Entertainment
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Naperville Chorus and Pete Ellman Big Band present ‘Christmas with a Flourish’Dec 09, 2025 10:29 pm - The Naperville Chorus will present "Christmas with a Flourish" featuring jazz and traditional holiday music along with Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols."
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Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60
Dec 09, 2025 9:26 am - Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
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Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversy
Dec 09, 2025 6:53 am - The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking.
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California man marks his 15,000th spin on Disneyland’s ‘Cars’ ride
Dec 09, 2025 6:42 am - For a Disneyland enthusiast who marked his 15,000th spin Monday on an auto-racing attraction inspired by the animated film “Cars,” it’s not about winning. It’s about the ride.
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Neer Beer brings suburbs’ first non-alcoholic bottle shop to WheatonDec 08, 2025 5:59 pm - Neer Beer, a non-alcoholic bottle shop, opened last week in downtown Wheaton. Owner Jason Krapausky said most of the NA options he sells would do well in blind taste tests with their alcoholic counterparts “except for the not getting drunk part.”
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Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass concert at Hawthorn Woods village barnDec 08, 2025 3:35 pm - The Lake County Symphony Orchestra Brass, featuring principal brass players and special guest artists, will perform music of the season at 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the villa...
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Celebrate the holidays with new albums from Brad Paisley, the ‘Peanuts’ gang and more
Dec 08, 2025 2:28 pm - It’s time for some new holiday music. The best way to get festive is to sing along to Christmas classics new and old. But don’t know what to press play on? We’ve got you covered with some of the best new holiday releases for the 2025 season.
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Senior Suburban Orchestra celebrates Johann Strauss II at holiday concertDec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - The Senior Suburban Orchestra's "Family and Friends Holiday Concert" on December 13 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Johann Strauss II's birth with selections from his works.
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Her family spied for Germany in WWII. She tried to learn the truth.
Dec 08, 2025 12:43 pm - In 1994, a suburban wife, mother and journalist named Christine Kuehn received a mysterious letter in the mail from a filmmaker. Its message? A suggestion that her grandparents were Nazi spies who facilitated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Eric Dane’s emotional memoir, including his life with ALS, to be published in April
Dec 08, 2025 12:05 pm - A memoir by Eric Dane, the “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” actor who has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, will be published next year.