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Folk troubadour Mark Dvorak returns to Ravinia Farmers Market June 10

Submitted by Loretta Sawyer
Jun 05, 2026 11:55 am - The Ravinia Farmer’s Market, celebrating its 48th season, welcomes folk troubadour Mark Dvorak to the entertainment stage on Wednesday, June 10.
Melissa Etheridge celebrates release of ‘Rise’ during Brookfield Zoo Chicago concert Sunday

By Barbara Vitello
Jun 05, 2026 11:16 am - “I do love taking my show to people,” says multiple Grammy Award-winner Melissa Etheridge, who’s headlining Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s “Roaring Nights” concert series Sunday, June 7, in support of her recently released album “Rise.”
Taylor Swift’s ‘Toy Story 5’ song is a return to country: What to know about ‘I Knew It, I Knew You’

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jun 05, 2026 9:22 am - Taylor Swift’s new song for the Disney and Pixar’s forthcoming “Toy Story 5” film is here. On Friday, Swift released “I Knew It, I Knew You,” a bit of a return to country music.
Niall Horan throws a ‘Dinner Party’ for those in love

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jun 04, 2026 2:57 pm - He met her at a “Dinner Party.” It’s not enough to call it a concept album, but former One Direction boy bander and Irish singer Niall Horan’s fourth studio album, “Dinner Party,” grounds itself in love songs about his longtime partner, who he met at the get-together.
Dutch court allows rapper Ye concerts in the Netherlands

By MOLLY QUELL
Jun 03, 2026 4:29 pm - A judge in Amsterdam on Wednesday rejected an appeal by a Jewish organization to block two performances by the rapper Ye, formerly Kanye West, ruling that the concerts are not a threat to public order.
Fans of ’00s Death Cab for Cutie take note: Their new album is about grief — and it’s for you

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jun 03, 2026 2:29 pm - On Friday, Death Cab for Cutie will release “I Built You a Tower,” their 11th studio album. “I started to write a lot about how we contextualize, compartmentalize, specifically our grief,” says frontman and lyricist Ben Gibbard. And a record was born.
Best Bets: Playful ‘Evanescent’ installation opens at the Chicago Botanic Garden

By Barbara Vitello
Jun 03, 2026 8:34 am - The Chicago Botanic Garden debuts the new installation “Evanescent,” The Second City returns to Aurora, Melissa Etheridge rocks out at the Brookfield Zoo, and the Champions of Magic dazzle at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre.
Peabo Bryson, known for duets from Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ and ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ has died at 75

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jun 03, 2026 6:33 am - Peabo Bryson, the two-time Grammy Award-winning R&B singer best known as the voice behind the Oscar-winning Disney film duets “Beauty and the Beast” with Celine Dion and “A Whole New World” with Regina Belle from “Aladdin," has died. He was 75.
Wheaton Municipal Band honoring Vietnam War hero with commissioned piece at opening concert

By Gail Sonkin, Wheaton Municipal Band
Jun 02, 2026 10:49 pm - The Wheaton Municipal Band kicks off its 96th season on June 11 with a special concert featuring “Guardians,” a commissioned piece honoring James Howard Monroe, a Wheaton native and Medal of Honor recipient who sacrificed his life in Vietnam.
Concerts June 5-11: Lee Brice, Don Toliver, Jimmy Eat World, Lupe Fiasco and more

By Luke Zurawski
Jun 02, 2026 5:20 pm - Upcoming concerts include Lee Brice at the Genesee Theatre, BoDeans at the Des Plaines Theatre, Don Toliver at the United Center, Jimmy Eat World at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island and more.

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