Lifestyle
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How (and where) to watch the AP Top 25 Movies online
Jan 19, 2023 10:00 pm - Glittering rock 'n' roll, women warriors and kings, spellbinding multiverses and stories of friendship and family permeated 2022 cinema and the AP Top 25 Movies list. So...
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Jesse Eisenberg directs a moving mother-son tale
Jan 19, 2023 12:00 pm - “When You Finish Saving the World” - ★ ★ ★ In Jesse Eisenberg's smart directorial debut, “When You Finish Saving the World,” Julianne Moore plays a Good Person, at leas...
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Anna Kendrick gives affecting performance in chilling 'Alice, Darling'
Jan 19, 2023 10:00 am - “Alice, Darling” - ★ ★ ½ Emotional abuse rarely gets the subtle, sensitive treatment on screen as it does in Mary Nighy's thoughtful if uneven drama “Alice, Darling,” s...
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New Year's to remember: Downers Grove North band, choir performs in London
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 am - Ringing in 2023 always will be especially memorable for one group of Downers Grove North High School students. That's because 210 band and choir members were invited to ...
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Sound check: Glory Days headlines Rockin' Robin memorial showJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - Rockin' Robin Memorial Show Wauconda-area pop-punk band Glory Days headlines a stacked lineup this weekend to celebrate the life of the late Robin Olmsted, a Cary artist...
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'Missing' an energized, timely, tech-savvy thriller set in a scary surveillance stateJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “Missing” - ★ ★ ★ In “Missing,” we have what might have been the most innovative, energized and timely thriller of 2023, a flash-edited testimonial to tech-savvy Zoomer...
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Neighbors in the news: Advocate Condell medical-surgical nurse receives top honorJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - • Katherine Davey, a medical-surgical registered nurse at Advocate Condell Medical Center, Libertyville, was selected as a 2022 Nurse of the Year for her exemplary demon...
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Wrenching and riveting, 'The Son' leaves you shaken
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 am - “The Son” - ★ ★ ★ ½ If you don't have children, you will likely walk out of “The Son” shaken and deeply moved. If you do have kids, you may have to be eventually pulled...
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Arlington Heights native Mike Vinopal discusses Local Motive's new album and his ties between music, mental healthJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - The new Local Motive full-length album “Slice of Life,” released in late December, doesn't pull any punches. With a poignant voice memo from Arlington Heights native Mik...
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McHenry County woman uses area trails to train sled dogs
Jan 19, 2023 5:00 am - For dogs that want to race, "they have to love running more than they love you," Hebron resident and dog trainer Hanna Kowal said. Now 22, Kowal has been training her do...