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High couture dreams in 'Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris'

By Jake Coyle Associated Press
Jul 15, 2022 6:00 am - “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris” - ★ ★ ½ Paul Gallico's 1958 novel “Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris,” about a British cleaning lady with high-couture dreams, wouldn't seem to have...
Ron Onesti: Peterik, the 'Rocky' of music

Jul 15, 2022 6:00 am - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com "The Energizer Bunny," that's what they call me. "You are in three places at one time, ALL the time!" People are so kind when th...
'No politics and no COVID': How artists' 'Mushroom Magic' is creating a communal space

By John Starks
Jul 15, 2022 1:00 am - A little park on a busy Prospect Heights road has colorful new life thanks to a group of artists, their “magic” mushrooms and an open invitation to join in the transform...
Billy Corgan to host charity livestream show for Highland Park mass shooting victims

By Doug T. Graham
Jul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Billy Corgan will perform a charity livestream show Wednesday, July 27, to benefit the victims of the Highland Park Fourth of July mass shooting, the Smashing Pumpkins f...
Renovations to begin on historic Mayslake Hall in Oak Brook; First Folio shows will go on

By Scott C. Morgan
Jul 15, 2022 1:00 am - Construction fences are ready to go up around Mayslake Hall in Oak Brook starting Monday, July 18. Renovations on the 1920s Tudor revival-style mansion were supposed to ...
In 'Fire of Love,' the mysterious alchemy of romance

By Jake Coyle Associated Press
Jul 14, 2022 6:00 am - “Fire of Love” - ★ ★ ★ Rarely have the conditions for love been less hospitable than in Sara Dosa's documentary “Fire of Love.” Yet here, amid shifting tectonics a...
'Paws of Fury' a sad, declawed 'Blazing Saddles'

By Mark Kennedy Associated Press
Jul 14, 2022 6:00 am - “Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank” - ★ Writer and director Mel Brooks' 1974 Western spoof “Blazing Saddles” tackled racism so head-on that Brooks recently mused he woul...
Don't forget your stuffed animal when Laurie Berkner plays Ravinia Saturday

By Brian Shamie
Jul 14, 2022 6:00 am - The morning after a particularly late show in Long Island with her rock band, singer Laurie Berkner had an epiphany. As the gig ended around 3 a.m., leaving her reeking ...
Harsh survival tale 'Where the Crawdads Sing' compromised by voice-overs, inauthentic details

By Dann Gire
Jul 14, 2022 6:00 am - “Where the Crawdads Sing” - ★ ★ ½ Olivia Newman's “Where the Crawdads Sing” supplies a superb example of what happens when filmmakers try to create an excellent adaptat...
Dakota Johnson brings a modern spark to 'Persuasion'

By LINDSEY BAHR Associated Press
Jul 14, 2022 6:00 am - “Persuasion” - ★ ★ ½ The new adaptation of “Persuasion,” coming to Netflix Friday, does not seem to have been made for Jane Austen fans. Her book about the unmarri...

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