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...

Tim Payne, co-founder of a Hoffman Estates company that designs and makes dog training collars recently moved his manufacturing operations from China to Illinois. Payne, who runs Outstanding Pet with his wife Yang Lu, said "We decided early on that ...

Joe Caputo & Sons grocery stores in Algonquin, Palatine and Des Plaines are expected to stay open for business while their real estate, fixtures and inventory are sold at a May 12 auction. No one knows what will happen once the sales close, but ...