Entertainment
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Book Review: An aging widow’s European river cruise turns deadly in ‘Murder Takes a Vacation’Jun 16, 2025 12:24 pm - Muriel Blossom began her fictional career as a minor character in 2008, serving as an assistant to private detective Tess Monaghan, the protagonist in 12 of Laura Lippman’s fine crime novels. In “Murder Takes a Vacation,” Mrs. Blossom, as she is always called, gets her star turn.
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Music adds to dining experience and makes the spending easierJun 16, 2025 6:44 am - When it comes to music in restaurants, most guests don’t give it much thought … or at least they don’t think they do. Music done well in restaurants makes all the difference in how long you will stay, what kind of a time you will have and, most important to the restaurant, how much money you will spend.
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What to stream: ‘The Gilded Age,’ Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs
Jun 16, 2025 5:30 am - Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone's sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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How Swede it is — Geneva celebrates Swedish Midsummer FestivalJun 15, 2025 5:04 pm - Families filled Geneva’s Good Templar Park on Sunday to celebrate a tradition that’s been part of the community for more than 110 years.
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‘It’s a community feeling’: Buffalo Grove Farmers Market opens for 17th seasonJun 15, 2025 4:54 pm - Buffalo Grove's Farmers Market opened its 17th season Sunday with a wide variety of vendors offering everything from gourmet French pastries and cheese to tamales and salsa at Mike Rylko Community Park.
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‘How to Train Your Dragon’ soars in box office debut with $83.7 million, beating ‘Lilo & Stitch’
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Family fun, food and music on tap at Taste of Des PlainesJun 14, 2025 5:37 pm - The Taste of Des Plaines is a two-day festival in downtown Des Plaines that centers around food, music and family fun.
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‘Prime Minister’ reveals private side of New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern
Jun 14, 2025 1:59 pm - As sympathetic — and therefore potentially biased — as “Prime Minister” is to its subject, former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, it’s also one of the most arrestingly intimate political documentaries you’ll see.
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Wheaton Municipal Band celebrates the music of Alfred Reed June 19Jun 13, 2025 8:45 pm - Wheaton Municipal Band spotlights prolific band composer Alfred Reed on June 19, featuring his well-known "Armenian Dances," with guest Reed expert Yasuhiro Murakami conducting.
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Dierks Bentley’s ‘Broken Branches’ offers familiar country