Americana sound Catch the Nashville singer-songwriting duo Sheila Marshall and Kyle Cook as the band Rivers & Rust shares the bill with Austin-based band Greyhounds for a concert on Saturday at Elgin Community College's Blizzard Theatre, 1700 S...

Poi Dog packs Paramount The base of Poi Dog Pondering is change. In its 30-plus years of playing on stage, the band has added members and tackled styles, homing in on the feel of a song and recalibrating, only to repeat when the heart of the band he...

If you are nostalgic for '70s music, you won't want to miss Jim Witter's "Piano Men," a multi-media musical journey featuring the timeless hits of Billy Joel and Elton John at the College of Lake County at 8 p.m. on March 26. Witter and his band rec...

Canadian import If you've admired Canadian comedian Ian Bagg from his many appearances on Comedy Central or on late-night TV, then don't miss his standup engagement starting Thursday at the Improv Comedy Showcase at Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Road,...

The Who renewed The influential British rock band The Who has been celebrating 50 years of music since last year, but the party is just starting to roll around here. "The Who Hits 50!" tour, which was postponed last fall because of Roger Daltrey's i...

The Black Box Theatre will present the classic musical "Anything Goes." A shining example of classic musical theater with epic tap dancing, a madcap book and a wonderfully unexpected and romantic happy ending, the unforgettable Cole Porter score inc...

Last chance See "First Folio! The Book That Gave Us Shakespeare," a national touring exhibition that commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, before it leaves the Lake County Discovery Museum, 27277 N. Forest Preserve ...

Drumming playground For more than two decades, the international percussion revue “Stomp” has shown that music can be made from all kinds of unconventional instruments. Catch the entertaining cacophony this weekend at the Paramount Theatre, 23 ...

Force of one Canadian actor Charles Ross returns to the area with his virtuosic “One Man Star Wars” comedy show on Friday at the Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. $25-$30. (815) 356-9212 or rauecenter.org. 8 p.m. Friday, Fe...

'Community' comedian Catch up with Joel McHale, the former host of “The Soup” on E! and star of NBC's “Community,” when he performs a standup comedy set tonight at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan. $34.50-$69.50. (847) 263-6300 or g...