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‘Freaky Tales’ a nostalgic, very gory ode to ’80s Oakland

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Apr 03, 2025 8:21 am - Remember what it was like growing up in the East Bay in the ’80s? Ryan Fleck sure does, and vividly. The writer-director, together with partner Anna Boden, has produced a self-described “very weird” love letter to his former home in “Freaky Tales.”
Naomi Watts, Great Dane share solace after loss in ‘The Friend’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 03, 2025 8:06 am - Having it all means different things to everyone, but a rent-controlled apartment in Manhattan is probably pretty close to a universal dream. It’s easy enough, then, to understand the conundrum facing Iris (Naomi Watts), a writer, who suddenly finds herself with a 150-pound Great Dane ward after an unexpected death in “The Friend.”
Naper Settlement partners with local record stores for Naper Nights ticket giveaway

By Denise Wilt, Naper Settlement
Apr 02, 2025 11:08 pm - Naper Settlement partners with local record stores for a Naper Nights concert ticket giveaway on Record Store Day. Hints about the 2025 lineup will be posted on social media.
Learn about ‘Manhunt,’ the search for Lincoln’s killer, at Batavia Books Between Bites

Submitted by Books Between Bites
Apr 02, 2025 10:36 pm - Batavia's Books Between Bites wraps up its 36th season with two more free public programs in April and May on Lincoln's assassination and childhood mental illness.
Stone Cold Killers bring alt-rock hits to Moonlight Theatre

Submitted by Brett Lutz
Apr 02, 2025 9:52 pm - Stone Cold Killers, a tribute band blending hits from Stone Temple Pilots, Coldplay, and The Killers, performs at Moonlight Theatre in St. Charles on April 11.
Totally bananas: Jason Momoa shines in 'A Minecraft Movie'

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 02, 2025 4:51 pm - The latest IP to be mined into a Hollywood blockbuster is appropriately a video game that celebrates digging: “A Minecraft Movie.” The Jared Hess-directed action-adventure artfully straddles the line between delighting preteen gamers and keeping their parents awake.
St. Charles Singers cap 40th season with world premiere of choral work by John Rutter

By Nathan J. Silverman, St. Charles Singers
Apr 02, 2025 4:27 pm - The St. Charles Singers will perform the world premiere of "Dancing Tree," a new choral work by famed British composer Sir John Rutter, in April concerts closing their 40th anniversary season.
Raw rock: CST’s ‘Sunny Afternoon’ affirms Ray Davies’ genius, Kinks’ enduring influence

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 02, 2025 4:24 pm - The folks at Chicago Shakespeare Theater are nothing if not considerate. On opening night of “Sunny Afternoon,” the jukebox musical about 1960s Brit-rockers The Kinks, they thoughtfully provided ear plugs. Fortunately, this zestfully performed, zealously embraced show about the early days of the seminal British Invasion band is neither ear-shattering nor earthshaking. It is, however, hugely entertaining.
Chicago a cappella blends vocal jazz standards and classics at April 6 concert

Submitted by Chicago a cappella
Apr 02, 2025 12:03 pm - Chicago a cappella jazz concert on April 6 concludes vocal group's "Jazz a cappella" series. Concert reimagines jazz classics with 10 singers at North Central College's Wentz Hall.
Big band meets classical in upcoming concert at Baker Community Center, St. Charles

Submitted by Mark Smith
Apr 02, 2025 11:06 am - Big band jazz will meet classical favorites in “Classical Jazz,” an April 5 concert at the Baker Community Center in downtown St Charles.

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