Cook County Entertainment
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Kids can collect eggs, take photos at Long Grove Bunny HopApr 03, 2025 1:27 pm - The Long Grove Bunny Hop will return April 19 to the village’s historic downtown. Families can take photos with the Easter Bunny, collect eggs at different booths and stops throughout the village and explore fire trucks.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for February 2025Apr 03, 2025 10:09 am - The winners of February’s Daily Herald amateur photo contest have a good eye for winter landscapes ... and people having fun. Kelley Dorner of Grayslake took first place with her photo of an ice formation that resembled a salt shaker.
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St. Charles Singers cap 40th season with world premiere of choral work by John RutterApr 02, 2025 4:27 pm - The St. Charles Singers will perform the world premiere of "Dancing Tree," a new choral work by famed British composer Sir John Rutter, in April concerts closing their 40th anniversary season.
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Wheaton Drama to put the fun in dysfunction with ‘August: Osage County’Apr 02, 2025 10:30 am - Pulitzer-winning tragicomedy "August: Osage County" pushes boundaries with its dysfunctional family storylines. Wheaton Drama brings the bold production to its stage through April 13.
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Guest violinist Samuel Vargas to perform Tchaikovsky concerto with Elgin SymphonyApr 02, 2025 10:04 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will feature guest violinist Samuel Vargas playing Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, along with works by Sibelius and López, at its April 5-6 concerts.
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Dining out: Local breweries offer Links & Drinks, CPK celebrates 40 years and moreApr 01, 2025 3:08 pm - Play mini-golf and drink locally brewed beers with Links & Drinks, or head to CPK for the limited-time return of classic menu items as they celebrate their 40th year in business.
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‘I was hooked’: Arlington Heights native Annie Aiello is ‘Always Olivia’ in stage show at MetropolisApr 01, 2025 12:13 pm - When she was 7, Annie Aiello’s father bought her an Olivia Newton-John album. “I was hooked,” she said, which is apparent in her stage show, “Always Olivia — An Olivia Newton-John Tribute,” which she’ll perform at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights Saturday, April 5.
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New dining concept arriving this summer at Bell Works in Hoffman EstatesApr 01, 2025 10:46 am - A rebranding and renovation of the dining venue formerly known as World’s Fair at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates will be completed with its reopening as Bell Market this summer.
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Buffalo Grove teen on way to becoming next American IdolMar 31, 2025 4:23 pm - Nikki Rodrigues had two reasons to celebrate Sunday night. It was not only the Stevenson High School senior’s 18th birthday. It was also the night her successful audition for “American Idol” aired.
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Spotlight: ‘Da Vinci Code’ thriller at Drury Lane, ‘Titanic’ tuner at MarriottMar 31, 2025 2:08 pm - Drury Lane Theatre stages a theatrical adaptation of Dan Brown’s bestselling “The Da Vinci Code,” Marriott Theatre revives the rarely produced musical “Titanic,” and Victory Gardens co-produces the Chicago premiere of David Mamet’s latest, “Henry Johnson.”