Entertainment
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Supernatural suburbia? Check out these reportedly haunted local sitesOct 20, 2023 1:00 am - For years, it was “a rite of passage” for Northwest suburbanites to check out supposedly haunted Cuba Road at night, actor/filmmaker Jon Lee Brody explained. So it made ...
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Janus Theatre closes out 25th anniversary season with Chicago-area premiere of 'The Half-Life of Marie Curie'Oct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - Janus Theatre Company closes out its 25th anniversary season presenting the Chicago-area premiere of "The Half-Life of Marie Curie" by Lauren Gunderson. The play is base...
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Netflix's 'Old Dads' is a recycling of PC grievances and a Bill Burr career nadir
Oct 19, 2023 11:00 pm - "Old Dads" - Zero stars The new Netflix movie "Old Dads" has a title problem. It really should be called "Old Dads Yelling at Clouds" or "Old Dads Raging at QR Code...
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Martin Scorsese is still curious, still awed by the possibilities of cinema
Oct 19, 2023 6:00 am - NEW YORK - A moment from years ago keeps replaying in Martin Scorsese's mind. When Akira Kurosawa was given an honorary Academy Award in 1990, the then 80-year-old Japan...
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Schaumburg outlines second phase of 12-acre urban-style parkOct 19, 2023 5:30 am - Schaumburg village trustees gave their assent this week additional features at the new 12-acre 90 North Park on the former Motorola campus, including a water feature pla...
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Full tilt: Pinball Expo fills Schaumburg Convention Center with all the bells and whistlesOct 19, 2023 1:00 am - Pinball Expo, the longest known annual pinball machine exhibition, is marking its 39th year this weekend at the Renaissance Schaumburg Covention Center Hotel. “We are so...
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'You're the franchise': 'A Wonderful World' star honored to play jazz great Louis ArmstrongOct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - YouTube "You're the franchise," the actress/singer told Iglehart, who plays the jazz legend in the bio-tuner. "You know what you have to do." "No pressure with that," I...
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Brahms' Double Concerto highlight of Elgin Symphony Orchestra's Nov. 4-5 concertsOct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra's performances of Brahms' Double Concerto for Violin and Cello on Nov. 4-5 will reunite two guest artists who first met at a music festival ...
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Toe the Line in Buffalo Grove to host author reading Nov 5Oct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Join at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 5, at Toe the Line, 314 McHenry Road, second floor, in Buffalo Grove, for a special book reading of "Marley Takes The Stage," by author, p...
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Streamwood High School's fall play: 'Almost, Maine'Oct 18, 2023 11:00 pm - Streamwood High School's Fine Arts Department will present John Cariani's "Almost, Maine" at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Oct. 26-27 and at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 2...