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Dining out: Downtown Elgin favorite under new ownership, Illinois craft beer promo and more

By Rick West
Dec 31, 2024 9:06 am - Elgin Public House is closed temporarily as it transitions to new owners. Plus, Cupitol The Restaurant is now open at Old Orchard in Skokie and here’s a way to support local breweries even if you’re observing Dry January.
New Zealand’s Auckland is the first major city to welcome 2025 with fireworks and light show

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
Dec 31, 2024 8:49 am - Auckland has become the first major city to welcome 2025, with thousands of revelers counting down to the new year and cheering at colorful fireworks launched from New Zealand’s tallest structure, Sky Tower, and a spectacular downtown light show.
Kehlani shares how taking risks earned Grammy noms while balancing mental health during activism

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 31, 2024 8:29 am - While recording “Crash,” Kehlani faced a career-defining decision: Stick with the familiar R&B sound that helped build the singer's name, or risk it all to showcase their full artistic range. Trusting their instincts paid off: Their fourth studio album became a catalyst to earning Grammy nods.
‘Nickel Boys’ is a knockout, one of the most powerful films of the year

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 31, 2024 8:18 am - A movie shot in first person sounds like a gimmick. And yet, with “Nickel Boys,” filmmaker RaMell Ross not only commits to the idea but delivers one of the most powerful films of the year — a lyrical, heartbreaking and haunting journey into the darkness of a brutal reform school in the Jim Crow South.
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after 8 years

By ANDREW DALTON
Dec 31, 2024 6:36 am - Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two.
Best Bets: Hey Nonny celebrates women in jazz

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 30, 2024 9:13 pm - Start 2025 with music and laughter courtesy of Hey Nonny’s Women’s Jazz Festival, comedian Jeff Dye at Zanies Rosemont, and comics Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at the Rialto.
The Local Kitchen & Tap in Schaumburg closes after two years

By Eric Peterson
Dec 30, 2024 3:48 pm - The Local Kitchen and Tap restaurant abruptly announced its closure on social media Monday, a little more than two years after it replaced a shuttered Tilted Kilt Pub and Eatery in Schaumburg.
Make plans for new restaurants coming to the suburbs in 2025

By Rick West
Dec 30, 2024 2:37 pm - A new year brings with it the promise of a bevy of new restaurants expected to open in the suburbs in 2025. Here’s a taste of what’s to come, including Vicolo, The Greggory Hearth and Tavern, the suburbs’ first Pizza Ranch and more.
Caldecott-winning author/illustrator Matthew Cordell to launch new book at Lake Villa library

Daily Herald report
Dec 30, 2024 1:58 pm - Award-winning author and illustrator Matthew Cordell will unveil his latest picture book, “To See an Owl,” at Lake Villa District Library, 140 N. Munn Road, Lindenhurst, at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12.
Lisle offering grants to support special events

Daily Herald report
Dec 30, 2024 1:56 pm - Lisle is offering grants to help encourage new and expand existing special events in the village.

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