Starting gates Arlington International Racecourse starts its 2014 season with Opening Day on Friday and Kentucky Derby Day on Saturday at 2200 W. Euclid Ave., Arlington Heights. Free admission Friday; $12 admission and $2 kids admission Saturda...

THIS WEEK Competition comedy: The audience will help decide which one of the 40 competing comedians will head to Las Vegas in September for the World Series of Comedy. Chicago-area rounds begin Wednesday and go through Saturday at the Zanie...

Organizers of the second annual summer concert series in Rosemont's entertainment district have announced the lineup of the performances taking place over the course of 14 weeks from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Rockin' in the Park 2014 at Rosemont's ...

Teensy trio?: Tiny Miles & the Big Kids, a Chicago blues and rock trio, headlines at the Harlem Avenue Lounge, 3701 S. Harlem Ave., Berwyn. $6. (708) 484-3610 or harlemavenuelounge.com. 9:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 FRIDAY Spring Festival...

Long a scourge of the back alleys of American life, heroin is spreading across the country. The death of actor Philip Seymour Hoffman in February only underscored a problem many American communities already were combatting: the rising use of — a...

Rocking night: If you love 1970s hits like “Mama Told Me Not to Come,” “Black and White” and others by Three Dog Night, then don't miss their concert at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $59-$99. (630) 962-3000 or oshows.com. 8 p...

A foundation for the future of the Huntley girls basketball program has been cemented the past two seasons. Sam and Ali Andrews drove the truck, and poured the concrete. Sam, a senior, and Ali, a sophomore, are sisters who are alike as they are diff...

The Des Plaines Park District Community Concert Band will present their March concert, "A Mancini Spectacular," on Sunday March 9 at 3:00pm in the Prairie Lakes Theater. The program features the music of American composer Henry Mancini, best known f...

CHEBOYGAN, Mich. - From the bridge of the Coast Guard cutter Mackinaw, northern Lake Huron looks like a vast, snow-covered field dotted with ice slabs as big as boulders - a battleground for the icebreaker's 58-member crew during one of the roughest...

The second annual Acts @ Mac’s teen band night will be presented by Palatine Park District at 7 p.m. on Feb. 7, at Mac’s On Slade, 117 W. Slade St., Palatine. Three bands have been selected to perform: Why Should I?: Liam Bachmann (guitar and vocal...