Around the area this weekend, a Phoebe Bridgers concert, the Reeling Film Festival and the Chicago Humanities Festival.

The United Center on Friday released architectural renderings of the proposed live music venue to be built next to the Near West Side arena in what are currently United Center parking lots as part of the 1901 Project.

The comic, who’ll perform at the Arie Crown Theater, credits an HBO episode filmed in Lakeview as a turning point in his career.

The capsule summary is that “The Disappearers” is about the vicious homophobia of James’ home country of Jamaica during the AIDS era of the late 1980s.

A weekend of tavern hopping celebrates the 75th anniversary of Algren’s masterpiece, “Chicago: City on the Make.”

Film director Kevin Smith talks about his show at Elgin’s Hemmens Center Friday and the myriad other things he’s doing these days.

Changing climate is making our weather more volatile and extreme overall, with more periods of drought. That makes fall color less predictable.

Ed Sheeran’s tour of North and South America has been roiled by the decision this week to drop Macklemore as an opener. Here’s what to know.