Elmhurst Entertainment
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Journey through the cosmos with Elmhurst Symphony’s ‘The Planets & Star Wars’Sep 08, 2024 9:00 am - The Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra will perform “The Planets & Star Wars,” its first concert of the 2024-25 season, on Saturday, Oct. 5.
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Regal revival: Uniformly excellent acting animates Drury Lane’s ‘The Audience’Sep 07, 2024 3:54 pm - The supremely talented Janet Ulrich Brooks, who played Queen Elizabeth seven years ago in a Chicago production of “The Audience,” revisits the role in Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of “The Audience” by Peter Morgan.
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Lombard’s Maple Street Concerts welcomes Sage Christie and Heather Styka Sept. 15Sep 06, 2024 9:43 pm - Maple Street Concerts’ 40th year begins with a co-bill of two singer-songwriters: Sage Christie and Heather Styka. Both are two-time finalists in Kerrville's Grassy Hill New Folk Competition for Emerging Songwriters (Christie in 2022 and ’23; Styka in 2015 and ’17).
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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Dining out: Local pizzaiolo wins big, restaurant anniversaries and moreSep 04, 2024 8:52 am - A local pizza maker will represent the U.S. at the World Pizza Championship next year, and we’ve got a couple of very recognizable names celebrating anniversaries this month.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Raise a glass: Sip your way across the suburbs with these fall beer festivalsAug 28, 2024 11:08 am - There’s a variety of beer events brewing around the suburbs as we get closer to Oktoberfest. From traditional festivals to tours on foot and bike, there’s something happening most weekends for beer lovers over the next couple of months.
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Dining out: Portillo’s adds first new cake flavor in 20 yearsAug 27, 2024 2:14 pm - Portillo’s is adding their first new cake offering in over 20 years with the Salted Caramel Spice Cake. Plus, Buffalo Creek Brewing hosts a Burger Throwdown on Sunday, and Yelp has ranked the top 100 pizza spots in the Midwest.
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DuPage County Historical Museum welcomes ‘Three Frenchmen and a Goat’ Sept. 14Aug 26, 2024 4:34 pm - Illinois Humanities Road Scholar John Goldsmith presents the story of three enterprising young men who founded a fraternal supply company in 1892 that today is one of the biggest manufacturers of marching band uniforms.