago This Weekend

Wildfires are burning out of control in central Canada, and the smoke is drifting toward Chicago.

The Bank of America Chicago 13.1 Half Marathon Is Sunday. Here Are the Expected Street Closures, Race Schedule

The fourth annual Bank of America Chicago 13.1 half marathon is expected to bring 10,000 runners through the West Side on Sunday. The course starts and ends at Garfield Park and takes runners through Douglass Park and Humboldt Park.

Lawmaker Tries Last-Ditch Push to Boost Horse-Racing Industry in Illinois

In the backstretch of the legislative session, horse racing advocates are pushing to revitalize the industry in Illinois and its accompanying horse betting, both long in decline.

Chinese Students Studying in US Are Anxious and Angry After Rubio Vows to Revoke Visas

Chinese students studying in the U.S. are scrambling to figure out their futures after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Wednesday that some of them would have their visas revoked.

Illinois Senate Passes Bill Requiring Libraries to Supply Opioid Overdose Medication

The bill would allow trained library workers to administer opioid antagonists to potential overdose victims on library grounds, in the immediate vicinity of libraries and at library events.

Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams Addresses Controversy From Book Excerpt

Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams sought to quiet the controversy about how he hadn’t wanted to come to his current team prior to the 2024 draft.

From Camp Movies to Bronze Horses, Here Are This Week’s Arts and Culture Picks

These openings, screenings and performances will have you in the movie theater, the symphony and the dive bar concert venue.

Chicago Tonight: Black Voices, May 28, 2025 - Full Show

Lawmakers still figuring out how to fill the state’s budget gap. A new opera on lesser-known Black heroes. And journalist Jonathan Capehart has a new memoir.

Columnist Jonathan Capehart Gets Personal in New Memoir ‘Yet Here I Am’

A Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, editor, columnist, PBS NewsHour political analyst and MSNBC host lays it all bare in his new book.

‘She Who Dared’ Opera Showcases Black Female Heroes of the Civil Rights Movement

The opera spotlights the women who challenged segregation in Montgomery, using classical music infused with sounds of gospel, jazz and the blues to tell the story centered around seven women.

Lawmakers Unveil Plan to Overhaul Chicago-Area Transit With New Oversight Agency, But No Solution for Fiscal Cliff

The bill would replace the Regional Transportation Authority, which oversees CTA, Metra, and Pace, with a new entity called the Northern Illinois Transit Authority. It would be charged with creating a universal fare system and ensuring coordination of service and capital projects.

Former Chicago Gangster Disciple Leader Larry Hoover Gets Commutation From Donald Trump

President Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former Chicago gang leader serving a life sentence at a supermax prison in Colorado.

New Navy Pier Marina, Offering Short-Term Docking for Recreational Boaters, Expected to Open Mid-June

The Navy Pier Marina is expected to officially open to the public June 14. The opening of the marina, located on the north side of Navy Pier, comes as this year’s boating season kicks off.