Barbara Vitello
-
Rhinofest at 30: Chicago theater fest endures as celebration of new, challenging worksJan 12, 2019 6:32 am - The Rhinoceros Theater Festival, the long-running, multi-arts celebration of Chicago's fringe running now through Feb. 24, owes its longevity to several factors. There's...
-
'Unbought, unbossed' - Underwood echoes legendary Chisholm, advocates bipartisanshipJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - Bold. Unbought. Unbossed. Lauren Underwood, the newly sworn U.S. representative for Illinois' 14th district and the youngest black woman elected to Congress, echoed the...
-
Theater events: TUTA remounts 'Radio Culture' dramaJan 11, 2019 5:00 am - Previews continue for Windy City Playhouse's revival of Michael Frayn's backstage comedy-within-a comedy “Noises Off.” This love letter to the theater concerns a haples...
-
Wheeling man charged with sexually abusing teen he met on social mediaJan 10, 2019 12:00 am - A 28-year-old Wheeling man has been charged with sexually abusing a teenage girl he met through a social media dating site. Raymond O'Donnell was charged Thursday with ...
-
'Little women,' big impact: Brown Paper Box Co.'s revival resonates with suburban actressesJan 09, 2019 10:00 am - “Little Women” was published more than 150 years ago, but the message that underscores Louisa May Alcott's seminal coming-of-age tale has a special resonance this year, ...
-
Man charged with threatening Cook County judgeJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: The charges against Tyler Koehler-Davis have been dropped. A Skokie man who prosecutors say posted a message on a social media site threatening a Coo...
-
Theater spotlight: Black Button Eyes premieres tuneful parody 'Evil Dead the Musical'Jan 08, 2019 5:00 am - Star gazing At Harvard University's observatory during the early 1900s, scientist Henrietta Swan Leavitt wasn't allowed to touch a telescope. Yet the work this astronome...
-
Theater events: Interrobang stages Chicago premiere of “I Call My Brothers”Jan 04, 2019 5:00 am - • Beginning Friday, Jan. 4, theatergoers can exchange an unwanted present for a $10 ticket to "Bible Bingo: An Act of Charity in Two Acts" currently running at the Royal...
-
Cold case conviction, deadly DUI crashes among Northwest suburbs notable crimes of 2018Jan 04, 2019 5:00 am - The conviction of a disbarred Northwest suburban attorney for a 45-year-old homicide that authorities initially ruled an accident; guilty pleas from three defendants inv...
-
Elgin man gets 2 years for dragging Streamwood man by car after failed drug dealJan 03, 2019 12:00 am - An Elgin man was sentenced to two years in prison after admitting to a charge stemming from a failed drug deal Aug. 4 that left a Streamwood man with serious injuries af...