Colorful artworks submitted as entries to West Chicago's 2016 Community Art Banner project are now on display on Main Street. The 17 banners depicting this year's theme, "Patterns-Patterns-Patterns," will be up through early September on street pol...

Bill Bartlett, owner and CEO of Corporate Strategies & Solutions, Inc., a Sandler Training Center, in Naperville has hired Sean Bergan as a business development associate. Bergan spent his initial time with Corporate Strategies as an intern while re...

"Platform for Dialog and Interfaith Understanding is Need of the Day"-Consensus at Iftar Party Organized by ICN The Islamic Center of Naperville (ICN) hosted an iftar (an Arabic term to describe the breaking of fast during Ramadan) party for the loc...

The rocking undead Joe Perry, Alice Cooper and Johnny Depp team up for a Hollywood Vampires concert on Thursday at the RiverEdge Park, 360 Broadway, Aurora. $65. (630) 896-6666 or riveredgeaurora.com. 8 p.m. Thursday, July 7 Check, please! Laugh alo...

Kane County will fulfill less than half the wish list of local schools, nonprofits and municipalities seeking financial help through riverboat gambling profits. The county received $3.21 million from Elgin's Grand Victoria Casino this year. The tota...

Batavia's new city administrator was at work Wednesday following city council approval of her employment contract Tuesday night. Laura Newman is working alongside retiring city administrator Bill McGrath until the end of July when he departs. The co...

Spend your Sunday with your boogie shoes on when the kings of disco KC and the Sunshine Band bring all their classic dance hits - “Shake Your Booty,” “Get Down Tonight” and the like - to Aurora's RiverEdge Park. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July 3, at RiverEdg...

Comedy celebration The Zanies comedy club in Rosemont celebrates its four-year anniversary with a special set of shows featuring comedians Kevin Naughton, Vince Maranto, Jim Flannigan, Pat McGann and Tim Slagle. See them all this weekend at the Zani...

Colorful folk The Indigo Girls share the same concert bill with Mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Mullins tonight at the Ravinia Festival, 418 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $55-$65; $38 lawn seating. (847) 266-5100 or ravinia.org. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Ju...

Last fall, when Frontier Days organizers started to recruit bands to play at the 41st annual Arlington Heights summer festival, The Wallflowers were available but simply too expensive. The popular 1990s band - a favorite of mine as a shy, daydreami...