Entertainment
-
Dining out: Bowling With the Stars at Pinstripes, wine dinners, new restaurants and moreJan 17, 2024 3:16 pm - We’ve got Bowling With the Stars at Pinstripes, new restaurants on the horizon and upcoming dinner events focused on whiskey and wine pairings. And if you’re into cider, ...
-
CNN’s new chief says the network needs to recapture the ‘swagger and innovation’ of its youth
Jan 17, 2024 3:09 pm - CNN's new chief executive says the company needs to recapture the “swagger and innovation” of its early days — and that, he says, increasingly means embracing a future ou...
-
Music review: Rolling Stones’ ‘Hackney Diamonds’ live album will give you serious party FOMOJan 17, 2024 12:47 pm - “How ya doing?” Mick Jagger asks the crowd, arriving for a club gig in Manhattan. You read that right: A club gig. And how would YOU be doing if you were in a club and th...
-
Finding her niche: ‘Happy accident’ inspired Wood Dale actress/puppeteer’s careerJan 17, 2024 12:32 pm - Leah Casey wasn’t hired as a puppeteer for Drury Lane Theatre’s recent “Cinderella” revival. She was hired to sing and dance. But when director/choreographer Amber Mak in...
-
Spotlight: Goodman, Dana Delany premiere thriller inspired by real lifeJan 17, 2024 10:49 am - The relationship that developed between Emmy Award-winning actress Dana Delany and a 13-year-old fan she met through social media inspired Goodman Theatre’s “Highway Patr...
-
Best Bets: Puddles Pity Party, ‘A Love Supreme’ at Elmhurst Art Museum and moreJan 17, 2024 10:16 am - Puddles the Singing Clown brings Puddles Pity Party to the Genesee Theatre and Norman Teague’s solo exhibition, “A Love Supreme,” opens at the Elmhurst Art Museum this we...
-
Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford get into Songwriters Hall of FameJan 17, 2024 9:35 am - Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an incoming class of musicians who have scaled the h...
-
Downtown Plainfield sees restaurants closing, but plans for new ones in the works
Jan 17, 2024 8:58 am - The new year has brought about several closures to the downtown Plainfield restaurant scene. However, village officials are confident that new concepts will be reopening ...
-
Emmy Awards get record low ratings with audience of 4.3 million peopleJan 17, 2024 7:03 am - The Emmy Awards telecast on Fox reached a record low audience of 4.3 million viewers, as the long-term trend of diminishing ratings for the show continues. The Nielsen co...
-
St. Charles Public Library showcases two local artistsJan 17, 2024 12:14 am - During the months of January and February, the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., is hosting an exhibit by local artists Larysa Juriga and Olga Bianko. Juriga i...