Here are the Oscar nominees for best picture — and where you can see them around Chicago
Here are the Oscar nominees for best picture and where to watch them in Chicago theaters before the awards ceremony on March 15.
Entertainment
Featured
Steppenwolf Theatre’s 2026-27 season will have several world premieres
Coming next on Halsted Street: New work from Adam Rapp and Stephanie Alison Walker, both...
Robert De Niro delivers Abraham Lincoln’s civility warning at a Carnegie Hall benefit
Robert De Niro walked onto Carnegie Hall’s stage Tuesday night, unannounced and to loud applause....
Arts
Bronze bison will visit the Field Museum as part of Smithsonian tour
A trio of larger-than-life bison sculptures will be displayed outside the Field Museum later this month as part of a cross-country tour.
Books
Column: ‘Sirens in the Loop’ book gives us City News Bureau in all its raucous glory
“Sirens in the Loop: A History of the City News Bureau of Chicago,” is not at all a textbook, but rather an intimate look at a time long gone.
Movies
‘Scream 7’ opens with a franchise-best $64.1 million in box-office win for Paramount
Thirty years after the original slasher movie opened in theaters, “Scream 7” debuted with a franchise-best $64.1 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.
TV and Streaming
‘Brady Bunch’ house, used in exterior shots for the popular sitcom, gets LA landmark status
The LA city council voted unanimously on Wednesday to designate the the so-called “Brady Bunch” house in the San Fernando Valley as a historic-cultural monument.
Theater
Review: ‘The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao’ is about a nerdy young man with an open heart
This world-premiere adaptation of the novel by Junot Díaz stars Lenin Izquierdo of Humboldt Park as the Dominican American hero at the center of the story.
Restaurants, Food and Drink
Two Chicago chefs to compete in ‘America’s Culinary Cup’
Chef Diana Dávila of Logan Square’s Mi Tocaya Antojería and Chef Beverly Kim of Parachute HiFi and Anelya in Avondale are among 16 chefs competing for the $1 million grand prize in the first season of the new competition series.
Music and Concerts
Column: Return with us now to those thrilling songs of yesteryear in ‘Chicago 1971’
"Chicago 1971" is about the summer night when Kris Kristofferson, Steve Goodman and John Prine met.
Travel
Chicago woman unsure of when she’ll return home from Dubai after US attacks on Iran
Shekinah Lee said she and her friends, vacationing this week in Dubai, have seen a missile and heard explosions. They’re sheltering in place at their hotel until further notice.
Museums
Chocolate Weekend at Morton Arboretum has everything you wanted to know — and taste — about cacao
The 15th annual expo in Lisle features chocolate products as well as information on flavor, texture, culture and controversies.
Home and Garden
Slow-growing peperomia is a great low-maintenance plant
Peperomias tolerate most lighting conditions, but they’ll do best in bright, indirect light.
Recipes
How to upgrade your dried dates
Some viral food trends aren’ t built to last, but that’ s just not true with date bark. The first time I saw it I thought,“ Wow, I need to make that immediately.” The first time I actually made it,...
Fashion
Answer Angel: $280 for socks?!
Dear Answer Angel Ellen: By sheer chance I was reading something online recently about a man in the news. A photo illustration showed an average looking guy in jeans, gym shoes and a baseball cap. The article mentioned that the guy...
Entertainment
Boy George eager for his tour bus to arrive Saturday in Gary
Boy George and the Culture Club roll into Gary to play one 7 p.m. concert Saturday at Hard Rock Northern Indiana as part of a 20-city tour.