Music
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Sound check: Black Bolts headline Skyline's year-enderDec 26, 2017 5:00 am - Black Bolts plays series at BaseCamp Skyline Music wraps up a year of monthly concerts presenting original suburban bands with one final show for 2017. Woodridge's Blac...
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ESO to perform the famous Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 by Franz Liszt, the first musical superstarDec 25, 2017 10:00 pm - The award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra will perform the orchestral version of Franz Liszt's famous "Hungarian Rhapsody" No. 2 on Friday, Jan. 5, at the Prairie Cente...
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Sunday picks: Cruise through Aurora's Festival of LightsDec 24, 2017 6:00 am - Aurora Festival of Lights 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday, Dec. 24-26, at Phillips Park, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora. Drive through more than a mile of animated...
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Weekend picks: I Fight Dragons takes on Lincoln HallDec 23, 2017 6:00 am - I Fight Dragons at Lincoln Hall Their catalog is already packed with catchy songs (including a couple of surprisingly beautiful ballads), but Chicago pop-rock band I Fig...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsDec 22, 2017 9:30 am - Light up your holiday at Morton Arboretum's Illumination Saturday or get in a laugh or two at "The Second City's Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue." Here are five ways to have ...
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Museum dedicated to funk music genre opens in Ohio
Dec 22, 2017 6:00 am - DAYTON, Ohio (AP) - A museum dedicated to the funk music genre has opened its doors in Ohio. The president of the Funk Music Hall of Fame and Exhibition Center in Dayton...
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Weekend picks: Modern Day Romeos play 'Home for the Holidays' at RaueDec 22, 2017 5:00 am - Banding together Modern Day Romeos and Lava Rock are the guest bands appearing in Williams Street Repertory's series of concerts called "Home for the Holidays - A Collab...
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District 128 projects win grants from community foundationDec 22, 2017 4:30 am - Fourteen innovative projects at Libertyville High School and sister school Vernon Hills High have received grants totaling more than $18,771 from a local community found...
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Facebook signs deal with music label Universal Music
Dec 21, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook and record label Universal Music Group have signed a multiyear deal that will let Facebook users share videos that have the label's music in the...
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Tickets go on sale today for 3 cover bands coming to the ArcadaDec 21, 2017 12:00 am - Tickets for three shows by three cover bands at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles are going on sale at noon Friday. Mr. Blotto's Procrastinator's Ball will play at 8 p.m...