The New 400 Theaters closed in 2023, leaving the far north side without a cinema. This year, new ownership will reopen the historic Rogers Park institution.

Times have been tough for movie exhibitors thanks to the one-two punch of streaming and a pandemic, but Chicago’s Music Box Theatre is going strong regardless. The historic art house cinema on Tuesday ...

Three different times over the past year, popular and longstanding Chicago stage theater spaces have made headlines for their demise. At the dawn of 2025, "Blue Man Group" said goodbye to the Briar ...

The Uptown Theatre was one of Chicago’s grand movie palaces! Built in 1925, this 4,300 seat theater was one of the country’s great movie palaces. Its history is related in a new coffee table book: ...

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This month marks 50 years since critics and A-list Chicago celebrities Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert debuted their movie review show. The pair moved names and shows a few times in the over two decades ...

Crowds are flocking to an annual festival for performances of “A Doll’s House,” a “Macbeth”-inspired witch tale and more ...

It may be frigid outside, but museums, concert halls and movie theaters are nice and warm indoors. Among the highlights for winter entertainment are: an exhibition at the Griffin Museum of Science and ...