Music
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The Year of the Slap: Pop-culture moments in 2022Dec 31, 2022 10:00 pm - Taylor Swift was up. Elon Musk was in, out, and in. Tom Cruise was back. BTS stepped aside, and so did Serena Williams, and Tom Brady too - oops, scratch that. But the s...
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IMAGES: Notable deaths in the entertainment world in 2022Dec 30, 2022 4:00 am - Sidney Poitier, Loretta Lynn and Angela Lansbury were among the giants in the entertainment industry who died in 2022. ...
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A charitable effort with strings attached: How ukuleles are helping kids in children's hospitalsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - A musical instrument popular in the 1920s will be helping out patients in children's hospitals thanks to Buffalo Grove groups and an international charity. The BG Singer...
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Knighthood brings Brian May 'a little bit more clout'
Dec 30, 2022 12:00 am - LONDON - Queen guitarist Brian May is now a "Sir." May, who also has a doctorate in astrophysics and is an animal welfare advocate, received a knighthood Friday as part ...
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Cheers to good tunes: A look at some Chicago, suburban discoveries fans should keep an eye on in 2023Dec 29, 2022 5:00 am - As the year wraps up, it's customary to take stock of what has passed and look at what's ahead. Of the hundreds of new songs released in 2022, here are some of the Chica...
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Guest violinist, conductor to join ESO concerts Jan. 7-8Dec 28, 2022 10:00 pm - Acclaimed American violinist Stella Chen will be joining the Elgin Symphony Orchestra for two concerts Jan. 7-8. The concert will feature works from Beethoven, Brahms, a...
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Music, movies and more at Wheaton Public LibraryDec 28, 2022 10:00 pm - Wheaton Public Library, 225 N. Cross St., offers a variety of programs in January, including a program on "The Chicago Freedom Movement" exhibit; a Living Room Conversat...
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Things to do Dec. 30-Jan. 5: New Year's Eve celebrations, light shows and moreDec 27, 2022 10:00 pm - Before Friday Festival of Lights and Tree Sale: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily through Friday, Dec. 30, at Cosley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Wheaton. Thousands of twinkling lights,...
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Geneva church performs Christmas cantata with handbells and choirDec 27, 2022 10:00 pm - With a 40-voice choir, 10 handbell ringers and six instrumentalists, Geneva United Methodist Church performed the Christmas cantata "On Christmas Night" at 9 and 10 a.m....
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Best Bets: Send off 2022 with Blue Man Group, Preacher Lawson, American English, Local HDec 27, 2022 1:00 pm - Preacher comedy Comedian Preacher Lawson, who gained national notoriety on NBC's “America's Got Talent,” starts a five-show run at the Chicago Improv, 5 Woodfield Mall, ...