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Conductor Howard Green leads the Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band during a recent rehearsal at Aptakisic Junior High School. The band will be celebrating its 25th anniversary with a May 9 concert.

Grand finale: After 25 years, Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band director taking last bow

The Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band will hold its 25th anniversary concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at Stevenson High School's Performing Arts Center in Lincolnshire — the last concert with its only musical director, Howard Green, at the helm.

Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep), left, at first acts as if she doesn’t remember Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway) in “The Devil Wears Prada 2.”

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style, but the story is overdressed

Fashion trends are notoriously fickle, but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” two decades after the original, was hard to resist.

Elgin Symphony Orchestra music director Chad Goodman conducts the final concerts of the season this weekend.

Best bets: ESO season comes to a close, and Orion Ensemble disbands after 35 years

The ESO closes out its season this weekend, the Orion Ensemble bids farewell after 35 years, and comedian Doug Benson hosts a live taping of his podcast, “Doug Loves Movies,” at Zanies Rosemont.

Chicago's Navy Pier will host Mexico Fest Friday through Sunday, May 1-3.

Things to do May 1-7: Mexico Fest, Go Fly a Kite, Lombard Lilac Time, Katt Williams and more

Mark your calendar for Mexico Fest at Navy Pier, Lombard Lilac Time, Go Fly a Kite in Wheaton’s Graf Park, Art in Wilder Park in Elmhurst, Katt Williams at Chicago’s United Center and more.

Ignazio Boschetto, left, Piero Barone and Gianluca Ginoble of Il Volo bring Italian bel canto to the Rosemont Theatre on Saturday, May 2.

Pope-approved Il Volo flies into the Rosemont Theatre Saturday on their world tour

If Pope Leo XIV says he’s a fan, you’re doing OK. “He’s the best pope,” said Piero Barone, who joins fellow tenor Ignazio Boschetto and baritone Gianluca Ginoble in Il Volo, a vocal group in the bel canto tradition of Italian multipart singing, playing the Rosemont Theatre on Saturday, May 2.

Demi Lovato will bring her “It’s Not That Deep Tour” to Chicago’s United Center Friday, May 1.

Concerts May 1-7: Demi Lovato, They Might Be Giants, Calum Scott and more

Upcoming concerts include Demi Lovato at the United Center, They Might Be Giants at The Vic Theatre, Calum Scott at the Riviera Theatre and more.

It’s hard to root for mean, entitled novelist Ohm Bauman (Adam Scott) in “Hokum.”

Adam Scott gets spooked in a haunted hotel in ‘Hokum’

The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new horror movie, it’s probably that it involves Adam Scott and a haunted Irish hotel.