Chicago Tribune

09/04/2026

Along with the heavy hitters at Symphony Center and Hyde Park Jazz Fest, our fall picks include Bella Voce, jazz on the Red Line and an invisible concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

09/04/2026

New theaters are opening. The Magnificent Mile is rebounding. The Lyric Opera has bold new programming and the Joffrey Ballet is in the black. There are reasons to be optimistic about culture in Chicago, but not all signs are positive.

09/04/2026

From the Editorial Board: With summer heat dragging on into September, we can imagine many Chicagoland kids would do well to exercise their freedoms this Labor Day weekend, unimpeded by their parents and guardians.

“I can do it myself” should be music to parents’ ears.

09/04/2026

A federal judge on Friday extended her prohibition against the U.S. Postal Service implementing President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting during the midterms.

09/04/2026

Local Note is a place of big swings — in more ways than one.

Local Note founder Kurt Schauer says “the pendulum is starting to swing back to analog.”

09/04/2026

Essendant, a rebranded century-old wholesale office supply company, is laying off nearly 1,300 employees across six states, winding down operations and preparing to close its doors for good.

Formerly known as United Stationers, the business grew over decades from a small family-owned Chicago store into the nation’s largest independent wholesaler of office products.

09/04/2026

Letter to the Editor: Would $20 or even $50 per employee per month push a large, profitable corporation to restructure? Probably not. Would it give one the excuse to restructure here rather than elsewhere? Absolutely.

Why is everyone discussing the head tax like it’s still 2014?

09/04/2026

Kate Jackson is writing a memoir, but she also felt compelled to produce a collection of stories that reflected the ubiquity and complexity of family secrets and surprises.

09/04/2026

Will new offensive coordinator Chip Kelly succeed with Northwestern’s talent? “As long as I’ve been around Coach Kelly, (creativity) has never been an issue.”

09/04/2026

More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet access through an extension of a pandemic-era city program.