Cook County Entertainment
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John Stamos makes guest appearance with The Beach Boys in Elk Grove VillageJul 05, 2024 3:10 pm - Almost four decades to the day John Stamos first played with The Beach Boys during a Fourth of July concert at the Washington Monument, the actor and musician took the st...
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Rotary Club’s Pizzas, Pitchers & Puzzles competition returns Aug. 29 in Prospect HeightsJul 05, 2024 1:26 pm - The Rotary Club of River Cities is seeking the area’s fastest eating-solving-gulping crew for a fun, late-summer fundraiser. The club will hold its second annual Pizzas, ...
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Suburbs celebrate Fourth of July, including return of parade in Highland ParkJul 04, 2024 5:23 pm - Thousands of revelers clad in red, white and blue lined dozens of Fourth of July parade routes throughout the suburbs Thursday. That included Highland Park, where a community parade returned to downtown streets two years after the mass shooting that left seven people dead and 48 others wounded.
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Opened during Prohibition, Kane County bar celebrates 100th anniversaryJul 04, 2024 2:10 pm - The year was 1924, during the Prohibition era in the United States. Even though consuming alcoholic beverages was illegal, it didn’t stop Flora and Albert Mott from opening a bar in western Kane County.
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Where to watch fireworks in the suburbs this weekJul 04, 2024 7:00 am - With the Fourth of July upon us, communities are readying their fireworks displays. Here’s where you can see them.
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Fireworks and flags fan pre-Fourth of July festivitiesJul 03, 2024 6:08 pm - Flags and fireworks marked a festive beginning to early Fourth of July celebrations across the suburbs Wednesday.
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Free life drawing class at Des Plaines Public LibraryJul 03, 2024 4:49 pm - Learn to draw the human body in a life drawing class July 20 at the Des Plaines Public Library. The free class is scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to noon in the Commons are...
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With a promise of friendly drive-through service, Scooter’s Coffee coming to WheelingJul 03, 2024 11:29 am - A Scooter’s Coffee store is coming to Wheeling.
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Joyful ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’ a fitting tribute to jazz masterJul 03, 2024 10:38 am - All hail Fats Waller. Drury Lane Theatre’s jubilant, beautifully sung revival of “Ain’t Misbehavin’” is a fitting tribute to the pioneering jazz pianist.
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Frontier Days — one of the largest fests in suburbs — begins WednesdayJul 02, 2024 6:40 pm - Crews are putting the finishing touches on setup for Frontier Days, one of the largest summer festivals in the suburbs that opens at 5 p.m. Wednesday in Arlington Heights.