Entertainment
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New smoothie café to bring raw juices and acai bowls to ‘fitness row’ in Algonquin Commons
Dec 12, 2024 12:06 pm - Grab-and-go smoothie and juice bar Blend will be the latest addition in Algonquin Commons near health-conscious businesses such as Hotworx, Orange Theory and Stretch Zone.
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Greek revival in Buffalo Grove: Yeero Revolution hitting the street with authentic gyrosDec 12, 2024 12:01 pm - After bonding over Greek food and music, John Nikolaou and Pete Koutropoulos have turned their friendship into a business partnership. Yeero Revolution will serve authentic Greek street fare in Buffalo Grove.
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Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco
Dec 12, 2024 11:57 am - Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it's being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco.
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Movie Review: ‘Kraven the Hunter’ another misfire in the Spider-Man universe
Dec 12, 2024 11:43 am - Kraven the Hunter can climb sheer walls like a gorilla, snatch fish out of streams like a bear and outrun deer. But there's something this slab of human beef can't do: Anchor a decent movie.
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Geoffrey Baer presents to a sold-out crowd at the DuPage County Historical MuseumDec 11, 2024 6:29 pm - There was standing-room only at the DuPage County Historical Museum on Nov. 7 when one of Chicago’s favorite TV producers presented “An Evening with Geoffrey Baer.”
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Carol Stream unveils new village tree at Holiday ExtravaganzaDec 11, 2024 6:11 pm - Carol Stream kicks off holiday season with magical tree lighting event featuring choir performances, cookies, pony rides, petting zoo, and Santa visits.
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Portrait of sisterhood: Beloved classic still resonates in Northlight’s spirited ‘Little Women’Dec 11, 2024 5:00 pm - Northlight Theatre premieres Lauren Gunderson’s ebullient “Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women,” adapted from the beloved novel about four sisters living in 19th century New England.
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The Sundance Film Festival unveils its lineup including Jennifer Lopez, Questlove and more
Dec 11, 2024 2:54 pm - Next year's Sundance Film Festival will feature Jennifer Lopez singing and dancing in Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” Questlove exploring the legacy of Sly & Th...
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Late Rosemont mayor’s Hummels collection moving to new museumDec 11, 2024 10:45 am - Boasting the largest public display of M.I. Hummel figurines in the world, the Donald E. Stephens Museum of Hummels in Rosemont is set to close by the end of the year. But some of the collection will be incorporated into a new museum that will showcase the Northwest suburb’s history and also bear the late mayor’s name.
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George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89
Dec 11, 2024 10:03 am - NEW YORK — George Joseph Kresge Jr., who was known to generations of TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89. Kre...