Standup with Titus See comedian Christopher Titus mine humor from his rough upbringing and some of the more outrageous incidents of his life this weekend when he returns for another run at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $2...

Stamping ground Step Afrika! is a professional dance company dedicated to the Chicago tradition of “stepping.” See the company perform on Wednesday at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. $20-$30; $6 students. (815) 356-92...

St. Louis' Story comes to Chicago St. Louis-based Story of the Year has written a long-awaited (Has it really been seven years?) new emo-peppered pop-punk chapter with December's release of “Wolves,” the band's latest album. They'll come packing the...

Thomas Toman is being remembered for his long career as a suburban gym teacher and for his work officiating youth sports across northern Illinois for more than 40 years. Toman, who lived at the Saddlebrook Farms retirement community in Grayslake, di...

Brad Alper and Kevin Conway are physical education teachers at South Middle School in Arlington Heights. Alper, who received his teaching degree at Northeastern Illinois University, has been there for 12 years. Besides teaching PE, he coaches girls...

Former Arlington Heights Memorial Library Executive Director Jason Kuhl, who left amid a cloud of controversy in September, will begin a new library director job later this month near St. Louis. Starting Jan. 29, Kuhl will oversee the St. Charles Ci...

It's become an annual New Year's tradition at the Daily Herald to ask our communiities' mayors and village presidents to share their thoughts on their towns' successes of the past year. Here's what Northwest suburban leaders had to say about 2017. ...

Mighty Motown Revel in great 20th-century pop hits produced by the Motown record label when Chubby Checker, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas and Mary Wilson of The Supremes share the stage for "Legendary Voices" at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee...