Billie Eilish headlined the first night of Lollapalooza 2023 in Chicago on August 3rd. Her performance included the live debut of her song “What Was I Made For?” from the Barbie movie soundtrack. She also paid tribute to the late actor Angus Cloud during her set.

The story of the South Side of Chicago is a story of immigrants and of migrants, of workers and unions, of political dynasties and sports legacies, art and commerce, progress and struggle. It is a story of Irish, German, Italian, Polish, Chinese, Lithuanian, Croatian, Slovakian, Mexican and African Americans, of blue collars and brownfields, of White Sox and Black Sox – and of one Red Bridge. Above all, the story of Chicago’s South Side is a story of neighborhoods – a rich patchwork quilt of neighborhoods, each with its own origin story, identity, culture, and heroes. And while some South Side neighborhoods might seem defined by how much things stay the same, most demonstrate how much in Chicago continuously evolves. Explore some of the South Side’s neighborhoods and their stories.

documentary covering the history of WGN and their sixty years of showing Chicago Cubs baseball games.

Set I: Althea, Uncle John's Band > He's Gone, Brown-Eyed Women, Little Red Rooster, Jack Straw, One More Saturday Night Set II: China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Estimated Prophet > Eyes of the World > Drums > Space > Milestones > Days Between > Help on the Way > Slipknot! > Franklin's Tower Encore: Brokedown Palace, Touch of Grey

Rainbows Are Real is a documentary included as part of the Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of Grateful Dead.

A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.

Set One: Let The Good Times Roll, Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo, Bertha, Ramble On Rose Set Two: Dancing in the Streets, Playing In The Band, Scarlet Begonias, Deal, Fire On The Mountain, Drums, Space, Playing In The Band, All Along The Watchtower, Morning Dew, Not Fade Away Encore: Ripple

The Chicago Cubs began playing baseball in the 1870's, and since then no other team has held such a spell over its fans. CHICAGO AND THE CUBS - A Lifelong Love Affair, captures all the emotion between one of America's greatest cities and one of sport's greatest franchises. From Cap Anson to Ernie Banks to Ryne Sandberg, this is the official authorized story of the Chicago Cubs, a vivid account of all the memorable men and moments the people of Chicago have enjoyed over the years, hosted by celebrated Chicago columnist, author and lifelong Cub fan, Mike Royko.

Re-creating the sound they triumphantly defined in the 1960s, several Chicago blues legends gather for this hot 2004 performance. Heavy hitters Barry Goldberg, Harvey Mandel, Nick Gravenites, Tracy Nelson, Sam Lay and Corky Siegel are shown jamming here, while other luminaries reflect on the era in interviews. The reminiscences come from B.B. King, Steve Miller, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana and others.

Puddle of Mudd's performance at the House of Blues in Chicago.

Concert at House of Blues, Chicago, IL, USA on April 27, 2022 from the Cell-0 Tour.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Grateful Dead, the "core four" original members - Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir - reunited at Chicago's Soldier Field on July 3rd, 4th and 5th for the most anticipated concerts in recent history. Joined by Trey Anastasio, Jeff Chimenti, and Bruce Hornsby. Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years Of Grateful Dead is the original members' last-ever performance together nearly 20 years to the day of the last ever Grateful Dead concert with Jerry Garcia, which took place at the same historic venue.

Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.

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Inside look at Aaron Sorkin's Trial of the Chicago 7 (2021).

Ending their long strange trip of 50 years, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead played their final "Fare Thee Well" concert at Chicago's Soldier Field Sunday night, urging a massive fervent crowd to take the feeling of the night, "Remember it, take it home and do some good with it - please, be kind.” In honor of the 50th anniversary event, the great Playing For Change released a video of their own cadre of global artists covering "Ripple." "The ripple effect," said Playing co-founder Mark Johnson, "is that the next generation gets to learn to play music all over the world.” Net proceeds from the video will benefit the Playing For Change Foundation’€™s music schools and programs for children worldwide.

EASTLAND: CHICAGO'S DEADLIEST DAY is the dramatic story of how hundreds of immigrant factory workers and their families, setting out for leisurely summer cruise, died aboard a heavily loaded steamship that tipped over while still tied to the dock in downtown Chicago. ...and how the rich and powerful who were responsible got away with it. First-generation relatives of victims recount how the tragedy affected their families for decades while original court documents dug out of the National Archives reveal that the Eastland's owners knew of the ship's stability problems months before the disaster yet rolled the dice as innocent immigrant passengers boarded on July 24, 1915 for a Western Electric company picnic.

This film is a travelogue in Chicago, which is also a study on color and black and white, the expired and the fresh film, and the fast and the slow pace. I was looking at the city in the snow through the Costa Rican artist Federico Herrero’s installation, Alphabet, on the window at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and wondering what the difference would be between shooting this grey scenery with color film and with black and white film. As Herrero creates a landscape with color blocks, what landscape would I create with my two rolls of film? - Erica Sheu

The funny man, the man who has given us so many Good Times and Great Memories, he is Colt Cabana and this is a chronicle of his journey in Ring of Honor. Whether it be standing alongside CM Punk & Ace Steel as a Second City Saint, or running solo in pursuit of champion ship success, Cabana has proven himself a master of the art of pro wrestling.

Some of Chicago's top comedians take the stage on WCIU. Hosted by comedian and Chicago native Rebecca O'Neal, and taped in front of a live studio audience at Zanies Comedy Club in Rosemont, Illinois, featuring hilariously funny stand-up routines from local comedic giants.