Darel Jevens
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‘I found my place’: Chicago embraced Jimmy Buffett long before ‘Margaritaville’
As a regular at the Belmont Avenue folk club Quiet Knight, Buffett became a friend and collaborator with Chicago favorite Steve Goodman. → Read More
Concert confusion alert: When 2 music venues become Credit Union 1
The former Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre in Tinley Park now shares a name with the UIC basketball arena. → Read More
Ahmad Jamal, influential jazz pianist, dies at 92
Musician recorded his popular album “At the Pershing/But Not for Me” in Chicago. → Read More
Actors’ Equity reaches labor agreement on touring Broadway shows
A joint statement from the union and the trade association Broadway League did not reveal terms of the three-year contract. → Read More
Oriental Institute takes a new name to reflect changing times
University of Chicago museum becomes the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa. → Read More
Sufjan Stevens’ ‘Illinois’ musical, based on 2005 album, to premiere this summer
The show, full of songs alluding to the state’s people and places, will make its world premiere in New York State and then run at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. → Read More
Hulu sticks a knife in ‘Devil in the White City’ series
Keanu Reeves was to star in adaptation of the Chicago novel, which reportedly is being shopped to other outlets. → Read More
‘South Side’ canceled by HBO Max
Streaming service calls the Chicago-made series ‘wholly unique, ambitious, and fearless’ but won’t proceed with Season 4. → Read More
Judge Mathis’ new show: He’ll be back, but not in Chicago
He’ll be deciding cases in Los Angeles as star of a series from Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group. → Read More
‘Judge Mathis’ canceled: Chicago-based show’s 24th season will be its last
The Hollywood trades report Greg Mathis’ syndicated legal series, shot at the NBC Tower in Streeterville, will not return for a new season this fall. → Read More
Bruce Springsteen at Wrigley Field: E Street Band concert set for August
The shows are part of the 73-year-old superstar’s first major tour with the band in six years. → Read More
Actor Melinda Dillon, ‘A Christmas Story’ mom from Chicago, dies at 83
Two-time Oscar nominee, for ‘Close Encounters’ and ‘Absence of Malice,’ got her start at Goodman School and Second City. → Read More
‘Jake from State Farm’ amused by ‘SNL’ spoof with Michael B. Jordan
The fake ad showing Jake breaking up a marriage ‘had us howling,’ insurance company tweets. → Read More
Michael Lehrer dead: Former Second City actor-writer, who had ALS, was 44
The performer, who continued to do comedy after developing the neurodegenerative disease, ‘died with dignity on his own terms,’ says his life partner and caregiver. → Read More
Marin Alsop offended by depiction of cruel woman conductor in ‘TÁR’
Ravinia Festival chief conductor says it’s ‘anti-woman’ to portray Cate Blanchett’s character as an abuser, when it’s usually men committing abuse in the classical music field. → Read More
Cecily Strong leaves ‘SNL’: ‘I feel real lucky,’ former Chicagoan says on final episode
Former Chicagoan’s tenure of more than a decade is the longest ever for a woman performer on the show. → Read More
Noah Gregoropoulos dead: Influential Chicago improv performer and teacher was 63
“No one was smarter, funnier and no one loved improvisation more,” said Oscar-winning writer-director Adam McKay. “No one.” → Read More
Rob Stafford, longtime NBC5 anchor and reporter, to retire this month
Dec. 23 will be the last day for the journalist, who famously chronicled his 2017 medical treatment on Facebook. → Read More
Done with ‘SNL,’ Melissa Villaseñor savors her freedom and ‘feels like a little kid’
At her stand-up shows in Chicago, comedian and impressionist promises silliness and a bit of darkness → Read More
Andrew Duncan dead: Actor starred in first Second City show
‘The quintessential straight man’ appeared in the Chicago theater’s first revue and later in the movies ‘Love Story’ and “Slapshot.’ → Read More