Entertainment
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Mount Prospect Community Band to host Christmas concert Dec. 7Dec 03, 2024 8:16 pm - Mount Prospect Community Band is putting on its annual holiday concert on Saturday, Dec. 7, at Trinity United Methodist Church. This year’s concert is titled “A Magical Christmas.”
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Norris Cultural Arts Center presents fifth annual Baker’s Dozen Holiday Festival Dec. 8-20Dec 03, 2024 7:59 pm - The Baker’s Dozen Holiday Festival returns for a fifth season with 13 daily online video episodes starting Dec. 8 and concluding Dec. 20.
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How to be Indian Trails Library’s next maker-in-residenceDec 03, 2024 7:17 pm - Applications are available for the annual maker-in-residence program at the Indian Trails Public Library in Wheeling.
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Enjoy ‘The Musical Magic of Christmas’ with Elmhurst Choral Union Dec. 15Dec 03, 2024 6:05 pm - Celebrate the festive season with holiday classics, traditional choral-orchestra works, and movie favorites performed with a professional orchestra.
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‘The Brutalist’ tops New York Film Critics Circle Awards. Carol Kane, Adrien Brody win acting prizes
Dec 03, 2024 4:35 pm - Brady Corbet’s 3.5-hour postwar epic “The Brutalist” won best film from the New York Film Critics Circle on Tuesday, while its lead, Adrien Brody, also won best actor.
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Kendrick Lamar and SZA to play Chicago’s Soldier Field June 6
Dec 03, 2024 11:29 am - “Not Like Us,” it’s like them — Kendrick Lamar and SZA will hit the road together in 2025, including a 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 6, stop at Chicago’s Soldier Field.
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Spotlight: Metropolis presents ‘Nat King Cole Christmas’Dec 03, 2024 10:41 am - On local stages this week, singer/storyteller John-Mark McGaha celebrates Nat King Cole at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre and Steel Beam Theatre stages a modern “Christmas Carol.”
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Things to do Dec. 6-12: Dickens in Dundee, Breakfasts with Santa, Elf Invasion and moreDec 03, 2024 10:34 am - Mark your calendar for Dickens in Dundee, tree lightings, parades and festivals throughout the suburbs, Breakfast with Santa, Highwood’s Elf Invasion Pub Crawl, “Nutcrackers” and more happening this week.
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Algonquin Portillo’s celebrating its first birthday Tuesday with $1 cake slicesDec 03, 2024 10:05 am - The Portillo’s restaurant in Algonquin is celebrating one year at their location at 1801 S. Randall Road Tuesday with $1 cake for guests.
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Book Review: Robin Cook sets his latest thriller in the iconic Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital
Dec 03, 2024 9:21 am - The building on New York’s East Side that used to house Bellevue Psychiatric Hospital has inspired tales of horror. For novelist Robin Cook, who interned there in the 1960s, it’s the perfect setting for his latest medical thriller, “Bellevue.”