Crowds turn out on Broadway for Lakeview East Festival of the Arts
More than 150 juried artists set up shop on Broadway this weekend for the 20th Lakeview East Festival of the Arts.
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More than 150 juried artists set up shop on Broadway this weekend for the 20th Lakeview East Festival of the Arts.
Riot Fest is taking over the Field Museum in Chicago Tuesday night for its After 5 at the Field evening hours.
Artist Sarah Kraning not only hears music, she sees it. Learn more with Dana Kozlov.
A fresh banana was reinstalled a few minutes later.
An art installation on the Near South Side will mark the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Chicago heat wave that killed hundreds of people.
Preston was selected for the Richard Hunt Award, honoring a renowned Chicago artist while creating opportunities for others.
The mural was supposed to resemble peace and love. However, the victim said she was attacked for speaking up against hate.
Chicago photographer Gonzalo Guzman loves to capture all facets of life in photos.
A new exhibit at Wrightwood 659 in Lincoln Park called "The First Homosexuals" explores LGBTQ history and identity through art and expression.
The hands-on experience introduces children to global creative traditions, builds fine motor skills, and celebrates the power of connection and compassion through craft.
Jackie Kostek jumpstarts your morning from South Shore Arts in Munster, Indiana.
A New York judge has ruled the Art Institute of Chicago must surrender a 1916 drawing stolen from a Jewish art collector by Nazis in the Holocaust.
Anthony Bartley is an artist whose work saved his life after a debilitating concussion. He now uses art to help others struggling with mental illness. Check out his exhibit on the South Side through May 23.
While the auctions in the Chicago area promise luxurious items for sale at high values, customers are complaining.
The show takes up a two-and-a-half block radius of one-of-a-kind artists and shoppers.
Williams, known by his artist moniker WAK, is one of the most celebrated figurative storytellers of this era. The Chicago South Side native's collection of paintings is the most widely circulated urban fine art series in the world. His exhibition is on display through Nov. 30 at Connect Gallery.
The actor said seeing "The Song of the Lark" helped him through a difficult time.
They were among the 22 creatives who will receive an $800,000, no-strings-attached award from the MacArthur Foundation.
During Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago is focusing on the sounds of Old Mexico. A Chicago band is celebrating 30 years of reviving and popularizing music that dates back hundreds of years.
The pieces of art valued at up to millions of dollars would be sold to pay for Valparaiso University dorm renovations
Some extremely valuable works of art, including one by the renowned painter Georgia O'Keeffe, from a museum at Valparaiso University in Indiana will be heading to the auction block. The school said it needs to sell the artwork to help pay for dorm renovations, but CBS News Chicago heard from a now-retired founding director who fought hard to stop the sale.
The show is happening on Sunday at the Zhou B Art Center in Bridgeport. Founders Joshua and Khamii Love talk more about what guests can expect.
In his one-man show, it's tough to figure out what Verrone Simms is about to create next because he's doing so many things simultaneously.
You never know what kind of treasures you'll find hidden in the back of your garage. For one man in London, that turned out to be some pretty valuable artwork.
The series "Tracked Changes: Democracy Runs Through Our Neighborhoods” is part of an $11 million investment to add public art throughout the city, including new murals and sculptures. Project curator Bob Faust and artist Esperanza Rosas discuss the inspiration behind the project and its works.
Sunday marked the annual Royal Court Coronation for the Bud Billiken Parade, in a 77-year-long tradition.
The Chicago Bears were off on Sunday, having wrapped up their first week of training camp.
Slow-roasted beef was piled high in Chicago's Jefferson Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon.
Two Chicago Catholic parishes celebrated their partnership with a taco fiesta on Sunday.
The Chicago White Sox beat the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on Sunday.
A new court ruling will keep Illinois from having to turn over its full list of voter information to the federal government.
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias officially announced his campaign for mayor of Chicago on Sunday. He said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy,"
Investigators are probing whether Iranian hackers are behind this week's malicious cyber activity against water systems in Minnesota. If they are found to be the culprits, it would not be the first time.
The U.S. and Israel plan to hit Iran's energy infrastructure as soon as this weekend, although no final decision has been made, sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Gov. JB Pritzker signed sweeping regulations Friday aimed at social media companies and cracking down on "addictive algorithms" that keep kids glued to their screens.
The Trump administration is taking aim at power grid operator PJM Interconnection over rising electricity bills that affect Illinois and Indiana residents.
Chicago remained the most bed bug-treated city in the country, according to Orkin's latest annual rankings covering a full year of residential and commercial treatment data.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul this week warned residents cleaning up from last month's storms to be on the lookout for scams.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed several new consumer protections into law, including a ban on junk fees.
CBS News Chicago has learned that Illinois home insurance premiums are not only higher than the nation's average, but going up faster too.
East Chicago, Indiana is being placed on a precautionary boil water advisory starting Monday morning for planned installations that could affect water safety.
A new Northwestern Medicine study on long COVID shows women show more neurological symptoms than men.
A lettuce supplier to fast-food giant Taco Bell has been linked to a nationwide cyclosporiasis outbreak that has sickened thousands of people, the CDC said.
Chicago just barely made the top 20 in the American College of Sports Medicine's 2026 ranking of the country's fittest cities.
In a major turnaround in the opioid crisis, overdose deaths are falling across Chicago and Cook County.
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
A Wisconsin appeals court reversed a lower court ruling that had declared Act 10 unconstitutional, keeping the 2011 law limiting public workers' collective bargaining rights in place as unions prepare to appeal to the state Supreme Court.
The changing developments at 1800 N. Clybourn Ave. represent a microcosm of 40 years of changing development priorities on the Clybourn Corridor as a whole, and in Chicago and beyond.
The food deserts on Chicago's South and West sides could spread even wider if seven Save A Lot grocery stores close.
Illinois American Water and Aqua Illinois are both seeking rate increases that would raise monthly bills by as much as $28, while their parent companies seek regulatory approval to merge — a deal a consumer watchdog says would give one company control of nearly all regulated water customers in the state.
Vincent Pastore played Salvatore "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero on all six seasons of "The Sopranos," which aired from 1999 to 2007.
If weather forces an evacuation, shelter sites are located at Grant Park North, Grant Park South, and Millennium Lakeside Garages, accessible through the vehicle entrance on Michigan Avenue.
Grant Park was filled with tens of thousands of people Thursday for the start of Lollapalooza, as warm weather greeted festivalgoers on day one of the four-day music festival.
Academy Award-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash.
Actor William Shatner and his daughter, Melanie Shatner Gretsch, recall how they helped each other as they fought Stage 4 cancer side by side.
Sunday marked the annual Royal Court Coronation for the Bud Billiken Parade, in a 77-year-long tradition.
Lollapalooza festivalgoers had no rain to worry about on Sunday, as the gates opened for the last day of the festival in Chicago’s Grant Park.
After a lot of speculation, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced Sunday that he is running for Chicago mayor. Marissa Sulek reports.
The Illinois Institute of Technology has laid off around 160 faculty and staff members just before the start of the fall semester, according to published reports.
Suzanne’s two PAWS Chicago rescue cats, Luce and Luna, reminded her of the beauty of slowing down. Meanwhile, Mary Kay Kleist has a safety reminder with a picture of dangerous rip currents.
In announcing his campaign, Giannoulias said, "Chicago should never become a city reserved only for the wealthy."
Stella's Diner in Chicago's East Lakeview community has gone out of business.
Several people were killed in a shooting Saturday afternoon at an In-N-Out restaurant in Twin Falls, Idaho, local authorities said.
Sunday marked the annual Royal Court Coronation for the Bud Billiken Parade, in a 77-year-long tradition.
Slow-roasted beef was piled high in Chicago's Jefferson Memorial Park on Sunday afternoon.
A clean energy initiative on the South Side of Chicago is increasing access to solar energy and electric vehicle charging stations, and community members say it's making a difference.
A glitch in the Illinois Tollway system earlier this month left about 100,000 drivers with unexpected warnings about unpaid tolls, some dating back about a year.
Chicago's Office of Emergency Management, which oversees roughly 200 traffic aides, says two were seriously injured by drivers this summer — leaving many uneasy on the job as Lollapalooza brings heavy traffic downtown.
Shavonne Worthy said she visited her mother's grave at Oakridge-Glen Oaks Cemetery in Hillside and found an empty hole where the headstone had stood for nearly 10 years — and the cemetery's new owner told her it was removed intentionally.
Earlier this month, charges were dropped in one case against Weinstein, but he still faces charges in New York and California.
The Chicago Bears were off on Sunday, having wrapped up their first week of training camp.
The Chicago White Sox beat the AL-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-1 on Sunday.
Lewandowski, who made the move from FC Barcelona in a two-year deal with Chicago, equalized in the 20th minute off a screamer from outside the box that tied the game at 1.
The Chicago Cubs evened their series with the New York Yankees with a 5-2 win on Saturday night.
Only two baserunners advanced past first base for Chicago, which had its three-game winning streak halted.
Savannah Guthrie said she and her family have been "in agony and despair ever since" her mother Nancy's disappearance in February.
A popular Little Italy neighborhood bar was the target of an early morning break-in this week. While the owners said they are upset, they are responding with some levity.
Three men accused of attacking a CBS News Chicago crew during a crime spree last month pleaded not guilty to the charges on Friday.
The Illinois Prisoner Review Board ruled Friday that Sean Grayson, convicted of second-degree murder in the 2024 killing of Sonya Massey, will remain in prison despite a medical release application citing advanced colon cancer.
Two Mundelein-area men are facing charges connected to the murder of a man who disappeared last November.
