Experience the eerie side of Chicago with the 45-minute Seadog Haunted River Tour, an evening adventure complete with ...

Lanterns: 6-10:30 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, Oct. 15-19 and 22-26, at the Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, ...

The new FPC Live-backed music venue next to Fiserv Forum is expected to host about 70 events a year beginning in early 2026.

WGN Entertainment Reporter Dean Richards offers a look at some of the shows and events taking place around Chicagoland this weekend. In music, 80’s icons Psychadelic Furs with special guest Gary Numan ...

The 38th annual Lincoln Square Ravenswood Apple Fest celebrates all things apple with cider, pies, candy apples and local vendors. The event runs Friday, 3 -7 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago is asking the public to vote on a name for its axolotl. The axolotl was confiscated at O’Hare Airport and is now under the zoo’s care. Voting is open through Sept. 24 on the zoo ...

Brookfield Zoo announced the winning name for its new axolotl: Sir Mix-O-Lotl, chosen by public vote over Bubblegum, Mochi, and Poseidon. The axolotl is one of 20 rescued from an illegal import ...

Brookfield Zoo Chicago is unveiling a new chapter in one of its most beloved attractions. Beginning Oct. 4, guests can experience Dolphin Discovery, a newly reimagined show at the zoo’s renamed ...

It went from one of the worst zoos in America to a beloved menagerie filled with disabled and elderly native species. Now the ...

Captive animals sometimes need a transfusion, but the typical approach to blood banking isn’t practical for zoos and aquariums. One veterinarian is testing a solution. Dr. Lily Parkinson, a clinical ...

National Elephant Appreciation Day is Sept. 22. Even for animal lovers, it probably isn’t on your calendar. Regardless, elephants have reason to appreciate Illinois as well. In 2017 our state ...

Several years ago, in the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Lily Parkinson, who was working as an emergency and critical care veterinarian at the University of Georgia, began getting calls about ...