Music
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Review: Kim Richey keeps great music coming below the radar
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - Kim Richey, "Edgeland" (Yep Roc Records) Kim Richey has been winning over critics for years, but music buyers have been slower to catch on. On her eighth album, "Edgelan...
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Drag queen Trixie Mattel offers folksy wisdom on new album
Mar 26, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - If you've only heard of Trixie Mattel as the blonde, bee-hive wearing winner of "RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 3," then you've only scratched the ...
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Sunday picks: Kenny G, Scotty McCreery and tattoosMar 25, 2018 7:23 am - Easy listening Mellow out to the smooth saxophone of Kenny G when he performs Sunday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $59-$89. (630) 962-7000 or arca...
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Weekend picks: Spend an evening with WGN's Steve CochranMar 24, 2018 7:23 am - Local laughs "An Evening with Steve Cochran & Friends" features WGN's John DaCosse and special guest Mike Toomey on Saturday at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Willi...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsMar 23, 2018 10:10 am - Listen to the polished sounds of Scotty McCreery and Kenny G Sunday, or be wowed by the music and dance spectacular "Shen Yun." Here are five fun things to do this weeke...
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The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes Store
Mar 23, 2018 7:00 am - iTunes Official Music Charts for the week ending March 22, 2018: Top Songs 1. Found / Tonight, Ben Platt & Lin-Manuel Miranda 2. God's Plan, Drake 3. Freaky Friday (fea...
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Weekend picks: Ian Bagg brings Canadian comedy to SchaumburgMar 23, 2018 6:00 am - Laughs, eh? Canadian comedian Ian Bagg ("Last Comic Standing," "The Life Coach") returns for another run of standup performances starting Thursday at the Improv Comedy S...
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Indian Valley Community Band to say farewell to director Dick Hart at spring concertMar 22, 2018 11:00 pm - The Indian Valley Community Band was formed in 1986 to create a place where adult musicians could continue to play their band instruments past high school and college. A...
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District 300 Foundation seeks used musical instrument donationsMar 22, 2018 11:00 pm - The Community Unit District 300 Foundation for Educational Excellence is partnering with Houlihan's restaurant in Algonquin to collect donations of gently used musical i...
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Soirée Lyrique to put on Puccini's 'Tosca' April 29Mar 22, 2018 11:00 pm - Maestro Philip Morehead, a veteran of more than 30 years as pianist and conductor at Lyric Opera of Chicago, will direct "Tosca" at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 29, at the First...