Aviation and the ambassadors After traveling the world as cultural ambassadors for the U.S., coming back to Chicago from their new homes in California might not be that big a deal for alternative rockers Filligar. But getting a chance to play with s...

Boost the Boosters Arlington Heights party rock cover band Exit 147 will be joined by rock band Train Wreck for the annual Hersey Booster Bash at 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine. Exit 147 has been making a...

Structural choreography Jessica Lang Dance presents a repertory program featuring the world premiere piece "Tesseracts of Time" that was created as part of the inaugural Chicago Architecture Biennial tonight at Millennium Park's Harris Theater ...

When May Watts Elementary School in Naperville was named a National Blue Ribbon School earlier this fall, many parents and teachers hugged Principal Brian LeCrone to thank him for leading the school to academic excellence. But LeCrone was quick to c...

Funny spot Catch up with comedian Tony Rock (HBO's "Def Comedy Jam," Oxygen's "Can You Tell?") when he returns to town for a series of standup performances starting Thursday at the Improv Comedy Showcase at Woodfield Mall, 5 Woodfield Road, Sch...

Aaron Williams Band goes Hollywood Glen Ellyn native Aaron Williams and his Aaron Williams Band have had a busy year. Not only is Williams the founder and organizer of the Homegrown Music Festival, which brought a slew of DuPage musicians, artists a...

Tuition increases and a new transportation fee are planned for summer school 2016 in Naperville Unit District 203, but so are new courses and improvements to the program, district officials say. School board members are expected to vote during thei...

It's taken some time, but the shift in attitudes toward combating the suburban heroin epidemic has taken hold. And nowhere is that more evident than in our high schools, where parents and students are getting educated regularly as to the dangers and...