Entertainment
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Dining out: ‘Top Chef,’ ‘Chopped’ champ teams up with The Graceful Ordinary for Big City Burger collabJan 08, 2025 8:19 am - The Graceful Ordinary in St. Charles is teaming up with a Top Chef for a burger collab, and we’ve also got dining options for National Steak Month, National Gluten-Free Day and more.
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Screen Actors Guild Awards cancel live nominations announcement due to Los Angeles wildfires
Jan 08, 2025 7:29 am - The Screen Actors Guild Awards nominations have canceled an in-person announcement planned for Wednesday morning due to devastating wildfires and winds in the Los Angeles area.
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CNN defamation trial comes at a rough time for legacy media — and for the struggling network
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New Philharmonic starts 2025 with Donizetti’s ‘The Elixir of Love’Jan 07, 2025 10:00 pm - Enjoy the beautiful melodies of Donizetti's popular romantic comic opera "The Elixir of Love" performed by New Philharmonic on Jan 25-26 at the McAninch Arts Center.
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Exhibit opening at Elgin library showcases Lego brick tribute to Black creativityJan 07, 2025 9:17 pm - Dave Kaleta and Richard Dryden, “Lego Masters“ contestants, created the "Awesome Black Creativity" exhibition celebrating Black figures across disciplines.
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Ahoy, suburbs: Chicago Boat Show sails into Rosemont after 93 years in cityJan 07, 2025 7:01 pm - The 93-year-old Chicago Boat Show has moved from McCormick Place in Chicago to the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont, closer to boat dealers and their suburban customers. With 125 exhibitors and 450 boats, the show is larger in scope and size than its previous iteration.
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Spotlight: Goodman, Definition co-produce Chicago premiere of Pulitzer-winning ‘Fat Ham’Jan 07, 2025 2:48 pm - Goodman and Definition theaters host the Chicago premiere of the Broadway hit “Fat Ham,” while Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages the regional premiere of “JaJa’s African Hair Braiding.”
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A novel approach: ‘Brutalist’ a captivating, ambitious epic that feels like a book, looks like a paintingJan 07, 2025 1:47 pm - Austere, foreboding, harsh and intoxicatingly masculine. What’s to like about Brady Corbet’s third movie “The Brutalist”? Not much. And yet, it’s the best picture of 2024, just now opening in Chicago.
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‘Worth the risk’: West Chicago woman opens a café with a purpose — reviving downtownJan 07, 2025 12:42 pm - Five years in the making, Yolanda Peterson’s Raised Bakery and Cafe, 124 Main St., West Chicago, debuted with a soft opening Dec. 30. A West Chicago resident nearly all her life, it is her attempt to drive business to the heart of the city.
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Peter Yarrow of folk-music trio Peter, Paul and Mary dies at 86