Remember 2008? Remember election night? President Obama's first 2012 campaign video wants you to think about Nov. 4, 2008. more ›

We've put together some picks for this year's fest you shouldn't miss. more ›

There are numerous ways to experience Lollapalooza and I try to cover them all. It's exhausting, and man do your legs get a workout running all over Chicago, but in the end it's worth it. There are so many levels to the fest it's easy to just stay focused on a single one, so that's why each year we here at Chicagoist try and bring you something a little more personal at the end of the festival. more ›

Sunday saw Lollapalooza go out with a bang ... and a volley of thunderclaps as the sky opened up to soak everyone there. But we get ahead of ourselves. The day opened hot and steamy and the crowd wandering through Grant park was starting to look a little ragged. This didn't stop the kids from going insane in Perry's Stage all day long, or slow down any of the bands we saw perform. more ›

The second day of Lollapalooza tends to be the one where people hit their rhythm. They probably overdid it Friday so they spend Saturday moving a little slower. It seems as if more folks are camped out in single spots or, if they are moving around, they're sampling a little of this and that. The only spot that proved the exception to the rule was Perry's Stage, which was already going into overdrive in the early afternoon. So far we've seen a bunch of great bands but none of them have matched the energy or the zeal of the kids in the aircraft hangar-sized dance tent. Let's turn things over to Kimberly Bellware to recap most of the day's events. - Tankboy more ›

At the rate it's going it won't be too long before Lollapalooza begins to swallow all of downtown Chicago. The festival footprint grows year after year, allowing for more space for foot traffic and larger stages, and this year the sheer scale of the goings-on is slightly stunning. Lollapalooza organizers have erected a well run city within our city for attendees' enjoyment. more ›

So, if you're going we hope a few of those tips help you get more out of Lollapalooza. If you have any other questions you can leave them in the comments and we'll be happy to answer them! more ›

If you want a chance at seeing Lollapalooza for (kind of) free, there is a way... [PDF] [via] more ›

Start refreshing those browsers. $185 early bird 3-day passes to Lollapalooza go on sale at 10 a.m. They're gonna go fast and once they are gone regular 3-day passes are $225. more ›

The contentious battle over whether the Chicago Children's Museum could move into the north east corner of Grant Park has reached another turning point, with museum officials considering abandoning the proposed move from the current location at Navy Pier. more ›

As the memories from this year's Lollapalooza are still pretty fresh, the megamusicfest has set the dates for next year's edition, August 5 through 7, making note of it as the fest's 20th anniversary (though the fest was off 1998 through 2002 and again in 2004 before staking its roots in Grant Park). The generic date of "next spring" is mentioned as when tickets for the fest will be available bu there's no mention of any of the discounted "early bird" tickets which went on sale for this year's fest just days after last year's. Let the speculation for 2011's headliners begin .... ! more ›

Day 1: Lady Gaga, Mavis Staples, The Black Keys and more more ›

Yeah, we’re still pretty bummed that Grant Park is no longer featuring its well-loved Chicago Outdoor Film series this year, but fear not. The Chicago Park District is offering over 50 opportunities across Chicago to pull out your lawn chair, break out the wine and cheese, and watch the classics outdoors. more ›

The Chicago Park District wants your opinions on the future of Grant Park's north end. It's looking to redesign 28 acres around Daley Bicentennial Plaza, Cancer Survivors Garden, and Peanut Park so the Park District is holding a series of meetings to hear ideas. A confluence of other projects have led the parks district to look at a redesign. The Children's Museum was controversially approved to move from Navy Pier to a mostly underground facility on the north side of Grant Park. Also, due to waterproofing repairs to the East Monroe Street Parking Garage, Daily Bicentennial Plaza will have to be closed for a time anyway. And, the Department of Transportation is looking to better connect bicyclists and pedestrians in North Grant Park with Lake Michigan. more ›

One of the casualties of this year's budget cuts was The Chicago Outdoor Film Festival. For the previous ten years the weekly nighttime screenings in Grant Park had been a staple of the free summer festival lineup. Last year's showing of Duck Soup even helped Chicago set a world record for the most people wearing Groucho Marx glasses (4,436 to be exact). more ›

With the battle over the Children's Museum's controversial move to Grant Park next yet over, a new lease extension is expected to be agreed to that will keep the museum at its current Navy Pier location until at least 2013. Fox 32 reports that the agreement will give the museum a November 2011 deadline to extend its lease to 2013, 2014, or 2025. Children's Museum spokesman Natalie Kreiger said, "There are several phases that have to take place before we can break ground. I don't have a specific date, but it'll be in the next few years. While we're at Navy Pier, we'll continue to develop new exhibits that rotate out just as we always have. We'll continue to maintain the museum in a way that ensures it's attractive to visitors and fun for them until we move." more ›

Last night was a tad topsy turvy. Local writer Jim DeRogatis* and Greg Kot leaked the full line-up for this year's Lollapalooza mere hours before Perry Farrell was supposed to reveal it at his own launch party at Debonair. To say he was a tad upset that the local journos scooped him would be an understatement according to reports we got on the scene. But whatever, outside of a handful of music nerds freaking out a few hours here or there didn't really mater, especially since the fest's Wheel Of Fortune gradual reveal had already largely uncovered most of the acts. The mood at Debonair last night was exultant and Farrell took great glee in espousing the merits of Chicago as the prefect home for Lollapalooza. more ›

Every great movie eventually leads to two responses: "Gee, I really ought to see that," and "Gee, I really ought to see that again." The summer is winding down, so seize the moment: more ›

If you didn’t get tickets for the midnight showing of Harry Potter, there’s other ways to tickle your film fancy than seeing Daniel Radcliffe fight Voldemort for the sixth time. The Chicago Outdoor Film Festival opens tonight, and each following Tuesday, Grant Park will become Chicago’s very own drive-in, minus the cars and backseat make-out sessions. more ›

Crain's Greg Hinz - who's all over the place today - reported today that plans to move the Children's Museum to Grant Park hit a financial obstacle. more ›

The annual Taste of Chicago fest doesn't start until Friday but street closures in and around Grant Park have already gone into effect. According to ABC 7, Columbus is closed between Balboa and Monroe while Jackson is closed between Michigan and Lake Shore Drive. Also, Congress is closed between Michigan and Columbus. Plan accordingly. For CTA bus reroutes, be sure to check the CTA's alerts page. more ›

“WTF is that?!” you ask? Well, it’s exactly what it looks like. A huge-ass Obama head separated from its huge-ass Obama bust. Seriously. The whole statue is 20 feet tall, weighs three and a half tons, and is taking up residence at Grant Park starting tonight. more ›

Chicago SummerDance begins its 13th season this evening in the Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park. more ›

Next door to this year's Taste of Chicago the Nike 6.0 BMX Open will be underway from June 26 - 27 in Grant Park. While the image of BMX bikers butting heads with stout suburbanites wielding oversized turkey legs is enough to set our phasers on "gleeful irony" we've learned a little piece of news that makes the event all the more awesome. more ›

• Amid the latest controversy for Sen. Roland Burris comes word his counterpart, Sen. Dick Durbin, will not support Burris in the 2010 election.
• A judge ruled that residents near Grant Park who oppose the new Children's Museum were given proper notice of the new plans.
• Strange story out of Gary where four bodies were found in a vacant funeral home that was recently sold at a tax sale.

In case you didn't notice, the Chicago skyline has been showing its Irish pride like everyone else by wearing its finest green outfits. Every few weeks a few brave individuals travel to the tops of the city to change the colors of the lights on the tops of our skyline, but how do they do it? "Magic and pixie dust," he said. Of course, Randy Stancik, building manager of the Sears Tower, was joking. It is actually a manual process, Stancik said. It takes two men about two hours to change the colors, attaching theatrical gels to the tops of the 22 spotlights that illuminate the antennae. more ›

The Chicago Park District has invited landscape firms to submit their qualifications and ideas to rebuild the north end of Grant Park, transforming 25 acres that includes Daley Bicentennial Plaza, and two smaller areas known as Cancer Survivors Garden and Peanut Park. more ›

Thanks to everyone who contributed photos to our Flickr Pool from last night's historic event. We'll be going through more of these as the day goes on. more ›

Grant Park and the surrounding areas are packed with people with and without tickets to witness history. We've got several staff members and readers down at the park and we'll be keeping you as up-to-date with happenings at the park as we can via texts, twitter, flickr, and other updates. more ›

We're under four hours away from the first polls closing but the news is still going fast and furious. more ›