Here are some of the fireworks displays planned to celebrate the Fourth of July in the area.
Sarah Friedland’s “Familiar Touch” is gentle and mysterious, presenting the narrowing days of an elderly woman’s life as a kind of lucid dreaming. Patient, observant and slow, the film benefits immeasurably from the presence of Kathleen Chalfant as the woman, Ruth Goldman.
A long-awaited Blufish Sushi restaurant is expected to open in Schaumburg in August, with time left this summer to take advantage of the building’s outdoor patio.
Fans of the New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde have long commended the artist for her visceral pop craft. Her music, to certain ears, sounds like freedom. On her new album, “Virgin,” it is as though Lorde is able to hear it, too.
“Horizon of Khufu” and “Life Chronicles” have been announced as the first two immersive art experiences of Rosemont’s new EXP venue scheduled to open this fall.
Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights wants people to know they’re as serious about food as they are about music. So much so that they’ve brought in a chef with Michelin-star pedigree to prove it.
Marriott Theatre’s new “mixtape musical” “Always Something There ...” works best when you let yourself be carried off by nostalgia and string of 1980s dance pop tunes.