Candy Hall of Fame expected to open in summer 2027 on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile.
The New Philharmonic concludes its season at the MAC, the Lyric Opera Orchestra performs the score to “Mary Poppins,” and Giordano Dance Chicago premieres three new works this week.
Tax day is around the corner and several restaurants are offering some relief. Plus, The Greggory and Prairie Grass Cafe will be hosting chef collaboration dinners and Puttshack recently added more than 50 food and beverage items to its menu.
The work of student filmmakers from near and very, very far will be showcased Friday and Saturday at Schaumburg’s 19th annual Screen Test Student Fest at the newly rechristened Al Larson Cultural Center.
Hallways, generally speaking, are not places you want to be in the movies. But “Exit 8,” a new film by the Japanese director Genki Kawamura, lands in a hallway and stays there.
Make plans to see Jon Lovitz and Andrew Dice Clay performing a double-bill stand-up comedy show at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, BoDeans at the Paramount Theatre, the Great Midwest Train Show in Wheaton, Tommy Davidson at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg and more.
Ella Langley’s sophomore album, “Dandelion,” out Friday, co-produced by Langley, Miranda Lambert and Ben West, proves her chops. She’s performing on Morgan Wallen’s “Still the Problem Tour” Saturday, June 20, at Chicago’s Soldier Field.