Cook County Entertainment
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Best Bets: TikTok sensation Drew Wiegman brings improvisational cello home to Lake CountyMar 25, 2025 9:59 am - Self-taught cellist and Lake County native Drew Wiegman headlines the James Lumber Center in Grayslake, Elmhurst History Museum examines DuPage County’s farming legacy, and the Lyric Opera stages the Chicago premiere of the new adults-only “The Listeners.”
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Schaumburg’s Prairie Center for the Arts expansion to coincide with village hall constructionMar 24, 2025 12:41 pm - Schaumburg officials are moving up an expansion of the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts’ lobby that had been planned for the 2028-29 budget year to capture some cost efficiencies with the imminent construction of a new village hall next door.
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GiGi’s Playhouse namesake to spread acceptance as character in popular children’s book seriesMar 23, 2025 9:00 pm - Hoffman Estates-based GiGi’s Playhouse has been spreading awareness and acceptance of people with Down syndrome for more than 20 years, but is about to embark on a new way of doing so with young readers through the popular Harry Moon book series.
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DuPage Comic Con returns with comics, collectibles, vendors and guestsMar 22, 2025 5:20 pm - The annual DuPage Comic Con drew fans and collectors Saturday to the DuPage County Fairgrounds in Wheaton.
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Asked and answered: By popular demand, French market coming to downtown West DundeeMar 22, 2025 4:41 pm - By popular demand, a weekly French market will be held this summer in downtown West Dundee.
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‘The customers got us through’: Wheeling eatery’s owners recall tactics used to survive pandemicMar 22, 2025 12:45 pm - Until March 2020, the father-and-son owners of The Original Granny’s in Wheeling thought the biggest worries about their then-39-year-old restaurant would always be finding and retaining the right staff as well as keeping favored food items in stock.
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The Biz Week That Was: Stalled development, rising home sales, and neighborly tax disputeMar 22, 2025 12:42 pm - What’s up with Wheaton apartment project? Developer could soon begin site’s demolition Developer Banner Real Estate envisioned 300-plus apartments along the south si...
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Music @themall to scout for future stars at Woodfield Mall March 29Mar 21, 2025 2:36 pm - Music @themall: Scouting for Stars will make a stop at Woodfield Mall on Saturday, March 29, giving Gen Z a front row seat to all aspects of the music industry.
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Easter Bunny returns to Woodfield Mall for photo visitsMar 21, 2025 1:51 pm - Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg is pleased to announce the Easter Bunny has arrived for his annual Bunny Photo Experience for visits until Saturday, April 19.
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Illinois Supreme Court sides with Rolling Meadows in Cooper’s Hawk tax dispute with Arlington HeightsMar 20, 2025 3:04 pm - The Illinois Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favor of Rolling Meadows in its dispute with Arlington Heights over misallocated sales tax revenue from Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant.