Cosby comes to town Legendary comedian and actor Bill Cosby brings his own comical views of life to the stage at the Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet. $39.50-$77.50. Call (815) 726-6600 or visit rialtosquare.com or ticketmaster...

Auto ogling See an amazing range of domestic, imported and futuristic concept cars and trucks at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show starting this weekend at McCormick Place, 2301 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago. $11; $7 seniors ages 62 and older; $7 for k...

Amid the ruffles and fans, bright colors and castanets associated with Spanish flamenco dancing, exists Jelena Sanchez’s grandma and grandpa. “There is a deep appreciation for music and dance in Spain. People express their joy and sorrow through so...

Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Edman Memorial Chapel at Wheaton College, 401 E. Franklin Ave., Wheaton: 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27. $37-$50. (630) 752-5010. Glen Campbell, “The Goodbye Tour,” Rialto Square Theatre, 102 N. Chicago St., Joliet: 7:30 p.m. Fri...

Feel 'Enchanted' Baroque composers like Handel, Vivaldi and Rameau get the “Mamma Mia!” treatment when The Metropolitan Opera screens a live HD simulcast of its new pastiche work “The Enchanted Island” starring such opera greats as Plácido Domi...

Joel Hamilton knows about dreams. He knows about chasing them. He knows about living them. He even sings about them. So when he takes the stage this weekend in Naperville as the title character in Magical Starlight Theatre’s production of “Joseph a...

Oh Kathy! Find out which celebrities will be spared or cut down to size when Emmy award-winning comedian and Oak Park native Kathy Griffin returns this weekend for two shows at the Chicago Theatre, 175 N. State St., Chicago. $49.50-$69.50. (312...

Ice maidens Rapunzel from “Tangled” joins the pantheon of Disney princesses like Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog” and Cinderella who each don ice skates for the latest Disney on Ice show “Dare to Dream” starting Wednesday at the Allstate ...

North Central College senior Katie Legner is an actor's director. She recently devoted an entire week of rehearsals for “Under the Circumstances,” a play she wrote and is directing, to a tool designed to help develop actors' movements onstage. At ...

Historical hero Actor and historian Terry Lynch portrays Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, commander of the Union army, in the Naper Settlement History Speaks lecture, “U.S. Grant: The Hero of Appomattox.” Lynch discusses how the Civil War impacted the li...