Things to do this summer in and around Chicago
Our picks for everything from farmers markets to free concerts to great reads and adventures, featuring the people and places that keep Illinois interesting.
The red-brick two-flat in Kenwood was the longtime home and rehearsal space of the blues great and provided temporary housing and a place to jam for several other musicians.
The WBEZ Summer 250 is live! It’s our interactive guide to 250 (and counting) activities in the Chicago area this season. Stopping by to explain what’s inside the guide are WBEZ editor Cassie Walker Burke, who curated the content for the guide, and WBEZ visual producer Andjela Padejski, who designed the product experience.
Looking for things to do this summer? We’ve got you covered.
In Case You Missed It
- Street closings, security checkpoints, tree trimming, flower planting — it’s going to start looking a lot like DNC!
- Judge wants Chicago gang kingpin Larry Hoover in court for his mercy bid
- The hope, the worry and the surreal that Illinois Black female Democratic delegates see in Kamala Harris’ moment
- As the DNC returns to Chicago, Illinois’ dean of the delegation, Dick Durbin, basks in the moment
- Democrats expect Republican leaders to send more buses of migrants to Chicago before the DNC
- Video shows sheriff’s deputy shoot and kill an unarmed woman in Springfield, Ill.
- Kamala Harris presidential campaign considering J.B. Pritzker as running mate