Barbara Vitello
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Spotlight: Artists from around the world converge for Chicago International Puppet Theater FestivalJan 13, 2023 5:00 am - 12 days of puppetry Artists from Brazil, Canada, Czechia, Finland, France, Norway, Japan, South Africa, Spain and the United States - including Chicago, New York and Bos...
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Sheriffs draw lines at what they will - and will not - enforce with new weapons lawJan 13, 2023 12:00 am - Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg had a message for gun owners concerned about Illinois' new ban on the purchase, sale and manufacture of some high-powered weapons and l...
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Following her dream: Roosevelt University grad returns in 'Chicago' 25th anniversary tourJan 11, 2023 10:00 pm - New York City native Jess DiForte's parents didn't take their kids on vacations. They took them to Broadway. DiForte's parents may not have known it at the time, but doi...
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Wheeling ride-share driver pleads guilty to battery of female passengerJan 11, 2023 12:00 am - A Wheeling ride-share driver has pleaded guilty to the May 2019 aggravated battery/strangulation of a female passenger. Alexander Sowa, 38, pleaded guilty to the charge...
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Best Bets: Step Afrika!, PBR, Tyler Hilton and Disney on IceJan 10, 2023 10:00 pm - Step Afrika! Step Afrika! is a professional ensemble dedicated to stepping - a dance tradition that combines South African dance with contemporary styles and is practice...
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Hanover Park man charged with sexually assaulting two girlsJan 10, 2023 12:00 am - A 42-year-old Hanover Park man was ordered held without bail Tuesday on charges he sexually assaulted two girls over the course of several years. Herminio Rosales-Ramir...
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'A testament to my parents': Murders created enduring bond between Brown's owners' daughtersJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - For the first time in 30 years, Lynn and Richard Ehlenfeldt's daughters will spend Jan. 8 together. Not since police discovered the bodies of their parents and five of ...
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Brown's Chicken murders 30 years later: Seven murders and finally justiceJan 08, 2023 5:30 am - On Friday, Jan. 8, 1993, two killers armed with a handgun, their pockets filled with bullets, walked into a Palatine Brown's Chicken & Pasta around closing time. They ha...
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Spotlight: BoHo Theatre revives Jonathan Larsen tuner; 'Chicago' returns to its namesake cityJan 06, 2023 5:00 am - 'Tick, Tick ... Boom!' An aspiring composer worries that time is running out for him to write the great American musical in "Tick, Tick ... Boom!" the semi-autobiographi...
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Broadway tours, world premieres, revivals heat up suburban and city stages this winterJan 05, 2023 5:00 am - Theatergoers have plenty of options this winter, including world premieres, touring productions of Broadway tuners and a couple of new plays inspired by Andy Warhol. Of...