It's heating up in Bloomington. Check out Granfalloon events, the 4th & Rogers Block Party, Bloomington Handmade Market and a ...

The 2025 edition of the Chicago Blues Festival has one of the stronger lineups in recent memory—its mix of hallowed veterans ...

With a new album, tour and impending induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, the Doobie Brothers are takin’ it to the ...

Also around the area this weekend, a big prize for fastest dinosaur at the Field Museum and a busy weekend at Ravinia ...

An iconic 1970s rock band announced this week that they reunited in the studio with their most famous frontman, 45 years ...

The Chicago Blues Festival, Tony Award-winning musical “Kimberly Akimbo” at CIBC Theatre and Ribfest Chicago are among the ...

Legendary singer Mavis Staples decided to retire in 2023. Then she changed her mind. “She's driven to spread the message,” ...

Mavis Staples has been a gospel singer longer than Elizabeth II has worn the crown. During concerts, sometimes, she might take a seat and rest while someone in her band bangs out a solo for a ...

An assemblage of musical greats in their own right gathered at the YouTube Theater in the greater L.A. area Thursday night for “Mavis Staples 85th: All-Star Birthday Concert,” a three-and-a ...

Donation Options Search Search Search Mavis Staples performs at the Beacon Theatre in 2023 in New York City. Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Share For eight decades, Mavis Staples has been taking us ...

By Grayson Haver Currin Reporting from Chicago and Los Angeles On a rainy April day in Chicago, Mavis Staples sat in the restaurant of the towering downtown Chicago building where she’s lived ...