Black Harvest Film Festival 2026 Puts Black Chicago on Screen With Shorts From the Block November 13 and 15 November 7, 2026
Griffin MSI’s 84th Christmas Around the World Opens November 7 With More Than 50 Trees Decorated by Chicago Volunteers November 5, 2026
Christkindlmarket Chicago Marks 30 Years on Daley Plaza as the Nuremberg-Inspired Market Opens November 20 November 3, 2026
Haunted Halsted Turns 30 as Northalsted Businesses Open for Daytime Trick-or-Treating on Halloween October 31, 2026
Chicago Breaks Ground on DuSable Park, Nearly 40 Years After Harold Washington Dedicated the Site October 30, 2026
Little Village And Pilsen Mark DÃa de los Muertos Weekend With Xempasúchil, A 5K And Memorial Bike Rides October 28, 2026
Chicago Fed Data Shows Midwest Manufacturing Rebound as Service Businesses Lag in October October 27, 2026
Why the Chicago River Turns Green: How Plumbers Local 130 Has Dyed It for St. Patrick’s Day Since 1962 October 23, 2026
More Than 1,000 Birds Killed Or Injured In Chicago Building Collisions As Bird-Safe Ordinance Waits In Committee October 22, 2026
National Museum of Mexican Art Celebrates 40 Years of Day of the Dead in Chicago With Xicágo Celebration in Pilsen October 24 October 21, 2026
O’Hare’s 50-Ton Prehistoric Boulder Heads to a Public Vote as Chicago Names Six Finalists October 20, 2026
How To Attend Open House Chicago 2026: Themed Itineraries, Priority Passes And The New Built On Belief Route October 16, 2026
Northwestern Launches Four Research Initiatives, Including a Community-Engaged Research Center, for Its 175th Year October 15, 2026
Open House Chicago 2026 Opens More Than 200 Sites Across the City October 17–18, Including 20 First-Time Locations October 13, 2026
Metra’s First Battery-Electric Train Goes on Public Display at LaSalle Street Station October 14 and 15 October 10, 2026
Chicago Art Fair Debuts at THE MART October 7 to 10, Bringing a Second Major Fair to the City’s Fall Art Season October 9, 2026
Chicago Marathon 2026 Street Closures: Grant Park Shuts Down October 10 and 11 as 55,000 Runners Take Over 29 Neighborhoods October 8, 2026
Chicago CARE Mental Health Crisis Teams Now Respond From 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Weekdays October 6, 2026
Lincoln Square Apple Fest Returns for Its 39th Year October 2–4 on North Lincoln Avenue October 2, 2026
Chicago Cultural Center Announces Free Fall and Winter Season Centered on Textile Art and Creative Worker Rights October 1, 2026
Hyde Park Jazz Festival Marks 20th Year by Dedicating the Willie Pickens Stage on the Midway September 29, 2026
Chicago Approves $10.5 Million for Deeply Rooted Dance Center, Washington Park’s New Home for Black Dance September 26, 2026
Chicago City Council Approves Nearly 200 Affordable Homes in Edgewater and Humboldt Park, Including Von Humboldt School Conversion September 25, 2026
Old Town Gets a Grocery Store Again as Whole Foods Signs Lease at Former Treasure Island Site on Wells Street September 23, 2026
Riot Fest 2026 Wraps 21st Year at Douglass Park With Iggy Pop, Tool, and Up to 50,000 Daily Attendees September 22, 2026
Federal Reserve Raises Interest Rates for the First Time Since 2023, Adding Pressure to Chicago’s Already Tight Housing Market September 19, 2026
Chicago Celebrates Mexican Independence Day with Overnight Festivities Across Pilsen, Little Village, and Downtown September 17, 2026
Writers Theatre’s “Leopoldstadt” Leads the 58th Annual Equity Jeff Awards With Five Wins as Chicago Theater Celebrates a Record Season September 16, 2026
IMTS 2026 Opens at McCormick Place With 90,000 Expected Visitors and 1.2 Million Square Feet of Manufacturing Technology September 15, 2026
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Hosts Community Bankers Symposium and Housing Affordability Summit in September September 12, 2026
The Bellwether Opens as Chicago’s First Completed Office-to-Residential Conversion in the Loop Under the LaSalle Street Revitalization Program September 11, 2026
