Entertainment
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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.
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Batavia Depot Museum debuts new exhibit on history of grocery shoppingApr 26, 2024 5:00 am - Learn about the history of local food shopping at “Markets and Meals: Batavia Goes Grocery Shopping,” a spring exhibit on display through July 21 at the Batavia Depot Museum.
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With ‘Alien’ back in theaters, ‘Alien: Romulus’ director teases how the new film connects
Apr 25, 2024 3:47 pm - Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August.
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Epic Burger now open in BarringtonApr 25, 2024 3:25 pm - Epic Burger, now open at 500 Hough St., in Barrington, invites the community to celebrate with a day of specials on Saturday. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the restaurant ...
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Tickets for Chicago stop of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ go on sale May 13Apr 25, 2024 3:15 pm - Tickets for the Chicago leg of the national tour of Tony Award-winning “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” go on sale Monday, May 13. The tuner begins performances at the James M. Nederlander Theatre Sept. 10.
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Bringing music to the community: DuPage Symphony celebrates 70 yearsApr 25, 2024 11:44 am - In its 70th year, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra is still finding ways to go “above and beyond” to share its love for music with the community. For its season finale on Ma...
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Harper College highlights student artwork during juried art exhibitionApr 25, 2024 10:26 am - For most of the year, Harper College’s Art Exhibition Space displays exhibitions by artists who come to lecture and mentor Harper students as part of the visiting artist program.
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New-look Outback Steakhouse opens Tuesday in SchaumburgApr 25, 2024 10:18 am - The new Outback Steakhouse location set for a grand opening Tuesday in Schaumburg will be the first of the chain’s Chicago-area restaurants to sport a redesigned look.
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Where you can enjoy farm-to-table dining in Kane County
Apr 25, 2024 9:45 am - Whether referred to as farm-to-table or farm-to-fork, some local restaurants are part of a social moment that is driving them to get their ingredients from nearby farms and similar sources. Rather than getting such necessities for their respective menus from other parts of the country and even around the world, they have truly taken on a local approach.
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Rockin’ in the Park: Rosemont releases summer concert lineupApr 25, 2024 6:50 am - Rosemont has released the lineup for its Rockin’ in the Park summer concert series, which features classic cover bands across 18 nights, with a fireworks show closing many of the performances.