Music
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Review: Upbeat Beck returns with rich, dance sound
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - Beck, "Colors" (Capitol Records) Singer-songwriter Beck has never been very good at hiding how he's feeling. If you made it through the defeated melancholy of "Sea Chang...
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Swedish activists ready to stage women-only music festival
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - A crowdfunding campaign to stage a women-only music festival in Sweden as a response to reported rapes and sexual assaults at past festivals in the Nordi...
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Bluegrass and fish boil in Round Lake BeachOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - The Bluegrass & Door County Fish Boil is set for 1 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center, off Hook Drive west of Route 83. The ...
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Rockers Morello, Reilly recall days at Libertyville HighOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - "Imagine the world you really want and fight for it, whatever you do." That was the message Tom Morello, best known as guitarist of the band Rage Against the Machine, br...
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Boyz II Men to play Genesee; 'Nutcracker' returnsOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Tickets go on sale this week to a Christmas classic and an R&B concert coming to the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan. Dancenter North's annual production of "The Magic of th...
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Buffalo Grove creating method for tax-free donations to arts programsOct 09, 2017 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove is moving ahead with the Waukegan-based Lake County Community Foundation on a proposal to create a special fund that would help bankroll quality-of-life in...
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District 214 marching bands score awards in competitionsOct 08, 2017 11:00 pm - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 marching bands have been picking up honors at recent competitions, including the 50th annual Chicagoland Marching Band Festiv...
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Sunday picks: The Great Midwest Train Show chugs into WheatonOct 08, 2017 7:21 am - Choo! choo! More than 170 exhibitors and hobbyists are expected to show off their work and wares at The Great Midwest Train Show on Sunday at the DuPage County Fairgroun...
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Many in country music mum over gun issues after Vegas deaths
Oct 08, 2017 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When singer Meghan Linsey first started her country duo Steel Magnolia, a partnership with the National Rifle Association was suggested as a way ...
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Weekend picks: Scarecrow Fest features fall fun in St. CharlesOct 07, 2017 7:21 am - Scarecrow fest See more than 150 handcrafted scarecrows at the 32nd Annual St. Charles Scarecrow Festival at Main and 4th streets and along the riverfront in downtown St...