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Thursday, April 23, 2026

 
 

It’s Thursday, Chicago. 

If you loved Bad Bunny’s energetic, culture-infused Super Bowl halftime show, then you’ll also love a new exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago now on view until September.

“Dancing the Revolution” features a range of paintings, sculptures, photography, mixed-media, and sonic installations centered on Caribbean dance music and activism. Read about the display here

Plus, we check in with Chicago's Tomato Man on how to grow the freshest, most flavorful tomatoes in your garden this spring despite erratic Midwestern weather. 

Enjoy the weekend, we’ll see you back here next week. 

— Lauryn Azu, deputy senior editor

First-of-its-kind MCA exhibition plays the beat of Caribbean activism

Taking up the museum’s entire fourth floor, “Dancing the Revolution” is a first-of-its-kind exhibition on view through Sept. 20.

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Chicago’s Tomato Man on the impacts of erratic spring temperatures on his beloved heirlooms

Along with convincing the average consumer that a homegrown tomato is far superior to supermarket ones, Bob Zeni is hoping to help home gardeners cultivate plants using techniques that limit their carbon footprint.

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Review: ‘Michael’ is an uncanny but shallow portrayal of the rise of the King of Pop

Jaafar Jackson portrays his uncle Michael in the film and conjures a physical embodiment of the King of Pop that is eerily, almost mathematically correct. He nails every pop, point, slide and moonwalk.

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Food icon: Inocencio Carbajal, El Guëro of Carnitas Uruapan in Chicago

He overcame adversity as an immigrant who worked in the old Fulton Market at a meatpacking house and abandonment in childhood, eventually reconciling after he became a father himself.

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Country artist Bryan Andrews is unapologetically outspoken about Trump — and some country fans don’t like it

His upcoming concert in Chicago at Chop Shop is part of what he’s calling his protest tour. A lot of music fans “want something different,” he says.

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Column: Grandsons give a famous tavern matriarch a place to call her own

Grandsons of the late Mary Jo and Butch McGuire grew up working in their grandfather’s famous spot on Division Street. Now they’re getting into the business.

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Review: “‘night Mother” by Redtwist Theatre offers no respite from the darkness

In Marsha Norman’s unflinchingly bleak Pulitzer Prize winner, a daughter reveals to her mother her plan to end her life.

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