McHenry County Entertainment
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Get a free sandwich at Dave’s Hot Chicken for Drake’s birthday ThursdayOct 22, 2024 1:49 pm - In celebration of Drake’s birthday, Dave's Hot Chicken is giving out free hot chicken sliders to in-store guests who use their app on Thursday, Oct. 24. Drake was an early investor in the company.
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Best Bets: Rosemont welcomes ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fansOct 21, 2024 12:39 pm - The Salute to Battlestar Galactica event fetes 20 years of the TV show in Rosemont, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art debuts a new exhibition devoted to classic arcade games, and Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park hosts a Crawl-o-ween Bar Crawl.
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Restoration project steadily bringing Barrington’s Catlow Theatre back to lifeOct 20, 2024 9:00 pm - Two years in, restoration of the historic Catlow Theatre in downtown Barrington is going according to plan and on schedule for a 2026 reopening.
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Trick-or-treat times in the suburbsOct 18, 2024 8:21 pm - Happy Halloween! Here’s a list of trick-or-treating hours throughout the suburbs.
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Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girlOct 17, 2024 4:15 pm - Editor’s note: Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor died Thursday at age 93. This story was originally published on March 19, 2013. “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it's hard to...
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Lambs Farm celebrates Halloween Oct. 26Oct 17, 2024 1:18 pm - Lambs Farm is celebrating Halloween with its spooktacular Trick or Treat on the Farm event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.
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Haunted trail Saturday in Lake VillaOct 17, 2024 1:17 pm - The Lindenhurst Park District is hosting the Haunted Trail & Bonfire from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Forest View Park, 513 Forest View Dr., Lake Villa. Wagon rides...
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Artists Series presents the Guttenberg German Band at Sew Hop’d BreweryOct 15, 2024 7:59 pm - As part of its celebration of Lutheran Heritage Month, the Artist Series at Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley invites the community to get into the spirit of Oktoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 26.
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How to be a better birder: Tips for those new to the bird-watching hobbyOct 14, 2024 12:16 pm - Birding columnist Jeff Reiter offers some tips for those who are new to the birdwatching hobby.
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Recapturing the joy — Elgin man brings together music veterans in Vintage Swing BandOct 11, 2024 6:00 am - You can take the kid out of jazz band, but you can’t take the jazz band out of the kid. Or something like that. It’s a formula that sits at the core of Bruce Cameron of Elgin, organizer and frontman for the Vintage Swing Band.