Entertainment
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Smashing Pumpkins to headline Illinois State FairApr 01, 2024 12:59 pm - Iconic Chicago rockers, The Smashing Pumpkins, will headline at the Illinois State Fair in August, officials announced Monday. The Grammy-winning band is scheduled to per...
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‘Love and passion’ flavor Amore Mio restaurant in Aurora
Apr 01, 2024 12:31 pm - With love in its name, the new restaurant Amore Mio is a romantic destination for Italian cuisine on West New York Street in downtown Aurora.
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Legendary Nashville drummer Chris McHugh to headline two events at Benedictine University April 4Apr 01, 2024 11:37 am - Veteran drummer Chris McHugh, one of Nashville’s most sought after studio drummers, percussionists, and music producers, will conduct a late afternoon drum clinic, and ev...
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Book Review: ‘City of Ruins’ completes a masterful Don Winslow trilogy
Apr 01, 2024 9:40 am - Years ago, when novelist Don Winslow first read Aeschylus, he recognized that the Greek father of literary tragedies had explored every major theme found in modern crime ...
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‘More smiles … than miles’: $124,998 Barbie van in Volo offers fun, fashion and plenty of pinkApr 01, 2024 8:49 am - The Volo Auto Museum’s $124,998 Barbie van won’t win any races, but it will turn heads and raise eyebrows.
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What to stream this week: Sheila E. plays salsa, Andrew Scott gets evil and Colin Farrell detects
Apr 01, 2024 5:45 am - Colin Farrell playing a private investigator in the new series “Sugar” for Apple TV+ and Andrew Scott stepping into the role of fraudster-turned-killer Tom Ripley for Netflix are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
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McConnell Ball to feature true tale of unsolved local whodunitMar 31, 2024 11:18 pm - The W.A. McConnell Foundation is bring back its popular McConnell Ball on Saturday, April 13 — complete with food, music, a chance to bid on prizes, and a turn-of-the-ce...
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Chance Perdomo, star of ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’ and ‘Gen V,’ dies in motorcycle crash at 27
Mar 31, 2024 2:19 pm - Actor Chance Perdomo, who rose to fame as a star of “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and “Gen V,” has died at age 27 following a motorcycle crash.
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ roars to an $80 million box office opening
Mar 31, 2024 2:03 pm - The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according to Sunday studio estimates.
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See ‘Chicago Freedom Movement,’ an exhibit of historic civil rights photos, at Addison Center for the ArtsMar 30, 2024 12:35 am - An exhibition featuring the remarkable color photographs of the American Civil Rights movement captured by Bernard Kleina has recently opened at the Addison Center for ...