Join Sound Opinions hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for an evening under the stars as they co-present with the Millennium Park Summer Film Series a musical story of the rise and fall of an African American vocal group, The Five Heartbeats on Tu

The Chicago Fringe Festival features a wide variety of artists producing 200+ performances from Chicago and around the world ranging theatre, dance, comedy and more! The Kids Fringe also includes performances and activities catered specifically for families! 

Sorry GOT fans, this event is SOLD OUT! See more WBEZ events, here.

From “hard infrastructure,” such as roads and bridges, dams and canals, to “soft infrastructure,” like parks and town squares, public art and rails-to-trails, a city’s overall infrastructure has a significant influence on daily life and links its residents, neighborhoods and businesses.

Next in WBEZ’s Podcast Passport series we transport you from Chicago to a fantastical world called Foon – and your tour guides are a human, a wizard, and a shapeshifting badger. This is Hello From the Magic Tavern!

Please join Metropolitan Planning Council for an inspiring keynote address by Tom Ricketts, Executive Chairman of the Chicago Cubs, on the team’s extraordinary journey and the turnaround lessons that we can apply to Chicago’s pressing problems.

Join over 2,000 community members, nonprofit professionals, activists, civic and business leaders for Chicago Foundation for Women's 32nd  Annual Luncheon and Symposium.