The Jessica Chastain horror “Other Mommy” topped the North American box office this weekend with a bigger audience than expected, while “The Social Reckoning” got off to a lackluster start.
Sure, there were hayrides, crafts and even a straw maze, but horses stole the show this weekend as the Danada Equestrian Center in Wheaton hosted its annual Fall Festival.
Elgin resident Jonathan James says the cast of “The Years Between Us” is the best he has ever worked with. “They are so committed and talented,” said James, who is the executive producer of the play that’s premiering Oct. 15-18 at The Lodge in Elgin.
Cafe Purrfection is planning to open in Naperville in mid-November, bringing cats and coffee to a strip mall near the intersection of McDowell Road and North Route 59.
The men in the old “Saturday Night Live” skit would not have believed the news Friday. They would have continued to guzzle beer and eat meat with their bare hands, and they would have dismissed the reports the way they dismissed so many heart attacks. No, it can’t be true, Bill Swerski’s Superfans would’ve said. Mike Ditka can’t be gone.
For years after the death of frontman Chester Bennington, members of Linkin Park weren’t sure if the band would — or should — continue to exist. The new documentary “Linkin Park: Unshatter” takes fans inside the uncertainty, grief and creative risk behind their return, including raw footage of early recording sessions, conversations and experimentation that eventually led to Emily Armstrong joining the group.
Suburban farms have rolled out a leaf-covered carpet for autumn with their fall festivals and pumpkin patches in full swing.