A public hearing is set for today on a proposal to replace the vacant AMC Classic Vernon Hills 8 in Vernon Hills with an age-restricted luxury apartment complex. The village's advisory planning and zoning commission will consider a request from Grey...

Shirley Bassett's birthday coincides with Fourth of July, which might lead one to assume it's her favorite celebration of the year, fireworks and all. Not so, the Elgin woman said: That honor goes to Juneteenth. “This is even more exciting for me th...

Graduates in Class of 2020: 680 Senior Speakers for Graduation Ceremony: McKayla Montgomery, opening remarks; Hannah Fewkes, honors speech; Emily Oakley, senior class president. Senior Speakers for Commemorative: Mellissa Zhang, Hayaa Chaaya and Be...

Mother's Day While you won't be able to dine in at a suburban restaurant for Mother's Day, you can still do the next best thing: Order brunch, lunch or dinner to-go from a local eatery. While a longer list ran in last Friday's Time out! (see the ful...

Following the advice of medical experts and the directives of government agencies, the board of directors at The Summer Place, Naperville's Community Theatre, has voted to cancel the remainder of its planned 2020 season. The play, "The Diary of Anne...

CSO trumpeter Chicago Symphony Orchestra trumpeter John Hagstrom is a guest soloist with the Fox Valley Orchestra in a concert featuring music by Handel, Neruda, Bach, Grieg and Richard Peaslee. Stephen Squires conducts the performance at Aurora Uni...

Dinosaur tour Families can meet animatronic dinosaurs from the Cretaceous period, the Jurassic Period and the Triassic period as part of the touring show Jurassic Quest this weekend at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. $24 regular admissio...

Grand 'Hotel' The Canadian circus troupe Cirque Éloize combines acrobatics, theater, dance and live music for its touring "Hotel" show, which was inspired by the interactions of traveling lodgers and workers, on Saturday at College of DuPage's ...

Friendship bonds BrightSide Theatre revives Robert Harling's "Steel Magnolias," the sentimental drama about a group of Louisiana women who gather at Truvy's beauty salon to share laughter and tears. Stephanie Murphy, a veteran of Buffalo Theatre En...

Jamaica to the U.K. Three interconnected stories between Jamaica and the United Kingdom are explored in the drama “Small Island.” The National Theatre Live taping of Helen Edmundson's stage adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel will be screened at Colle...