Entertainment
-
Migrant’s 3 brutal years trying to reach Italy inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Io Capitano’
Feb 23, 2024 7:47 am - CASTEL VOLTURNO, Italy — Mamadou Kouassi’s searing, epic journey over African deserts, through illegal prisons and across the Mediterranean Sea in a smugglers’ boat infor...
-
Jazz festival brings area students to The Venue March 8-9Feb 22, 2024 11:45 pm - The Venue in downtown Aurora is hosting students from several area schools on the weekend of March 8-9 for a Student Master Class Jazz Workshop and Festival with Pete Ell...
-
New media artist and educator Agnes Chavez named Fermilab’s 2024 guest artistFeb 22, 2024 6:27 pm - New Mexico-based artist Agnes Chavez will work with Fermilab scientists to explore new ways to use data visualization, light, sound and space to communicate the importance and relevance of science, in particular research on particles called neutrinos.
-
Experience Writers Theatre’s exceptional ‘Band’s Visit’Feb 22, 2024 6:09 pm - A chamber musical about music’s capacity to unite and soothe, “The Band’s Visit” at Writers Theatre is uncommonly lovely and exquisitely intimate.
-
Music ensemble Danú from Ireland comes to the MAC on March 8Feb 22, 2024 5:39 pm - “May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song in your heart and warmed by the smiles of the people you love,” reads one Irish saying. In anticipa...
-
The Hideout of Schaumburg to celebrate reopening Friday after weekslong move next doorFeb 22, 2024 5:26 pm - The Hideout of Schaumburg bar and restaurant will mark its grand reopening at a new location next door to the old with a ribbon-cutting at 3 p.m. Friday, less than fo...
-
Sean Wang made a home movie. Now, he and his grandmothers are going to the Oscars
-
‘Like a candy store’ for tea: Elgin’s Steep N’ Clay sells everything for the perfect cup, down to the potFeb 22, 2024 11:45 am - The shelves at Steep N’ Clay in downtown Elgin present an astounding array of teas with labels on the jars that excite curiosity about their contents — Eternity, Garden Gold, and Black Beauty. This only scratches the surface of the inventory though.
-
Beyoncé becomes first Black woman to claim top spot on Billboard’s country music chart
-
Movie review: Hilary Swank gives inspirational ‘Ordinary Angels’ both the heart and heft it needsFeb 22, 2024 5:45 am - Despite the compelling source material, “Ordinary Angels” is one of those movies where you can predict developments with certainty. Hilary Swank gives this weepie its heart and its heft.