Entertainment
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Best Bets: Adam Ant, Beatles tribute, ‘The Choir of Man’Mar 19, 2024 12:58 pm - Adam Ant and British ska band The English Beat headline Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Abbey Road brings the Beatles to life at the Metropolis, the CSO performs in Wheaton and more.
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Book Review: ‘Newshawks in Berlin’ illustrates tough choices news organizations face in wartime
Mar 19, 2024 8:49 am - “Newshawks in Berlin: The Associated Press and Nazi Germany” explores the challenges the world's largest news organization faced in trying to balance journalistic ethics with the ability to cover World War II within the confines of a dictatorship.
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Theater spotlight: ‘Peter Pan’ tuner lands in ChicagoMar 19, 2024 8:26 am - “Peter Pan” flies into the James M. Nederlander Theatre, Oil Lamp stages a Chicago premiere comedy and Theater Wit presents a comic tale about a woman in love with a Dairy Queen sign, this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Things to do March 22-28: Dan + Shay, Dionne Warwick, Ali Wong Live and moreMar 19, 2024 6:18 am - Mark your calendars for performances by Dan + Shay, Dionne Warwick, Elle King, One Night of Queen and Ali Wong, plus Navy Pier’s Holi celebration and more happening this week.
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Dinosaurs, superheroes and Jedi knights: Here are the Schaumburg Boomers’ 2024 promotionsMar 18, 2024 8:24 pm - Dinosaurs, Marvel superheroes, classic cartoons, Jedi knights and giveaways are among the wide variety of promotions the Schaumburg Boomers baseball team will offer at Wi...
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Renowned pianist Wael Farouk joins New Philharmonic to perform Brahms ConcertosMar 18, 2024 7:24 pm - “It brings some comfort at least that there is a pattern in one’s life that despite challenges … you know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. You know that c...
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Ryan Gosling’s stellar ‘I’m Just Ken’ Oscars performance inspires huge jump in streams
Mar 18, 2024 2:52 pm - LOS ANGELES — Can you feel the Kenergy? Ryan Gosling's Oscars performance of the “Barbie” power ballad “I'm Just Ken” stole the show earlier this month. The popularity o...
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James Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith join the Country Music Hall of Fame
Mar 18, 2024 2:46 pm - James Burton, John Anderson and Toby Keith on Monday became the newest members to join the Country Music Hall of Fame.
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Outdoor dining to return in downtown Algonquin
Mar 18, 2024 2:05 pm - Downtown Algonquin restaurants aim to return their outdoor dining and live entertainment for the summer season.
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This soda idea has pop: Buffalo Creek debuting new line of sodas, nonalcoholic version of signature brewMar 18, 2024 12:07 pm - Here’s an example of what happens when veteran craft brewer and owner of Buffalo Creek Brewing Mike Marr gets creative: Bubble gum soda.