Barbara Vitello
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Best Bets: Rosemont’s Bark at the Ballpark, The Venue turns 5, John Cusack Q&AMay 29, 2024 11:36 am - The Chicago Dogs in Rosemont welcomes baseball fans and their canine pals, and Aurora’s The Venue fetes turning 5 with special outdoor concerts this weekend.
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Highland Park shooting suspect makes brief court appearanceMay 29, 2024 11:30 am - Lake County prosecutors and defense attorneys representing the Highwood man accused of opening fire during a 2022 Highland Park Independence Day parade and killing seven people, have until Aug. 28 to file motions, a Lake County judge ordered Wednesday.
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‘Simply the best’: The MAC announces upcoming season, starting with Tina Turner tributeMay 28, 2024 3:00 pm - McAninch Arts Center’s just-announced 2024-2025 season includes music, dance, theater, laughs and more.
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Spotlight: Chicago’s Strawdog puts modern spin on ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’May 28, 2024 1:28 pm - Strawdog Theatre updates Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners “The Importance of Being Earnest” to Chicago’s Boystown and the rock and hip-hop musical “Six,” about the six wives of Henry VIII, returns to Chicago for a brief run.
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Accountability, education keys to stemming campus antisemitism, say suburban undergraduatesMay 24, 2024 6:39 pm - In the wake of rising antisemitism amid the protests that have erupted on college campuses protesting the war in Gaza, U.S. Rep Brad Schneider, a Highland Park Democrat, hosted an antisemitism round table Friday with students from his 10th congressional district.
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Perfect ‘English’: Goodman’s funny, provocative Chicago-area premiere ponders the price of proficiencyMay 24, 2024 12:56 pm - The deceptively simple “English,” Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about Iranians learning to speak the titular language, is a lovely, thought-provoking examination of language and identity. It runs through June 16 at Goodman Theatre.
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‘Never stop learning’: 91-year-old violin teacher behind Arlington Heights’ Betty Haag music academy prepares to retireMay 24, 2024 11:32 am - “Never stop learning.” Acclaimed violin teacher Betty Haag-Kuhnke, 91, founder of The Betty Haag Academy of Music, gives that advice to students and teachers alike as she prepares to retire after a career that spans more than 70 years.
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Star power: Broadway-bound ‘Death Becomes Her’ benefits from stellar leadsMay 22, 2024 8:37 am - Broadway veterans Megan Hilty and Jennifer Simard, along with a Tony Award-winning creative team, provide the star power that propels the Broadway-bound “Death Becomes Her,” a new musical based on the 1992 film premiering at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace.
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Best Bets: Billy Strings at Allstate, mini-golf opens at Morton Arboretum, Josh Gates at GeneseeMay 21, 2024 2:26 pm - Grammy-winning guitarist Billy Strings headlines Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, mini-golf tees off at The Morton Arboretum, and Josh Gates treats audiences to “An Evening of Legends, Mysteries and Tales of Adventure” at the Genesee.
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Spotlight: Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater examines first love in ‘Mary’s Wedding’May 21, 2024 6:30 am - Glenview’s Oil Lamp Theater revives the romantic two-hander “Mary’s Wedding,” Theo Ubique concludes its season-long Stephen Sondheim salute with “A Little Night Music,” and Curious Theatre Branch’s Rhinoceros Theater Festival showcases eclectic new works.