Jay Kelly PR
@jaykellypr.bsky.social
Chicago-based PR professional with a highly curated list of top live theaters, performing arts festivals and non-profits, both in the city plus Chicago's Fox Valley region
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It’s that time of year again! Best of Chicago voting opens Monday, Dec 1 at noon. We’ve received your nominations and created a ballot of the city’s most impressive businesses, community organizers, artists, organizations and more. Now it’s your turn to tell us who makes this city so special!
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
It’s that time of year again! Best of Chicago voting opens Monday, Dec 1 at noon. We’ve received your nominations and created a ballot of the city’s most impressive businesses, community organizers, artists, organizations and more. Now it’s your turn to tell us who makes this city so special!
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It took me three patient years to manifest this Danny Torrance costume from THE SHINING for Halloween but in the year of our lord 2025 the eBay gods smiled upon me.
October 31, 2025 at 4:31 AM
It took me three patient years to manifest this Danny Torrance costume from THE SHINING for Halloween but in the year of our lord 2025 the eBay gods smiled upon me.
They’re also debuting my bio pic #JayKelly. George Clooney plays me natch.
The Chicago International Film Festival will spotlight local talent in six features, including "One Golden Summer." blockclubchi.co/4n2lsC9
October 16, 2025 at 3:36 AM
They’re also debuting my bio pic #JayKelly. George Clooney plays me natch.
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My RECOMMENDED @chicagoreader.com review of "Billie Jean" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, running through 8/10. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
chicagoreader.com
August 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
My RECOMMENDED @chicagoreader.com review of "Billie Jean" at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, running through 8/10. chicagoreader.com/performing-a...
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Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
On his current tour, Rod Stewart has been singing “Forever Young” in front of an AI-generated video of Ozzy Osbourne taking selfies in heaven with musicians like Kurt Cobain, Michael Jackson, and XXXTentacion
Rod Stewart Tour Features AI Video Of Ozzy Osbourne Taking Selfies With Musicians In Heaven
Over the past two weeks on his One Last Time tour, Rod Stewart has been dedicating his 1988 hit “Forever Young” to Ozzy Osbourne, who died last month at 76. On the night of the Black Sabbath frontman’...
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August 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Spinal Tap II: The End Continues (2025)
It’s awesome
The 606's Bloomingdale Trail, the "poster child" for future trail projects, turns 10.
The trail has come to define parts of Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Bucktown and Wicker Park. blockclubchi.co/45i2SiC
The trail has come to define parts of Logan Square, Humboldt Park, Bucktown and Wicker Park. blockclubchi.co/45i2SiC
July 29, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s awesome
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Hedge-fund vampires like Alden Global Capital are killing off local news bit by bit. I stand with my former colleagues at the @chicagotribune.com, and hope everyone from regular readers to wealthy people of good conscience recognize the importance institutions like the Tribune play in our democracy.
Today, @chicagotribune.com laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.
July 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hedge-fund vampires like Alden Global Capital are killing off local news bit by bit. I stand with my former colleagues at the @chicagotribune.com, and hope everyone from regular readers to wealthy people of good conscience recognize the importance institutions like the Tribune play in our democracy.
@chicagotribune.com thank you for moving “What to Do in Chicago” from Saturday to Friday
July 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@chicagotribune.com thank you for moving “What to Do in Chicago” from Saturday to Friday
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Today is like watching the Packers play the Cowboys. I just want them both to lose.
June 6, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Today is like watching the Packers play the Cowboys. I just want them both to lose.
Good news for a change!
NEW — “The TRiiBE has finally reached the point where we are embracing a future that we always knew was ours.”
Our publisher Morgan Elise Johnson pens this piece about our exciting new chapter.
thetriibe.com/2025/05/the-...
Our publisher Morgan Elise Johnson pens this piece about our exciting new chapter.
thetriibe.com/2025/05/the-...
The TRiiBE announces West Side studio • The TRiiBE
The TRiiBE is launching its new chapter, which includes producing documentary films and more.
thetriibe.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Good news for a change!
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I’m not sure what’s more painful to watch from team Trump, the dumb ones trying to act smart or the smart ones trying to act dumb.
May 25, 2025 at 4:11 AM
I’m not sure what’s more painful to watch from team Trump, the dumb ones trying to act smart or the smart ones trying to act dumb.
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A self-guided tour of eight old-school Logan Square taverns and bars aims to encourage locals to support the watering holes and learn about their history. blockclubchi.co/3HmuM4l
May 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A self-guided tour of eight old-school Logan Square taverns and bars aims to encourage locals to support the watering holes and learn about their history. blockclubchi.co/3HmuM4l
"...the Sox, Bulls and Hawks owe it to their fans to make this work...they have a willing partner in @wgntv.com. If the teams are agreeable, there’s a deal to be made." So MAKE IT or remain bush league franchises losing fans daily HT @chicago.suntimes.com @jeffagrest.bsky.social bit.ly/3EtvjAB
WGN interested in airing Chicago Sports Network broadcasts, confident a deal can work
Chicago's Very Own is looking to carry local sports again and believes there’s a path to airing the White Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks games that much of the area has missed, the Sun-Times has learned.
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April 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"...the Sox, Bulls and Hawks owe it to their fans to make this work...they have a willing partner in @wgntv.com. If the teams are agreeable, there’s a deal to be made." So MAKE IT or remain bush league franchises losing fans daily HT @chicago.suntimes.com @jeffagrest.bsky.social bit.ly/3EtvjAB
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“People have this misconception of what Chicago is...
They just think it’s just all gangster, shoot em up, death and drugs. Don’t get me wrong. That element does exist in this city unfortunately, but that’s not what I remember and that’s not what I know.”
thetriibe.com/2024/09/ther...
They just think it’s just all gangster, shoot em up, death and drugs. Don’t get me wrong. That element does exist in this city unfortunately, but that’s not what I remember and that’s not what I know.”
thetriibe.com/2024/09/ther...
There are no limits for Jason Weaver • The TRiiBE
Though he was typecast as the comedic relief in the ‘90s, Jason Weaver is showing his full range on “The Chi” and soon through animation.
thetriibe.com
March 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“People have this misconception of what Chicago is...
They just think it’s just all gangster, shoot em up, death and drugs. Don’t get me wrong. That element does exist in this city unfortunately, but that’s not what I remember and that’s not what I know.”
thetriibe.com/2024/09/ther...
They just think it’s just all gangster, shoot em up, death and drugs. Don’t get me wrong. That element does exist in this city unfortunately, but that’s not what I remember and that’s not what I know.”
thetriibe.com/2024/09/ther...
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Celebrate the Women of Logan Square — including Block Club reporter @ArielParrella
— with the Logan Square chamber March 27.
Get tickets here: buff.ly/lpOfrDb
— with the Logan Square chamber March 27.
Get tickets here: buff.ly/lpOfrDb
March 20, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Celebrate the Women of Logan Square — including Block Club reporter @ArielParrella
— with the Logan Square chamber March 27.
Get tickets here: buff.ly/lpOfrDb
— with the Logan Square chamber March 27.
Get tickets here: buff.ly/lpOfrDb
#Foodie Friends: #BestInShow new kitchen tools round-up via #TheInspiredHomeShow HT @thekitchn.bsky.social bit.ly/43saDmv
March 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
#Foodie Friends: #BestInShow new kitchen tools round-up via #TheInspiredHomeShow HT @thekitchn.bsky.social bit.ly/43saDmv
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there are more ways to pronounce demi moore than i had previously considered
March 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
there are more ways to pronounce demi moore than i had previously considered
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Saw a Chicago IG influencer describe a coffee shop on kimball next to the 606 as a “hidden gem” that’s “down this secret alley”… open the schools
February 20, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Saw a Chicago IG influencer describe a coffee shop on kimball next to the 606 as a “hidden gem” that’s “down this secret alley”… open the schools
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I am so proud of the social justice theater and community building @collaboraction.bsky.social does and we need it now more than ever.
They're building a Home of Belonging for YOU. And me. And all of us.
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
They're building a Home of Belonging for YOU. And me. And all of us.
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
Collaboraction Theatre breaks ground on 'transformative' Humboldt Park space
The Emmy-award winning theater company's new space, House of Belonging, is designed to uplift, connect and make an impact as an arts and community hub.
chicago.suntimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 11:21 PM
I am so proud of the social justice theater and community building @collaboraction.bsky.social does and we need it now more than ever.
They're building a Home of Belonging for YOU. And me. And all of us.
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
They're building a Home of Belonging for YOU. And me. And all of us.
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2025...
Me too. I share a bathroom with a 23-year-old daughter. I call it The Cascades.
Me: [glances in the general direction of the bathroom]
Shampoo bottles in the shower that I absolutely did not touch:
Shampoo bottles in the shower that I absolutely did not touch:
an aerial view of a city with lots of tall buildings and a building that says ' chinese ' on it
Alt: A bunch of buildings collapsing
media.tenor.com
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Me too. I share a bathroom with a 23-year-old daughter. I call it The Cascades.
Break legs Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival on your NY debut this weekend with "Anywhere," featuring a marionette made of ice in a co-pro with Théâtre de l'Entrouvert / Elise Vigneron, a NY Times Critic's Pick! thru Mar 2 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/t...
February 8, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Break legs Chicago Intl Puppet Theater Festival on your NY debut this weekend with "Anywhere," featuring a marionette made of ice in a co-pro with Théâtre de l'Entrouvert / Elise Vigneron, a NY Times Critic's Pick! thru Mar 2 www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/t...
Someone needs to tell these alders their Puppet Show gets no stars
From the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board: "The City Council blew a chance to show the country that it’s possible during this time of national division to have a spirited but civilized conversation about public art and free speech."
Chicago ends up losing in aldermanic catfight over Cultural Center artwork
The City Council blew a chance to show the country that it's possible during this time of national division to have a spirited but civilized conversation about public art and free speech.
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February 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Someone needs to tell these alders their Puppet Show gets no stars
Good news!
Once used by the Illinois National Guard 33rd Tank Company, the Maywood armory will transform into an event space honoring the site’s history.
South Loop's AV Chicago transforming former Maywood armory into office, event space
Once used by the Illinois National Guard 33rd Tank Company, the facility will be renovated to include offices, production space and a 7,500-square-foot event space honoring the site's history.
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January 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Good news!