Entertainment
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A dynamic duo of conventions scares up fun in Rosemont, ChicagoJul 31, 2022 7:00 am - A blockbuster double feature of summer conventions rolls into the Chicago area next weekend when C2E2 makes its annual visit to McCormick Place downtown and the horror-t...
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Film screening at Cantigny Park in WheatonJul 31, 2022 1:00 am - The First Division Museum at Cantigny Park in Wheaton will screen the documentary "More Than a Medal" at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9, at the Visitors Center Theater. The film...
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'Amber Brown' springs to TV under Bonnie Hunt's sure hand
Jul 30, 2022 7:25 am - LOS ANGELES - Bonnie Hunt's approach to comedy deserves a patent. She's drolly forthright but reliably good-hearted, and gives viewers credit for their intelligence as d...
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Backstage with The Arcada Theatre's Ron Onesti: Doo-wop, Dion and Dem DaysJul 29, 2022 6:00 am - I was recently watching one of those doo-wop shows on PBS. So many groups that began a cappella on street corners of New York and Philadelphia in the late '40s and early...
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Melissa Barrera survives, on screen and in Hollywood
Jul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Since her breakthrough role as Vanessa in the film adaptation of "In The Heights," Melissa Barrera has been working nonstop on the big and small screen. Only this year, ...
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What's old is new again at Long Grove Vintage Days festJul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - The annual Vintage Days festival will return to historic downtown Long Grove the weekend of Saturday, Aug. 6, and Sunday, Aug. 7. Organized by the Historic Downtown Lon...
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Folk singer/songwriter Michael Johnathon to perform at Two Way Street Coffee House Aug. 5Jul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - On Aug. 5, Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove welcomes folksinger and songwriter Michael Johnathon to its concert stage. General admission is $10. The concert...
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Update: Tylerman International Film Festival returns for fourth year Aug. 5-7Jul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Editor's note: The Tylerman International Film Festival has made some scheduling changes. Dr. Walt Whitman and The Soul Children will be at the Studio Movie Grill to ope...
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For once, Cherokee actor Wes Studi cast as romantic co-star
Jul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - In Wes Studi's potent and pioneering acting career, he has played vengeful warriors, dying prisoners and impassioned resistance leaders. For three decades, he has arrest...
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Saturday's Homegrown Arts & Music Festival marks a decade of bringing local artists togetherJul 28, 2022 10:00 am - Over the last 10 years, hundreds of local musicians have crossed the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival stages. Some rocked indoors. Some played outdoors. Some performed i...