By Hannah Edgar
The Hyde Park Jazz Fest experienced its pandemic trial by fire last year, when the festival grooved on in the form of pop-up sidewalk performances and streamed indoor sets.
Read MoreBy Zach Long & Emma Krupp
While assembling the Time Out Best of the City Awards, our Chicago editors looked back on the past 12 months of food, festivals, exhibitions, shows and innovations in order to highlight our favorites. Some are places and happenings that are veritable Chicago institutions. Others are wonderful new additions to the city. But every Best of the City Awards winner is something that we feel is memorable and impactful in its own way.
Read MoreThe 15th Hyde Park Jazz Festival, which took place last Saturday and Sunday, may have been the best ever. That’s a tall statement, given how many great ones there have been—but it’s less about ranking favorites and more about how good it felt to see such a beloved event getting back to its old self.
Read MoreBy Hannah Edgar
Look, we all know what we’ve been through in the past year, and arts presenters — the good ones, anyway — are doing their damndest not to be part of the problem as COVID-19 mutates its way down the Greek alphabet.
So, if you’re refreshing the calendars of your favorite venues and think they look a little lean, it’s not just you. This Top 10 list’s “I”s were dotted and “T”s crossed on the first week of September, when virus cases in the city hit a half-year high; by the time it publishes, events may have been added, tweaked, postponed, or pulled altogether.
Read MoreBy The University of Chicago, Civic Engagement
Now in its 15th year, the free, community-led festival is drawing acclaimed national and local artists
Read MoreBy Aaron Gettinger, staff writer
As part of the "Open Chicago" reopening campaign, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced the "Open Culture" initiative on May 5, with a return to summer cultural events, including festivals, theater and concerts — and attractions in Hyde Park are included.
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