Zell Music Director Riccardo Muti leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 on Thursday night at Orchestra Hall. | © Todd Rosenberg Photography As a show of support for Ukraine, Thursday night’s concert demonstrated there is no more fitting work for this dark moment than this landmark symphony, which sums up Beethoven’s lifelong belief in hope … [Read more...] about CSO, Riccardo Muti: a superb Beethoven No. 9 delivers ‘ode to joy at an awful moment of sadness’
Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says
Gov. J.B. Pritzker will not have an easy path to re-election, according to CNN analyst David Axelrod, a former political adviser to President Barack Obama. | Sun-Times file Billionaire Ken Grifin has pumped $20 million into the gubernatorial campaign of Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, who’s seeking the GOP nomination. And Lightfoot could face a challenge from Arne Duncan, … [Read more...] about Incumbents in electoral trouble include Pritzker, Lightfoot, Democratic analyst says
‘Death, Taxes, and DeRozan’ as the Bulls veteran continues his takeover
“You love it and you hate it,’’ the Bulls’ DeMar DeRozan said of having to win games late. “Of course, you don’t want to be down and have the pressure on yourself to try to pull out a game. But when you’re in those moments, you’ve got to take it on. I love the moments. I love the challenge.” | Jacob Kupferman/AP The game-winner over Atlanta was just another highlight in … [Read more...] about ‘Death, Taxes, and DeRozan’ as the Bulls veteran continues his takeover
This week in history: W.E.B. Du Bois debates a racist
Profile portrait of American-born author, educator, and activist W. E. B. Du Bois (1868 - 1963), 1910s. His signature can be see in the lower left. | Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images In March 1929, a debate brought Black scholar and activist W.E.B. Du Bois and eugenicist Lothrop Stoddard to Chicago to argue for and against Black civil rights. Here’s how it went … [Read more...] about This week in history: W.E.B. Du Bois debates a racist
Illinois gets $760M as part of opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson, 3 drug distribution companies
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul | Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times file The money will be distributed to local governments around the state to help battle the opioid crisis Illinois will receive about $760 million from a nationwide settlement finalized Friday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major drug distributors over their role in the opioid addiction … [Read more...] about Illinois gets $760M as part of opioid settlement with Johnson & Johnson, 3 drug distribution companies