Mark your calendar for Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Gurnee Days, Taste of Glen Ellyn and more happening this week.
Kenzie Hughes realized a longtime dream when she competed on “American Ninja Warrior” this year. The 17-year-old Libertyville High School student made it all the way to the national finals.
Citadel Theatre in Lake Forest announced its four-show 2025-2026 season.
This week: Beatles fans gather in Rosemont this weekend for the annual Fest for Beatles Fans; the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center host a second Hokusai Japan Fest and the Design Museum of Chicago hosts an exhibition of works by people with disabilities.
Bartlett firefighters’ annual Smoke & Irons Music Fest to raise money for local assistance of those in need returns with the introduction of a kickoff party on a third day this Thursday.
Pianist/actor Hershey Felder returns to Writers Theatre to perform his latest composer bio-tuner “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” while Oil Lamp Theater salutes the late great Stephen Sondheim with the jukebox revue “Side by Side by Sondheim.”
The Ohio alt-rock band the Black Keys are finding their way home on their 13th full-length LP, “No Rain, No Flowers.”