From the writers, columnists and critics of A+E, here are all of the Tribune’s winter 2024 guides for arts and entertainment.

“With the Hollywood strikes resolved, 2024 promises a return to normal, or whatever ‘normal’ looks like in an increasingly unstable TV landscape,” Tribune critic Nina Metz writes. Read her full list here.

“My role in this annual list of 10 is simplicity itself,” Tribune critic Michael Phillips writes. “Based on a time-tested combination of hope, guesswork and trailers, it’s time to roll the dice and hope for a few surprises — if not in originality, then in execution, and in the spirit of teaching old brand names a few new tricks.” Read his full list here.

“Real Chicagoans know winter is the best season for museum-hopping in this city,” writes Hannah Edgar. Read their 10 picks for new or soon-closing exhibitions here.

“From speculative futures to documentary pasts, obsessive sculpture to coolly meditative spaces, historical Japanese design to contemporary Latinx devotional painting — there’s something for everyone at Chicago’s galleries and museums in the first few months of 2024,” Lori Waxman writes. Read her full list here.

“Winter demands a certain coziness,” Bob Gendron writes. “That means many of the season’s live gems pop up at intimate clubs and smaller spaces — places where the connection between artist and fan becomes closer.” Read his 10 concert picks here.

There are many theater shows on offer this winter season, but critic Chris Jones has selected 10 Chicago-area shows opening between now and the end of March that look especially interesting. Read his full list here.

“It’s no rest for the weary in Chicago dance, which hits the ground running this winter,” writes Lauren Warnecke. Read her top 10 picks for dance events here.

If you’re looking to enjoy some comedy, and perhaps see someone you haven’t caught live before, Jerald Pierce has picked 10 comics stopping by the Chicago area. Read his full list here.

“January, and the months beyond, will keep you shuffling from one gig to the other,” Hannah Edgar writes. Read their picks for classical music and jazz events here.