May 13 2013 | 1:03 pm
- Anime Central 2013, the Midwest's largest convention of Japanese animation and manga, returns for a weekend-long bash at Rosemont's Donald E. Stephens Convention Center. Scale a 25-foot rock wall, balance on a paddle board and more during the...
May 12 2013 | 12:42 am
- It's Mother's Day, so let Mom choose what she wants to do today. Mothers and grandmothers can ride the trolley cars for free (with a paying child) at the Fox River Trolley Museum. For the active mom, spend some time riding the rides together at...
May 09 2013 | 3:12 pm
- Comedian Erin Jackson takes on matters of love, friendship and modern technology in her standup routine at Zanies at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. Take the family to the annual catch-and-release Fishing Derby at the Plum Grove Reservoir in Palatine...
May 10 2013 | 6:51 am
- Do you have what it takes to be suburban Chicago's next talent competition star? Is there a talent you've nurtured that might wow a local or national audience? Then sign up for Suburban Chicago's Got Talent, a summer-long competition presented by...
May 10 2013 | 12:14 pm
- See expressionist portraits of famous faces like Abraham Lincoln as painted by Belgian artist Charles Szymkowicz in the exhibit “Faces Behind the Truth: The Mirrors of Charles Szymkowicz” at Oakton Community College's Koehnline Museum of...
May 06 2013 | 3:12 pm
- College of DuPage presents the rising young modern dancers of Hubbard Street 2 Saturday at Ramsey Auditorium in Fermilab's Wilson Hall in Batavia. Comedian Erin Jackson takes on matters of love, friendship and modern technology this weekend at...
May 07 2013 | 6:36 am
- You win some and you lose some when you produce a Broadway musical like Rodgers and Hammerstein's 1943 landmark “Oklahoma!” in Chicago's 3,600-seat Civic Opera House. Fortunately for the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the first outing of its...
May 03 2013 | 3:19 pm
- Get a sense of the comic performing genius of the late Groucho Marx when Frank Ferrante brings his show “An Evening With Groucho” to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights. Today's the last day to taste chocolate...
May 03 2013 | 2:25 pm
- Explore your Irish or Scottish heritage by hearing Celtic bands and partaking in traditional food and drink at Celtic Fest at Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. Bring the kids to create and decorate kites for the Annual KidFest Kite Fly Saturday at...
May 03 2013 | 4:13 pm
- The Lyric Opera of Chicago will see if the “wavin’ wheat can sure smell sweet” when it opens its new production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s landmark 1943 musical “Oklahoma!” for a 16-performance run starting...