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Faeries of the Forest Festival returns to South Elgin Aug. 2

Submitted by Lydia Linendoll
Jul 18, 2025 2:33 pm - Celebrate magic and faeries at the annual Faeries of the Forest festival on Aug. 2. It features live music, entertainment, activities, vendors and more spread throughout the enchanted grounds of Vasa Park.
‘Whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on’: Stolp Island’s ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ celebrates 1st anniversary

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 18, 2025 11:14 am - Paramount Theatre wanted the best of the best for its open-end revival of “Million Dollar Quartet” and they got it, said Bill Scott Sheets, who plays Johnny Cash in oft-extended production, which runs at Aurora’s Stolp Island through January 2026.
Cruz, Springsteen, Salles and Yang named 2025 Academy Museum Gala honorees

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Jul 18, 2025 8:03 am - Bruce Springsteen will take the stage as both performer and a guest of honor at one of Hollywood's most prominent fundraising events, the Academy Museum Gala.
Sculpture exhibit now year-round at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles

By Dave Heun
Jul 18, 2025 3:00 am - The Sculpture in the Park exhibit at Mount St. Mary Park in St. Charles has transitioned to a year-round display, featuring new and permanent sculptures each year.
Stephen Colbert says CBS is ending his ‘Late Show’ in May 2026

By ALICIA RANCILIO and ANDREW DALTON
Jul 17, 2025 7:37 pm - CBS is axing “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” in May 2026, the host told an audience at a taping Thursday. The announcement came two days after Colbert spoke out aga...
‘This makes it real’: Traveling replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial and education center open through Sunday in Antioch

By Mick Zawislak and Brian Hill
Jul 17, 2025 5:43 pm - The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago but the emotional toll for those who lost a relative, friend or colleague was rekindled Thursday with the opening of The Wall That Heals in Antioch.
‘A lasting symbol of strength for women’: Old friend shares memories of Connie Francis

By Briana Iordan
Jul 17, 2025 5:30 pm - Ron Onesti grew up listening to Connie Francis and became friends with the iconic pop singer after persuading her to play his St. Charles theater. “I’m an old soul, and her music not only represented the era, but also represented the strength of a woman in a man’s world at that time,” Onesti said.
‘Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight’ shows war through one child’s extraordinary eyes

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jul 17, 2025 2:04 pm - “Are we racists?” That’s the blunt question posed by Bobo, a white girl living on a farm in Africa, to her horrified mother. It feels thoroughly organic when voiced by Lexi Venter, an extraordinary first-time actor who gives one of the more compelling child performances in recent memory in “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight.”
Embeth Davidtz drew on her childhood in South Africa to adapt memoir for film

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 17, 2025 12:53 pm - In 1974, when it seemed as though everyone was leaving South Africa, Embeth Davidtz’s family was going back. And it’s where she’d return decades later to direct her first film, “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight,” an adaptation of Alexandra Fuller’s memoir about growing up during the Bush War in Zimbabwe.
Geneva History Museum to host historic home tour

By Brenda Schory
Jul 17, 2025 12:31 pm - The Geneva History Museum is hosting an historic home tour of four houses and St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in the downtown historic district, which offers a rare opportunity to walk through the houses.

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