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St. Charles History Museum helps register first underground railroad safe house in Kane County.

By Eric Krupa, St. Charles History Museum
Jan 23, 2026 11:11 pm - The Joseph P. Bartlett Farm in Campton Township has been officially placed on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom by the National Park Service.
What’s behind our love-hate relationship with football?

By Mark Athitakis
Jan 23, 2026 3:06 pm - Though its release is timed to the height of the NFL postseason, Chuck Klosterman’s “Football” often seems inclined to put you off watching the sport. He muses at length about classic players and statistics, only to lament the dead-endedness of the debates they inspire.
Provocative, laugh-out-loud funny ‘Eureka Day’ gets a superb regional premiere

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 23, 2026 12:30 pm - TimeLine Theatre and Broadway in Chicago deliver a compassionate, uproariously funny regional premiere of Jonathan Spector’s Tony Award-winning satire “Eureka Day.”
Jodie Foster shines as a psychoanalyst on the edge in ‘A Private Life’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jan 23, 2026 11:36 am - Jodie Foster plays a self-assured psychoanalyst whose composure unravels after a patient unexpectedly dies in the genre-bending French film “A Private Life.” Rebecca Zlotowski’s latest is part noir, part comedy of remarriage, and part Freudian fever dream about past lives.
Renée Fleming cancels Kennedy Center appearances

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 23, 2026 10:11 am - Renée Fleming has withdrawn from two scheduled May appearances at the Kennedy Center, the latest in a wave of cancellations since President Donald Trump ousted the previous leadership and the new leadership’s announcement that the venue would be renamed the Trump Kennedy Center.
‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ — ‘Game of Thrones,’ but funnier

By Jen Chaney
Jan 23, 2026 10:00 am - Set roughly 70 years after the events of “House of the Dragon” and nearly a century before the “Game of Thrones” saga, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” hews closer to a comedy than a work of prestige fantasy drama and consistently makes a point of undercutting any hint at excessive seriousness.
‘Heated Rivalry’ stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie to be torchbearers for Winter Olympics

Jan 23, 2026 7:00 am - The actors co-starring in the hit hockey romance TV series “Heated Rivalry” are set to be among the torchbearers carrying the Olympic flame on the way to the Opening Ceremony for the Milan Cortina Games.
How to watch the Oscar-nominated films

Jan 22, 2026 3:24 pm - Need to catch up on all the Oscar nominees? Here’s a look at where to watch them.
‘Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!’ is a sweeping tribute to a comic genius

By JAKE COYLE
Jan 22, 2026 2:38 pm - It’s not often we get to pay tribute, in full, to our giants while they’re still with us. But in “Mel Brooks: The 99 Year Old Man!” Judd Apatow dutifully and affectionately celebrates the laugh-filled life of a comedy legend who’s still here to tell the story — and the jokes — himself.
Oscar nominations snubs and surprises: Paul Mescal and Ariana Grande among biggest oversights

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jan 22, 2026 2:16 pm - After such a strong year for movies, the brutal limitations of Oscar nominations were bound to have some big omissions. But there were several genuine shockers Thursday morning, including widely expected nominees like Ariana Grande and Paul Mescal missing out on nods.

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