Entertainment
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Arlingtones present a 'Concert Under the Stars' July 20Jul 11, 2022 11:00 pm - The Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus will present its fourth annual "Concert Under the Stars" at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, July 20, in Arlington Heights' North School Park, loc...
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'Succession' tops Emmy nominations, 'Squid Game' also scores
Jul 11, 2022 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - "Succession" received a leading 25 Emmy nominations Tuesday, but the satirical drama about the rich and ruthless has a landmark rival in "Squid Game," the ...
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Album review: Metric rocks out existentially in 'Formentera'
Jul 11, 2022 6:00 am - “Formentera” Metric (Metric Music International) Even Canadian rock stars are looking introspectively — and existentially — at their role and the meaning of it all ...
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Field Museum gets crates of spotted limestone - but it's not floor tiles
Jul 11, 2022 1:00 am - Chances are, someone somewhere in the world sits on a toilet or scrambles eggs, oblivious to the origins of the greenish-gray blob embedded in their limestone bathroom f...
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Wheaton Municipal Band summer series to offer a salute to Sondheim July 14Jul 10, 2022 11:00 pm - The Wheaton Municipal Band presents a "Sondheim Salute" on Thursday, July 14. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. in Memorial Park, 225 Karlskoga Ave. in downtown Wheaton. ...
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Dame Julie Andrews gets her AFI career tribute ... finallyJul 09, 2022 11:00 pm - For Dame Julie Andrews, June 9 was an evening of getting to enjoy more than a few of her favorite things. The iconic star of “The Sound of Music,” “Mary Poppins” and man...
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Taika Waititi takes a hammer to Thor in 'Love & Thunder'
Jul 09, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK - To a large degree, modern blockbuster moviemaking has depended on the appeasement of fans to keep franchise juggernauts smoothly humming. But in making "Thor:...
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Spotlight: Marriott returns to Oz while Skokie re-visits Avenue QJul 08, 2022 6:00 am - Back to 'Avenue Q' MadKap Productions revives the Tony Award-winning musical "Avenue Q," an R-rated, coming-of-age tale about twentysomethings navigating their private a...
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Taking a deep dive into Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah'
Jul 08, 2022 6:00 am - “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song” - ★ ★ ½ Leonard Cohen was deep in his career when he finally finished “Hallelujah.” Well, the first version of “Halleluja...
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Ron Onesti: We should "Live like we are dying"Jul 08, 2022 6:00 am - Although I have been doing this column for a few years now, I would not profess to say I am a "writer." There are those who went to school for that and have honed their ...