Entertainment
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Concordia Church hosts free Mother’s Day concert May 12Apr 27, 2024 10:51 am - Concordia Lutheran Church is hosting a Mother’s Day Concert on at noon on Sunday, May 12.
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Lake County Art League’s 90th anniversary spring art show opens May 1Apr 26, 2024 6:20 pm - Since 1934, the Lake County Art League, or LCAL, has been a space for local artists to showcase their work, grow their craft and talk about art with like-minded aficionad...
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Music review: Pet Shop Boys have done it yet again with catchy and bittersweet ‘Nonetheless’
Apr 26, 2024 3:33 pm - Known for their synthesizer-backed dance tracks with emotionally resonant lyrics, Pet Shop Boys created their own style of electric pop — influenced by glam rock and disco — that has stood the test of time with consistent releases over the years. Their latest album, “Nonetheless,” falls right in line with the pattern.
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DuPage Chorale to present ‘Night at the Opera’ May 5Apr 26, 2024 2:21 pm - On Sunday, May 5, the DuPage Chorale presents “Night at the Opera,” an evening of opera chorus and aria favorites, at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn. The concert...
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COD music program presents spring student ensemble performancesApr 26, 2024 1:52 pm - The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers to perform “Hymn to Time,” by former COD Music Program Chair Lee Kesselman, based on a text by Ursula K. LeGuin. Five College...
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#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturnedApr 26, 2024 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, i...
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Big wheels: Wheaton gears up for Touch-A-Truck eventApr 26, 2024 12:00 pm - A fleet of municipal vehicles will go on display for the Downtown Wheaton Association’s kid-friendly Touch-A-Truck event Saturday, April 27. Youngsters will get a chance ...
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Andretti Indoor Karting, Schaumburg eye summer groundbreaking for entertainment districtApr 26, 2024 11:47 am - Officials anticipate a summer groundbreaking for the first Midwest location of Andretti Indoor Karting & Games and a six-level public parking deck that would anchor the f...
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Here we go again! Streamwood High alumna headlines ‘Mamma Mia!’ for 25th anniversary national tourApr 26, 2024 11:11 am - Streamwood High School alumna Christine Sherrill is having many full-circle moments during the 25th anniversary tour of “Mamma Mia!” She’s starring as leading lady Donna Sheridan in the jukebox musical returning to Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre for a three weeks beginning Tuesday, April 30.
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‘Boy Kills World’ offers bare-knuckle yuks
Apr 26, 2024 9:47 am - What happens when a movie’s unreliable narrator turns out to be the movie itself? “Boy Kills World,” a cheeky and extremely bloody action extravaganza, keeps an audience so off-balance for so long that you may throw in the towel well before the final bad guy falls.