Entertainment
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Art of the Land show and fundraiser returns to McHenry CountyOct 13, 2025 11:11 am - Attendees will experience art inspired by the local landscape, live music and more at the Art of the Land art show and fundraiser. Proceeds from the event support land preservation in McHenry County.
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Enjoy music, pumpkin carving and more when Harvest Hoot returns to Oakton campus Oct. 18Oct 13, 2025 10:56 am - The city of Des Plaines’ annual autumn festival, Harvest Hoot, returns to the Oakton College campus from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18.
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Crystal Lake’s Raue Center receives ‘game-changer’ grant, explores satellite theater in East Dundee
Oct 13, 2025 10:49 am - The Crystal Lake-based Raue Center for the Arts has received a multiyear, $150,000 grant that could support a possible expansion into East Dundee.
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Brotherhood of Harmony to offer free singing lessonsOct 13, 2025 10:45 am - The Brotherhood of Harmony is offering a free five-week program of singing and voice lessons beginning Oct. 23 in Palatine.
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Maine East choirs, orchestras to present fall concert Oct. 15Oct 13, 2025 10:02 am - The Maine East Choir and Orchestra will present their annual Fall Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct, 15, in the Maine East High School Auditorium.
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Marc Maron ends his podcast with final guest Barack Obama after 16 years and nearly 1,700 episodes
Oct 13, 2025 6:51 am - Barack Obama helped Marc Maron lock the gates on his podcast Monday, returning to the show for the final episode after 16 years and more than 1,600 episodes.
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Getting the band back together: Garage rockers from St. Viator to perform in suburbs for first time since ’60sOct 12, 2025 7:10 pm - The Huns — a garage band that formed at St. Viator High School in the 1960s — is reuniting and performing publicly for the first time since their teenage years.
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Diane Keaton’s style was wildly eccentric — and the most authentic thing in HollywoodOct 12, 2025 2:50 pm - Diane Keaton had a magical way of entwining fashion and performance, making us feel we knew her through her totally original way of dressing herself, on-screen and off.
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‘Tron: Ares’ tops box office but falls short of expectations with $33.5 million debut
Oct 12, 2025 2:22 pm - “Tron: Ares” powered up the box office grid in the top spot this weekend, but Disney’s third entry in the sci-fi franchise fell short of expectations.
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‘This can rock the whole town’: Algonquin approves downtown entertainment venue
Oct 12, 2025 10:10 am - A new live entertainment venue is coming to Algonquin’s downtown — a business that neighboring property owners said could transform the area into a “destination place.”