Zendaya at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2024. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Chris Hemsworth attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Dia Dipasupil/Getty)
Jennifer Lopez at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2024. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
Bad Bunny attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty)
Anna Wintour attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Jamie McCarthy/Getty)
Lil Nas X attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty)
Lily Gladstone attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty)
Jordan Roth at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York, May 6, 2024. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Mindy Kaling at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024. (Amir Hamja/The New York Times)
Zendaya attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Tyla at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Dua Lipa attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Aliah Anderson/Getty Images)
Cole Escola at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Taraji P. Henson attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
Barry Keoghan attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 06, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images)
Mindy Kaling at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024. (Nina Westervelt/The New York Times)
Camila Cabello attends The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2024, in New York City. (Photo by Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images)
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Review: ‘Thanksgiving Play’ at Steppenwolf Theatre is a biting satire, humanly played
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Field Museum has a new fossil of an avian dinosaur, unveiled at an event Monday
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Arts
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Who is DCASE’s new commissioner? A few questions for Clinée Hedspeth
The changeover in the department came just before the summer festival season. Hedspeth says she's still formulating her own goals.
Books
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Chicago author Jonathan Eig wins Pulitzer Prize for his groundbreaking biography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Movies
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Column: An ode to failure: Some classic movies were flops when they first came out
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TV and Streaming
![The Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have partnered with Standard Media Group to form a new regional sports network with plans to begin broadcasting games in October. The Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox have partnered with Standard Media Group to form a new regional sports network with plans to begin broadcasting games in October.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CTC-TV-0506.jpg?w=525)
Blackhawks, Bulls and White Sox to partner with new network — Standard Media Group — but there are hurdles ahead
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Music and Concerts
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Entertainment
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Age-old bottles collected by older folks keep fading pastime alive: ‘I just love old stuff’
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Theater
![Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the leads of the stage adaptation of the '90s comedy starring Meryl Streep, a musical much changed from the original. Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard are the leads of the stage adaptation of the '90s comedy starring Meryl Streep, a musical much changed from the original.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/CTC-L-ENT-Death-Becomes-Her-04_186611554.jpg?w=550)
‘Death Becomes Her’ gets a new life as a Broadway musical, opening in a world premiere in Chicago
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