Entertainment
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Star Wars Celebration: Naperville fan's home-built droid, plus Disney magicApr 13, 2019 1:00 am - "Excuse me, may I plug in my Artoo?" That's the kind of question that doesn't feel out of place at Star Wars Celebration, a five-day convention that will entertain thous...
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The Festival Chorus 'Gives their regards to Broadway' on May 5, 3:00pmApr 12, 2019 11:00 pm - Some people count the time with watches or calendars. Others catalog the passage of events or holidays. Perhaps for some it is the school years melting from one grade to...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 12, 2019 10:00 am - From Chris Kattan & Friends performing standup sets at Zanies to the Fox River Arts Ramble to "The Underwater Bubble Show," there are a lot of fun options for the weeken...
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Ron Onesti: A BIG show with Little AnthonyApr 12, 2019 6:00 am - What a fabulous performance by Little Anthony and the Imperials at The Arcada last Sunday! And just as spectacular was the onstage interview Little Anthony did with me a...
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Theater spotlight: Improv Playhouse gathers the faithful, Steppenwolf stages 'The Children'Apr 12, 2019 6:00 am - 'Gathering' returns For the 11th year, Improv Playhouse remounts its production of “The Gathering,” Josephine Raciti and Rolf Forsberg's contemporary take on the last ho...
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Was 'Game of Thrones' supposed to mean anything? Only if you wanted it toApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - It's too big now to just be a TV show, a diversion. Every couple of decades a great story comes along and grips us more tightly than all the rest, as HBO's "Game of Thro...
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Feder: WLS Radio celebrates 95 years on the airApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - On April 12, 1924, Sears, Roebuck and Company officially began broadcasting its new radio station from the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago, naming it WLS (for "World's La...
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Feder: 'Crazy' Howard McGee is back, this time on V103Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - It's the biggest radio comeback of the year: "Crazy" Howard McGee, who was one of Chicago's most popular morning stars before he lost his job to Steve Harvey, is about j...
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'It absolutely broke my heart': What it's like to die on 'Game of Thrones'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - Ian Beattie fell to the floor and lay there. He felt conflicted about what would come next. On one hand, he was exhausted. Filming the death scene of Meryn Trant, the lo...
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St. Theresa's Production of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast Jr.'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - St. Theresa School students have been working diligently for the past few months after school and during music class to prepare for this year's annual production of Disn...