Eighteen area charities tonight shared more than $2.8 million raised by the 2020 Chicago Auto Shows benevolent event, First Look for Charity, and one attendee left with the keys to a new vehicle. The black-tie benefit, which is held the ...

Fireworks, fireworks and more fireworks, of the musical and lights variety, are on tap for 4th of July at the Exchange Club of Naperville’s Ribfest, now located in Romeoville. Jesse McCartney will perform before the annual fireworks display on the ...

Lyric Opera of Chicago's current revival of its 2013 production of Puccini's Madama Butterfy is a performance that soars. With superb singing from an electrifying cast, led by Puerto Rican-born soprano Ana Maria Martinez as the doomed geisha Cio-Cio- San ...

The Anti-Racism Committee of the Sisters of St. Francis of Mary Immaculate is sponsoring two live productions of Tolton: From Slave to Priest, the live theatrical one-man drama performed by actor Jim Coleman and directed by Leonardo Defilippis of Saint ...

Dad's an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been ...

New Album Addresses Social Justice Issues Through Modern Takes on Gospel Songs and Spirituals with Pieces Dedicated to Chicago’s Laquan McDonald and Other Victims of Violence Critically acclaimed multi-genre musical artist and social justice advocate Adrian Dunn today announced the ...

February 22, 2020 Tickets for the 2020 Plainfield Giving Gala are available for sale at http://plainfieldgivinggala.org Hosted by the Friends for Charitable Giving, which is a tax exempt public charity organized and operated by volunteers, the mission of the Giving ...

Fans of superstar Nelly will be shaking their tail feathers July 4th at the Exchange Club of Naperville's 33rd Ribfest, now located in Romeoville. The world-renowned and multi-talented artist is the king of summer anthem songs, and an influencer in ...

The University of St. Francis Department of Music and Performing Arts is offering exciting music and theater performances to the Joliet and Will County communities through its “Music at Moser” series. All performances have open seating and take place on ...

Performances will take place on Friday, March 13 and Saturday, March 14 at 7:00 PM and on Sunday, March 15 at 2:00 PM. Joliet West High School's Vocal Music Department invites the public to their 2020 Spring Musical, the Tony ...

Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor is one of the towering works of the repertoire. Paul Lewis and the New York Philharmonic, Daniel Harding, Conductor, lived up to its daunting challenges and exceeded them.

Look back on the most noteworthy films of 2019 and they all display a diverse array of superb talent—in front of and behind the camera. These movies entertained, educated and often inspired us. They challenged our opinions. They made us ...

Throughout the month of December the Rialto Square Theatre will keep your spirits high with holiday shows that will help you count down the days until Christmas.

Sydney Swanson, a recent graduate of Plainfield North High School, is currently appearing in a new holiday musical, Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish. In the musical, she plays one of the main characters Noelle, who has just moved to Chicago ...