Music
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Beach Boys ride the endless wave to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park this summerMar 10, 2026 3:25 pm - Tickets go on sale Friday, March 13, for The Beach Boys’ Aug. 14 concert at RiverEdge Park in Aurora.
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Best Bets: Jeff Award-winner Michael Mahler channels Paul Simon in concert at Marriott TheatreMar 10, 2026 2:25 pm - Actor/composer/lyricist Michael Mahler channels Paul Simon at the Marriott Theatre, the Raue Center hosts tributes to Carole King and Van Morrison, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago stages “Madama Butterfly.”
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Things to do March 13-19: St. Patrick’s Day events, Chicago Sports Spectacular, Carlos Mencia and moreMar 10, 2026 10:36 am - Make plans for St. Patrick’s Day events across the suburbs, the Chicago Sports Spectacular in Rosemont, Carlos Mencia at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at Waukegan’s Genesee Theatre and more.
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Things to do March 13-19: Chicago Sports Spectacular, St. Patrick’s Day events, Carlos Mencia and moreMar 10, 2026 10:22 am - Make plans to see the Chicago Sports Spectacular, St. Patrick’s Day events, Carlos Mencia and more.
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Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60
Mar 10, 2026 7:11 am - Tommy DeCarlo, who became the lead singer of classic rockers Boston for nearly 20 years based on a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, died Monday at 60 after struggling for months with brain cancer, according to his children.
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Full circle: B2K and Bow Wow’s Boys 4 Life Tour is powered by forgiveness and accountability
Mar 09, 2026 11:37 am - When the members of the platinum-selling 2000s R&B group B2K — J-Boog, Omarion, Lil Fizz and Raz-B — went their separate ways, the ensuing years were filled with verbal attacks and discord. But now, the comradery is sincere as they prep for their first major tour in years that brings them to Chicago’s United Center April 23.
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What to stream: ‘Zootopia 2,’ Oscars, Kim Gordon, ‘One Piece’ and ‘Scarpetta’
Mar 09, 2026 7:15 am - Taylor Sheridan’s neo-Western family drama series “The Madison” debuting on Paramount+ and the animated smash “Zootopia 2” landing on Disney+ are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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J Balvin remade Van Halen’s ‘Jump’ as Coca-Cola’s World Cup anthem. He says it was ‘a puzzle.’
Mar 09, 2026 6:57 am - In need of a global superstar for a sports anthem? Colombian singer J Balvin is the right man for the job.
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St. Charles Library concert series presents The Peacock TrioMar 08, 2026 10:58 pm - The St. Charles Public Library presents The Peacock Trio featuring flute, harp, and viola on March 15, as part of their Sunday Concert Series.
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'Country' Joe McDonald, '60s rock star, proud protest counterculture icon, dies at 84Mar 08, 2026 6:09 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — “Country” Joe McDonald, a hippie rock star of the 1960s whose “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die Rag” was a four-lettered rebuke to the Vietnam War that becam...