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Getting in touch with nature at Wheeling Earth Day celebration

Daily Herald report
Apr 26, 2026 5:13 pm - From scenic walks and kite launches, to environmental education and animal encounters, Sunday was a celebration of all things nature in Wheeling.
‘Michael’ moonwalks to $97 million opening, shattering record for music biopics

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 26, 2026 12:47 pm - “Michael,” the big-budget Michael Jackson spectacle, shrugged off bad reviews and a troubled production to launch with $97 million in U.S. and Canada theaters, according to studio estimates Sunday, shattering a record debut for music biopics.
College of DuPage to host 16th annual Animation Night showcasing student projects

By Jesus Cortez, COD Media Relations
Apr 24, 2026 4:04 pm - College of DuPage's 16th annual Animation Night will showcase student capstone projects on May 21 in the Belushi Performance Hall, featuring 24 students' work across various genres including fantasy, horror and feel-good animations.
Impressive ‘Windfall’ ponders the price of a life

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 24, 2026 11:49 am - Steppenwolf Theatre premieres “Windfall,” a provocative new play by Tarell Alvin McCraney that examines the value of a life through the prison of an all-too-common tragedy.
Downtown Wheaton celebrates new outdoor dining season with Hale Street tents, live music

Daily Herald report
Apr 24, 2026 11:39 am - The Hale Street tents will soon pop up in downtown Wheaton, kicking off a new season of al fresco dining.
Harper College Festival Chorus hosts spring concert celebrating three milestones

Submitted by Festival Chorus
Apr 24, 2026 10:23 am - On April 26, the Harper College Performing Arts Center Festival Chorus celebrates three birthdays with this year’s Spring Concert: the nation’s country’s 250th, English composer John Rutter’s 80th, and the Festival Chorus’s 60th.
Coasting to 50: Six Flags Great America celebrates golden anniversary with season of surprises

By Mick Zawislak
Apr 24, 2026 6:50 am - Anticipation always accompanies opening weekend at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. But the start of a new season Saturday comes with extra zip.
An Instagram DM changed everything for Rachel Reid, Jacob Tierney and ‘Heated Rivalry’

By HILLEL ITALIE
Apr 23, 2026 3:13 pm - Since the first episode of “Heated Rivalry” dropped last November, Jacob Tierney’s adaptation of Rachel Reid’s “Game Changer” series featuring star-crossed hockey greats has become a phenomenon that boosted the sport’s popularity and made Reid a leader of the thriving genre of sports romance fiction.
Elgin’s Bethlehem Lutheran next stop on Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour

By Jeff Neufeld, Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour
Apr 23, 2026 1:16 pm - The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour continues Sunday, April 26, at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, featuring their 1940 M.P. Moller pipe organ that was restored in 1982.
Moving but sometimes cloying, Tourette’s tale ‘I Swear’ soars on superb acting

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Apr 23, 2026 12:15 pm - Perhaps the saddest thing about “I Swear,” the moving if also occasionally cloying film about Tourette’s activist John Davidson, is that a movie aimed at forging understanding ended up unwittingly causing division and horror — at a ceremony where it was being celebrated.

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