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A total of 50 gifted young musicians from 10 different states spent the weekend at the Symphony Center for a summit of diverse performers – and also to learn from the best.
A total of 50 gifted young musicians from 10 different states spent the weekend at the Symphony Center for a summit of diverse performers – and also to learn from the best. CBS 2's Charlie De Mar reports.
McDonald’s has reached a settlement with former workers alleging harassment, a CTA train operator is recovering after being shoved onto the tracks, a second suspect has been charged in the murder of a woman in Hegewisch, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra musical director Riccardo Muti has tested positive for COVID-19.
According to a statement from the CSO he's been testing daily following protocols.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra held a captivating performance at Symphony Center Thursday night.
Everyone in the audience must be fully vaccinated or show proof of a negative COVID-19 test.
The sweet sounds of pandemic progress were heard Thursday night, as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra held its first live performance in more than a year.
Levine died March 9 in Palm Springs, California, of natural causes, his physician of 17 years, Dr. Len Horovitz, said Wednesday.
Mother's Day is usually about getting a gift for mom, but this Mother's Day during the COVID-19 pandemic, one baby daughter seems to love a gift that she received from mom.
Musicians and management at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra approved a new five-year contract and will return to work, after a nearly seven-week strike.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians have been on strike since March 10, in a dispute over salaries and retirement benefits.
A week after Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians rejected the "last, best and final offer" from management, their own counter-offer has been rejected, meaning their strike will continue.
Chicago Symphony Orchestra musicians have rejected the "last, best and final offer" from CSO management, nearly a month after going out on strike.
About 100 of the orchestra's musicians have been on strike since March 11 . They last met March 16. Both sides then agreed to take a pause in discussions.
They march from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.Symphony officials have canceled 17 concerts through Monday.
Actors from Chicago's theater and television community will join musicians of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra on the picket line this morning.
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association announced that a free concert scheduled for Tuesday is canceled due to the current strike by the orchestra's musicians.
As Chicago starts to defrost from a particularly brutal winter and we look forward to spring, the warmer months bring many good things to the midwest, including the opening of Ravinia Festival's annual summer concert season.
Muti says he wants management to "listen more carefully" to the musicians. He says the collapse of the symphony would be a tragedy.
The musicians plan to picket outside Orchestra Hall every day from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. until they have a new contract.
Beginning at 8:00 Monday morning, picket lines will form across "all the doors of Orchestra Hall" through 8:00 p.m. every day until a contract is reached.
James Levine was music director for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's summer residency at the Ravinia Festival from 1973 to 1993, and was to begin a term next summer as conductor laureate.
Students from five Chicago Public Schools performed with members of the Chicago Civic Orchestra Tuesday on the city's north side.
Everyone's getting in on the fun.
For decades, the non-profit Merit School of Music in the West Loop has been training the most promising musical prodigies in the city.
Jaylun Sanders is charged with murder, attempted murder, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Kameron Abram also faces a weapon charge.
A man is facing felony charges after shooting at an off-duty Sheriff in Millennium Park Friday night.
Illinois State Police said the shooting happened at about 8:10 p.m. in the southbound local lanes near 47th Street.
Firefighters have spent hours battling the massive fire.
"It really does suck to be down here and hear about all this going on, because it draws people away," said Lily Stein, manager of Beat Kitchen on the Riverwalk.
A man is barricaded inside a residential building in the Englewood neighborhood Sunday.
A new podcast is bringing attention to dozens of unsolved murders of mostly black women in the Chicago area.
The parade is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Greek Declaration of Independence.
A man is found shot and killed at an apartment complex in the Gresham neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Two men are wounded after being shot in the Lawndale neighborhood early Sunday morning.
Two people are injured after a crash caused a vehicle to roll over in River North just after midnight.
One of the two offenders is in custody following a robbery on the CTA Red Line train overnight.
We end the weekend with another cool day with lows in the 60s.
The union's incumbent vice president, Gates won 56 percent of the vote in what was one of the most hotly contested union elections in years.
At least 1 person is dead and 18 are wounded in shootings over the weekend.
Chicago has lost four straight after winning six of eight before Arizona came to town.
One gunshot was fired during the incident, but the guard was not shot.
Chicago's favorite reptile is growing up.
Duckworth applauded the graduates for making it through their studies during a period of upheaval and uncertainty.
Three people were wounded Saturday afternoon in a shooting in the South Shore neighborhood.
Cardinal Blase Cupich helped welcome two new priests to the Archdiocese of Chicago on Saturday.
The deputy was working a side job as a security officer at the time of the incident, according to a sheriff's office spokesperson.
Partly cloudy skies are expected for a couple days
On a steamy afternoon that saw yet another dustup between Josh Donaldson and the White Sox, DJ LeMahieu hit an early grand slam and the New York Yankees beat Chicago 7-5 in a contentious contest Saturday.
Loved ones will remember the lives of three women who died in an assisted living facility during extreme heat.
Jaylun Sanders is charged with murder, attempted murder, and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon. Kameron Abram also faces a weapon charge.
A man is facing felony charges after shooting at an off-duty Sheriff in Millennium Park Friday night.
Illinois State Police said the shooting happened at about 8:10 p.m. in the southbound local lanes near 47th Street.
Firefighters have spent hours battling the massive fire.
"It really does suck to be down here and hear about all this going on, because it draws people away," said Lily Stein, manager of Beat Kitchen on the Riverwalk.
The troubling reality is mass shootings like this are skyrocketing in Chicago compared to the rest of the country.
An 11-year-old abused girl, considered a risk to herself and others, has spent two months in what's considered a shelter and has been waiting months longer for a secure residential treatment center placement.
Michael Walters thought he did everything right.
CBS 2 Chicago won four regional Edward R. Murrow awards, the most of any station.
This week alone, the Red Cross has helped 132 victims in Chicago and the suburbs after house fires.
The City Council Public Safety Committee voted 14-3 on Friday to approve the one hour rollback of the curfew hours on weekends, as well as to expand the city's curfew to include 17-year-olds.
"We feel very confident that we have the votes to make sure that this gets over the hurdle," Mayor Lightfoot said.
CBS News projects Chuck Edwards will win the GOP nomination in North Carolina's 11th Congressional District, defeating incumbent Rep. Madison Cawthorn.
One of the lawsuits involves one of four men wrongfully convicted for a 1992 double murder. That case has now cost Chicago taxpayers more than $43 million in verdicts and settlements.
Suppliers will be required to give resources to infant formula plants before sending to other customers.
With parents struggling to navigate the baby formula shortage, breast milk donation banks are seeing a sharp increase in demand — but also a jump in donations.
Walk into the baby formula aisle at just about any drug or grocery store around the country, and you will still see rows of empty shelves.
Abbott Nutrition said after its plant in Sturgis, Michigan gets back in operation, product could be back on shelves in six to eight weeks, subject to approval by the Food and Drug Administration.
According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline is $5.12 as of Tuesday morning.
Parents are struggling to keep up with the nationwide shortage of baby formula – with several retailers now limiting how much you can buy. So what do you do if you can't find any?
There is one more hurdle: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must decide whether to formally recommend the booster for this age group.
Sturgis plant will reopen soon as nationwide out-of-stock levels of baby formula rise above 40%.
The Evanston Department of Health and Human Service reported 397 new COVID-19 cases over the last seven days – up from 305 the prior week.
Advocate Aurora Health will be merging with Atrium Health.
Chicago Public Schools has become the first school district in the nation to launch a new anti-suicide campaign created by Lady Gaga's Born This Way foundation.
There is still a push from nearby residents to stop the billon-dollar Bally's project that is planned for the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center site in River West.
Such events as the chaos downtown that led to a deadly shooting right in the middle of Millennium Park have led people to cancel trips, meetings, and events in Chicago because they don't feel safe.
The village of Skokie is telling Carvana it cannot build a proposed 14-story car vending tower, just three months after the project won approval from village trustees.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot helped cut the ribbon Tuesday morning to open the official U.S. headquarters of FTX, a Bahamas-based cryptocurrency exchange.
The city did not conduct a new safety study to determine how crime would be impacted by a casino - in hopes of getting the casino up and generating revenue quickly.
Chicago has lost four straight after winning six of eight before Arizona came to town.
On a steamy afternoon that saw yet another dustup between Josh Donaldson and the White Sox, DJ LeMahieu hit an early grand slam and the New York Yankees beat Chicago 7-5 in a contentious contest Saturday.
He's one of the biggest players in the draft, at 7 feet and 293 pounds, but his lack of an outside game might leave him left out on draft night, and longing a bit for the old NBA game.
The Hall of Famer, considered the best pitcher in Cubs history, joins Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, and Ron Santo to be immortalized along Gallagher Way.
With a strong wind blowing out on a warm afternoon, the teams combined to clear the brick walls 11 times — the Diamondbacks connected for seven homers.
CBS announced its 2022-2023 primetime programming lineup of CBS Originals, featuring four new dramas and more.
The controversial comic laughed off the incident after being tackled, and video appeared to show the person who charged him being beaten onstage.
"We lost our beautiful mother to the disease of mental illness," the Judd sisters said on social media.
The new national tour of "Jersey Boys" opens next week at the Cadillac Palace Theatre, celebrating the music of the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.
The lineup includes Thursday headliners Metallica and Lil Baby, Friday headliners Dua Lipa and Machine Gun Kelly, Saturday headliners J. Cole and Kygo, and Sunday headliners Green Day and Doja Cat.
A new podcast is bringing attention to dozens of unsolved murders of mostly black women in the Chicago area.
The Greek Heritage Parade is back.
We end the weekend with another cool day with lows in the 60s.
Two people are injured after a crash caused a vehicle to roll over in River North just after midnight.
Here's what caught Suzanne and Ed's eye this week.
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