Chicago summer festival calendar released; Taste moved to September

The city-sponsored major summer festivals are all returning this year, including Taste of Chicago, the Chicago Blues Festival, the Chicago Jazz Festival and the Chicago Air and Water Show.

Ke Huy Quan gets Oscar congrats from ‘Goonies’ co-stars after win

The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star told reporters he heard from every single co-star, including Josh Brolin, Corey Feldman, and Martha Plimpton.

Dinner and a Movie: 2023 Oscars Edition at RPM Seafood Chicago
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It's time for another edition of Dinner and a Movie, but rather than focus on just one movie, we're focusing on Sunday's Academy Awards. And since this is a special edition talking about the most glamorous night in Hollywood, Jake and Sylvia go behind the scenes of one of Chicago's most glamorous restaurants, RPM Seafood.

Jake Hamilton shares his Academy Awards predictions
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Best Picture? Best Actor? Best Director? Who will win at this year's Academy Awards? Jake Hamilton has some thoughts.

Robert Blake, Emmy-winning actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89

Blake, star of the 1970s TV show, "Baretta," had once hoped for a comeback, but he never recovered from the long ordeal which began with the shooting death of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley, outside a Studio City restaurant on May 4, 2001.

Plan to move Taste of Chicago near Navy Pier draws City Council backlash

Lame-duck Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s plan to hold Taste of Chicago on the same July 4 weekend as NASCAR’s first street-course race — but move Taste to a park near Navy Pier — hit a wall of opposition Tuesday.

Plan to move Taste of Chicago near Navy Pier draws City Council backlash
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Lame-duck Mayor Lori Lightfoot?s plan to hold Taste of Chicago on the same July 4 weekend as NASCAR?s first street-course race ? but move Taste to a park near Navy Pier ? hit a wall of opposition Tuesday.