Entertainment
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Celebrity brushes with the law are not new in the Hamptons. Ask Billy Joel and Martha Stewart
Jun 19, 2024 2:22 pm - Justin Timberlake is not the first celebrity to get arrested in the Hamptons. The beach communities on the eastern end of New York’s Long Island are popular with the rich and famous, and others have gotten into trouble there, much of it vehicular.
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‘I was flabbergasted’: North Aurora brewery wins gold in World Beer CupJun 19, 2024 1:31 pm - North Aurora’s Brother Chimp Brewing recently won a gold medal in the World Beer Cup for their Vienna-style lager Ludwig.
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Audition for ‘Chicago: Teen Edition’ by Northbrook Theatre Youth CompanyJun 19, 2024 11:58 am - Teens and preteens ages 12 to 18 are invited to audition in July for “Chicago: Teen Edition” by Northbrook Theatre Youth Company, a recreational theatre program that creates age-appropriate, quality productions with young actors.
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‘Verzuz’ will return after Swizz Beatz, Timbaland lock in new distribution partnership with X
Jun 19, 2024 11:54 am - Swizz Beatz and Timbaland are bringing the “Verzuz” series back for viewers to watch musicians face off in a song-against-song battle, this time on X.
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Enjoy craft beers, cars and music at Downers Grove Rotary Grove FestJun 19, 2024 11:47 am - The Downers Grove Rotary GroveFest will again be transforming downtown with live music, craft beer and cocktails, a carnival, car show, and more this weekend.
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Batavia Depot Museum to host lecture on how pigs became part of popular cultureJun 19, 2024 10:20 am - Learn about Midwestern pig culture and how Batavia contributed a small part to the history and culture of hog production during the June 20 presentation at the Batavia Depot Museum.
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Go on the air with ham radio operators at field day in SchaumburgJun 19, 2024 9:02 am - Ham radio operators from the Schaumburg Amateur Radio Club will be participating in a national amateur radio exercise this weekend; the public is invited on Saturday afternoon.
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Palatine musician says playing with Teatro ZinZanni makes him feel like he ‘won the lottery’Jun 19, 2024 8:38 am - Palatine resident and multi-instrumentalist Jon Negus began his professional career as a studio musician playing on jingles. He went on to perform with artists including Gladys Knight and Celine Dion. Now the 40-year veteran plays with Teatro ZinZanni, which he compares to winning the lottery.
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‘Fancy Dance’ with Lily Gladstone balances heartbreak, humor in story of a missing Indigenous woman
Jun 19, 2024 8:30 am - Lily Gladstone knows the gravity stories about what she calls the “epidemic” of missing and murdered Indigenous people have. In “Fancy Dance,” set for a streaming release on Apple TV+ Friday, June 28, Gladstone plays Jax, who has cared for her niece, Roki, since her sister’s disappearance on the Seneca-Cayuga reservation in Oklahoma.
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Ron Onesti: Movie stars turned musiciansJun 19, 2024 5:53 am - When a Hollywood superstar moves from in front of the camera to being in front of a live audience, things happen. Cool things happen, all the more reason to be excited … and impressed.