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End of an era: Van Oyen signs off with final performance at North Central College

By Alexandra Sheeler, North Central College
Apr 07, 2026 5:14 pm - Lawrence Van Oyen will retire after 33 years as director of bands and saxophone instructor at North Central College, with his final concert scheduled for April 11 at Wentz Concert Hall. Among his many accomplishments, he founded Chords for Kids, a sensory-friendly concert series for children with special needs.
Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson says

By FREIDA FRISARO and MARIA SHERMAN
Apr 07, 2026 2:04 pm - The rapper Offset, a former member of the influential hip-hop trio Migos, was shot outside a Florida casino and is in stable condition, a spokesperson said Tuesday.
Hulu’s ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ spinoff ‘The Testaments’ is about girlhood in Gilead

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Apr 07, 2026 12:28 pm - Throughout “The Handmaid's Tale,” dread hung over the series like a perpetual rain cloud. In “The Testaments,” debuting Wednesday on Hulu, Gilead is still Gilead — but there are glimmers of hope as a through-line.
Creative collaboration: How Geneva retirement residents transformed poetry into music

By Dave Heun
Apr 07, 2026 11:59 am - Lynda Cox and Bruce Petsche, residents of the GreenFields of Geneva life-care retirement community, have turned their friendship late in life into a musical collaboration.
Colin Kaepernick to publish memoir ‘The Perilous Fight’ in September

By HILLEL ITALIE
Apr 07, 2026 9:08 am - A decade after he first took a knee during the national anthem, Colin Kaepernick will be publishing his life story.
‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul can’t have unsupervised visits with toddler son, court rules

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and ANDREW DALTON
Apr 07, 2026 8:30 am - Taylor Frankie Paul, a star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” cannot spend unsupervised time with her 2-year-old son due to a history of volatile behavior directed at the boy’s father while kids were present, a Utah court commissioner ruled Tuesday.
Restaurant with cricket simulators gets go-ahead in Wheeling

By Russell Lissau
Apr 06, 2026 7:30 pm - Plans for a restaurant featuring cricket simulators got the Wheeling village board’s OK Monday night.
‘One life in reflection’: Bruce Hornsby looks back with new album, ‘Indigo Park,’ that mixes simplicity and complexity

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 06, 2026 1:17 pm - Bruce Hornsby’s new, reflective album starts off sweetly and melodically, a musician looking back at a fascinating life. Then it gets weird. That’s by design. He headlines Evanston’s Cahn Auditorium Saturday, Oct. 3.
Things to do April 10-16: Jon Lovitz, Expo Chicago, BoDeans, Tommy Davidson and more

By Luke Zurawski
Apr 06, 2026 1:15 pm - Make plans to see Jon Lovitz and Andrew Dice Clay performing a double-bill stand-up comedy show at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, Expo Chicago at Navy Pier, BoDeans at the Paramount Theatre, the Great Midwest Train Show in Wheaton, Tommy Davidson at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg and more.
Geneva’s Swedish Days parade canceled

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 06, 2026 12:38 pm - There won’t be a Swedish Days parade in Geneva this year, officials said Monday.

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