Sunday picks: Folk duo Bill and Kate Isle play Grayslake
Folk duo
The Lake County Folk Club host husband-and-wife folk duo Bill and Kate Isle in a concert of standards and their own material at the Grayslake Heritage Center, 164 Hawley St., Grayslake. $18; $15 seniors. (847) 602-8882 or thelakecountyfolkclub.org. 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15
Audiophile gathering
Find out about the latest home entertainment hardware, trends and more at "AXPONA: Audio Expo North America" this weekend at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel & Convention Center, 1551 N. Thoreau Drive, Schaumburg. $25; $40 two-day pass; $50 three-day pass; $98 gold pass; $10 student one-day pass. (847) 303-4100 or axpona.com. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, April 15
Get Blotto
Jam band Mr. Blotto has been a stalwart on the Chicago rock scene going back to the '90s. Catch the band's exciting homegrown rock blend when it headlines the Rock4Autism Benefit show, featuring Jay Vonn, Smokey & Friends, Jonny V & the Wild. Noon, Sunday, April 15, at Wire, 6815 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. $25; kids 12 and younger admitted free. (708) 669-9473 or wireismusic.com or rock4autism.org.
Intimate arias
Celebrate 50 years of the Barrington & NW Suburban Chapter of the Lyric Opera of Chicago with "Opera - Tunity: Lyric Opera Stars & Luncheon" at the Medinah Country Club, 6N001 Medinah Road, Medinah. $95. (847) 593-6860 or medinahcc.org. 1:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15
Classical matinee
Ray Ostwald is the guest conductor for today's Northwest Symphony Orchestra concert, which features works by Copland, Seward and more at the Forest View Educational Center, 2121 S. Goebbert Road, Arlington Heights. $20; $15 seniors; $10 students. (847) 718-7702 or northwestsymphony.org. 3:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15
Benefit concert
Former "Jersey Boys" star Jeff Leibow is behind the benefit "NF Hope Concert," which raises funds for the Neurofibromatosis Network. Hear some great singing by the likes of Buffalo Grove High School grad Jessy Schram of "Nashville," Christopher Kale Jones and John Michael Coppola of "Jersey Boys" and more Sunday at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, 111 W. Campbell St., Arlington Heights. Tickets start at $44. nfhopechicago.org. 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 15
Bronzi comedy
Fall under the spell of Joe Bronzi, a prominent standup comedian and audio book narrator, when he performs this week at two Zanies locations: first at 1548 N. Wells St., Chicago, (312) 337-4027, then at Parkway Bank Park, 5437 Park Place, Rosemont, (847) 813-0484 or zanies.com. $25 plus a two-item purchase. 8 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, April 15-17, in Chicago, and 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 and 19, in Rosemont
Checking in
An ailing bookkeeper living out his final days, a destitute baron, a fading ballerina, a typist dreaming of stardom and an honest businessman gone bad converge at a Berlin hotel in 1928 in the musical "Grand Hotel," by writer Luther Davis and composer/lyricists Robert Wright and George Forrest with additional music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. John D. Glover directs and Libertyville's Brenda Didier choreographs Kokandy Productions' revival of this show about dreams and despair, success and failure, endings and beginnings. Previews at 7 p.m. Sunday, April 15, Monday, April 16, and 8 p.m. Thursday, April 19. Opens April 20 at Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave., Chicago. $25-$40. (773) 975-8150 or kokandyproductions.com.
Concert highlights
Hexheart, The Rain Within, Antonym, DJ Scary Lady Sarah: 8 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at BrauerHouse, 1000 N. Rohlwing Road, Lombard. $10-$12. (630) 495-2141 or brauerhouse.com.
Lez Zeppelin, The Gingers: 8 p.m. Sunday, April 15, at BrauerHouse, 1000 N. Rohlwing Road, Lombard. $20-$25. (630) 495-2141 or brauerhouse.com.
Thy Neighbors, Solo Sam, Sundé, Vesper, Revolt Coda: 6 p.m. Monday, April 16, at Reggies Rock Club, 2109 S. State St., Chicago. $8-$10. (312) 949-0120 or reggieslive.com.
Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, The Phonographs: 7 p.m. Monday, April 16, at Reggies Music Joint, 2109 S. State St., Chicago. $5. (312) 949-0120 or reggieslive.com.
Matt & Kim, Tokyo Police Club, Future Feats: 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Riviera Theatre, 4746 N. Racine Ave., Chicago. $35. (773) 275-6800 or rivieratheatre.com.
Eraserhead, Vagora, Robby Bloodshed: 9 p.m. Wednesday, April 18, at BrauerHouse, 1000 N. Rohlwing Road, Lombard. $7-$10. (630) 495-2141 or brauerhouse.com.
Dave Davies of the Kinks with Robin Wilson (of the Gin Blossoms) and The Smithereens: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 19, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $39.50-$89.50. (847) 263-6300 or geneseetheatre.com.
Darlingside, Henry Jamison: 8 p.m. Thursday, April 15, at SPACE, 1245 Chicago Ave., Evanston. $18. (847) 492-8860 or evanstonspace.com.
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