Music
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Between paint sales, Mt. Prospect store is Lee DeWyze centralMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Painter Pete Church leaned an elbow on a gallon of paint and admitted that Crystal Bowersox "is pretty good." "No way," manager Mike Binek fired back from the other side...
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Man ordered to pay Steve Miller Band for bad check
May 04, 2010 11:00 pm - CASPER, Wyo. -- A concert promoter who pleaded guilty to writing a $91,000 bad check to the Steve Miller Band has been sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitu...
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'Together' finds band at its peakMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The New Pornographers, "Together" (Matador) It must be fun to attend a recording session with The New Pornographers. Chances are you'll be tossed an instrument an...
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Hold Steady rock out on 'Heaven Is Whenever'May 04, 2010 11:00 pm - The Hold Steady, "Heaven Is Whenever" (Vagrant) The Hold Steady are like the coolest counselors at summer camp: They know how to have too much fun, but they also ...
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Cheap stuff: Trolley rides, bluegrass, 'High School Musical'May 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Hop on the trolley, Mom! The Fox River Trolley Museum is offering free trolley rides (with a paid child's fare) for mothers, stepmothers, grandm...
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Court Yard Hounds make impressive debutMay 04, 2010 11:00 pm - Court Yard Hounds, "Court Yard Hounds" (Columbia) Sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robison began performing together in childhood, and they recorded their first a...
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Backyard Tire Fire to play at Chord on BluesMay 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Generating some heat Backyard Tire Fire, an up-and-coming indie-rock band with a rootsy sound, brings its live act to the suburbs this weekend. The band, based in Bloomi...
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ESO salutes 'Exiles in Hollywood,' StraussApr 30, 2010 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's sixth annual spring festival, "Exiles in Hollywood," wraps up this weekend at the Hemmens Theatre with music Director Robert Hanson conduc...
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Local tryouts & auditionsApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - • Noble Fool Theatricals has auditions for its Youth Ensemble's production of "The Wizard of Oz." Kids and teenagers ages 6 to 19 audition from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, ...
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Fetching melodies save Carpenter's latestApr 29, 2010 11:00 pm - Mary Chapin Carpenter, "The Age of Miracles" (Zoe/Rounder) This music is more dangerous than it sounds. With its shameless sentimentality, pep talks for boomers a...