Entertainment
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Palatine's Madcats Turns One: Anniversary Week Sept. 13 - Sept. 18th!Aug 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Madcats in downtown Palatine will be sharing their One Year Birthday celebration with their friends, neighbors, and nearby community. Beginning Tuesday, Sept 13, the tea...
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Coming to a theater near you: $3 movie tickets on Saturday, Sept. 3
Aug 28, 2022 11:00 pm - NEW YORK - For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched "National Cinema Day" to lure moviegoers duri...
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Where to pick your own apples and much moreAug 27, 2022 7:00 am - Two years ago the biggest obstacle for suburban orchard operations was the coronavirus pandemic. Last year, drought had its way with apple yields. In 2022, operators acr...
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Indie movie filmed in Elmhurst Quarry now available on streaming servicesAug 26, 2022 11:00 pm - The Elmhurst Quarry was originally a source of limestone for local builders but was converted into a flood control facility in the '90s. The deep pit has stirred the ima...
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Where to find suburban festivals, Oktoberfests and events in August, SeptemberAug 26, 2022 11:00 pm - Daily Goebbert's Fall Festival: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Monday, Oct. 31, at 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove. Animals, mazes, wagon rides, pig races and more. S...
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In 'Me Time,' Wahlberg and Hart make some trouble
Aug 26, 2022 11:00 am - “Me Time” - ★ ½ There is a montage in “Me Time,” the new Kevin Hart and Mark Wahlberg Netflix comedy, where Hart's character Sonny gets a day to himself for the first ti...
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Theater spotlight: 'Dreamgirls' kicks off Paramount's 11th seasonAug 26, 2022 6:00 am - The price of success Paramount Theatre kicks off its 11th Broadway season with "Dreamgirls." Inspired by The Supremes and other 1960s girl groups, the musical is about t...
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'Three Minutes' a heartbreaking celluloid memorial
Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - “Three Minutes: A Lengthening” - ★ ★ ★ ½ What gets you, deep in the gut, are the smiles. The broad, awkward, sometimes silly smiles of people on an unremarkable day in ...
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Ron Onesti: The return of the 'Travolta Dance'Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - I am not saying anything new when I proclaim that "time flies!" But can you believe that whole "lockdown" Corona thing began two and a half years ago? There are still re...
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Arden Cho steps into the spotlight in Netflix's 'Partner Track'
Aug 26, 2022 6:00 am - As Arden Cho moved into the final stages of auditioning for the new Netflix series "Partner Track," she had an especially good feeling about the job after a Zoom meeting...