Entertainment
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Best Bets: Elmhurst History Museum opens new World War II exhibitFeb 27, 2024 1:43 pm - The Elmhurst History Museum examines Americans on the homefront during World War II, a new dance theater show set to the music of Sting dances into the Cadillac Palace Theatre, and Robbie Fulks headlines Aurora’s Venue this week.
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Wendy Williams documentary producers say they didn’t know she had dementia while filming most scenesFeb 27, 2024 11:50 am - If you watched Lifetime's Wendy Williams docuseries that premiered over the weekend and felt uncomfortable, you weren't alone.
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Mount Prospect Public Library unveils its colossal, magical Lego City March 9Feb 27, 2024 11:27 am - How do you fit a city inside a library? With Legos that is.
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Latin Grammy-winner Antonio Rey opens 22nd Chicago Flamenco Festival Feb. 28-29Feb 27, 2024 10:49 am - Latin Grammy-winner Antonio Rey opens Instituto Cervantes Chicago’s multiweek 22nd Chicago Flamenco Festival with performances at 7 p.m. Feb. 28 and Feb. 29. Rey is one o...
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Instituto Cervantes-Chicago presents the 22nd Chicago Flamenco Festival Feb. 28-March 23Feb 27, 2024 10:43 am - Instituto Cervantes of Chicago (31 W. Ohio St.) presents the 22nd Chicago Flamenco Festival Feb. 28 through March 23. This multiweek festival, dedicated to the preservati...
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Teen authors making waves in PalatineFeb 27, 2024 10:20 am - Most teenagers are concerned about their social life, going to parties and social media, However a group known as “The Authors” is making waves under the banner of Aiden ...
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‘Dune: Part Two’ sustains the dystopian dream of ‘Part One’
Feb 27, 2024 10:07 am - Like its predecessor, “Dune: Part Two” thrums with an intoxicating big-screen expressionism of monoliths and mosquitos, fevered visions and messianic fervor — more dystopian dream, or nightmare, than a straightforward narrative.
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Book review: Thomas Mullen’s portrayal of a divided nation in 1943 draws parallels to today
Feb 27, 2024 7:08 am - Thomas Mullen’s “The Rumor Game” is a disturbing yarn about a divided, rumor-riddled nation that offers apt but unstated parallels to present-day America.
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All aboard! The Elgin Master Chorale takes students on a musical train rideFeb 26, 2024 5:01 pm - The Black American experience through music On the morning of Friday, Feb. 9, the Elgin Master Chorale Chamber Singers presented their annual free educational conce...
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FX reaches back over 400 years for its next ambitious series, adapting the hit novel ‘Shogun’
Feb 26, 2024 3:24 pm - When FX sent screenwriter Justin Marks a copy of James Clavell’s hit 1975 novel “Shogun” with the idea of turning it into a series, he initially couldn't put it down. Tha...