Pay for Illinois General Assembly members and constitutional officers such as the governor and attorney general will be delayed because of the ongoing state budget stalemate, Illinois Comptroller Leslie Geissler Munger announced Sunday. The state is...

Color splash dash Runners are showered along a race route with vibrant dyes made from safe, food-grade, biodegradable cornstarch at the Wheaton Fun Run in Color 5K. See racers bloom in unique, brilliant color palettes by the time they cross the fin...

Pop superstar Get ready for lots of pop and R&B stage spectacle when Grammy Award-winner Rihanna performs her “The Anti World Tour” at the United Center, 1901 Madison St., Chicago. $29.50-$150. (800) 745-3000 or unitedcenter.com. 7:30 p.m. Frid...

Although Palatine's Joe Caputo & Sons Fruit Market will be on the auction block next month, the village's top administrator is hopeful the building will remain a grocery store. "We're obviously concerned over what it means for the future of the cent...

Tony Durante, a longtime knife sharpener and fixture at farmers markets throughout the suburbs, had an unparalleled passion for the trade he learned as a boy from his Italian grandfather. Durante, who would have celebrated his 72nd birthday next wee...

On Thursday, May 3 at 7pm in the Northbrook Public Library Auditorium, critically-acclaimed husband and wife authors Andrew Grant and Tasha Alexander will read from their work, discuss their books, and answer questions from the audience. She is know...

Tax Day blues Grammy Award-winning bluesman Robert Cray performs a special Tax Day concert on Friday at the Arcada Theatre, 105 E. Main St., St. Charles. $39-$69. (630) 962-7000 or oshows.com. 8 p.m. Friday, April 15 Dark comedy Comedian Tony Hinchc...

Happy Record Store Day! Barrington psych rockers Wild Belle will perform songs from their new album "Dreamland" at a special Record Store Day appearance and album-signing at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, at Reckless Records, 1379 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chi...