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Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year

Jan 14, 2025 12:37 pm - Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series “Mad Men," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals.
Spotlight: BrightSide Theatre presents concert version of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ tuner

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 14, 2025 10:35 am - BrightSide Theatre presents a concert version of the musical “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Northlight stages a two-hander about Asian immigrants titled “The Heart Sellers,” and Writers Theatre presents “Frida ... A Self Portrait.”
Things to do Jan. 17-23: Wheeling Winterfest, MLK Day events, Chicago Fishing Expo and more

By Luke Zurawski
Jan 14, 2025 10:34 am - Mark your calendar for Wheeling Winterfest, Martin Luther King Jr. Day events throughout the suburbs, the Chicago Fishing Expo and more happening this week.
Rashida Jones stepping down as MSNBC president on eve of Trump inauguration

By DAVID BAUDER
Jan 14, 2025 10:17 am - MSNBC President Rashida Jones says she is stepping down after four years leading the liberal news network — an announcement that takes place on the eve of a second Trump administration and after changes in corporate ownership.
Book Review: Kyle Paoletta’s ‘American Oasis’ offers lessons for a hotter, drier world

By ANITA SNOW
Jan 14, 2025 10:13 am - As cities worldwide grapple with drought and rising temperatures from climate change, author Kyle Paoletta describes how the Southwest developed a resilience that he says other regions will need as the globe grows hotter and drier.
Jessica Simpson and husband Eric Johnson call time on their relationship

Jan 14, 2025 9:51 am - Singer-actor Jessica Simpson and her husband, former NFL player Eric Johnson, have separated after 10 years of marriage.
Here’s who is performing at Trump’s inauguration

By Praveena Somasundaram, Sabrina Rodriguez
Jan 14, 2025 8:37 am - President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural schedule features a fireworks show at Trump’s Washington-area golf club and a lineup of performers including country music star Carrie Underwood.
Heidi Montag tops iTunes chart after losing house in Los Angeles wildfires

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jan 14, 2025 7:27 am - Reality television star Heidi Montag’s 2010 album “Superficial” has hit No. 1 on iTunes’ all-genre songs and albums charts — 15 years after its release and just after Montag and husband Spencer Pratt lost their home in the Palisades Fire.
Side Street Studio Arts hosts multidisciplinary artist Ramona Rotten for interactive poetry workshop and Winter Fringe Festival performance

By Erin Rehberg, Side Street Studio Arts
Jan 13, 2025 11:36 pm - Ramona Rotten, the 2025 Going Dutch artist-in-residence, will lead a Blackout Poetry Workshop and perform at the annual Winter Mini Fringe Festival at Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin.
Paul Saletnik, who helped save historic Des Plaines Theatre, dies at 74

By Russell Lissau
Jan 13, 2025 9:09 pm - A funeral Mass will be said Wednesday for a Des Plaines’ planning and zoning board member and community volunteer who worked to save the historic Des Plaines Theatre.

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