The 12th annual "Hugs for Hounds" doggie Easter egg hunt has been canceled, and the "Found Objects Sculpture Trail" has been postponed due to the new coronavirus pandemic. Shorewood HUGS, in partnership with the Forest Preserve District of Will County, ...

Movie review One of the casualties of the cancellation of the all-influential SXSW Festival in Austin was the World Premiere of John Leguizamo's directorial debut, Critical Thinking. Set in 1998 Miami in the hardscrabble Allapattah neighborhood, the film centers around ...

Will County Brewing celebrate their second Anniversary, March 6-8, 2020, with a three-day event. There will be two fresh new Berliner releases, an encore of Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Amber Ale, and their Anniversary Two Blueberry Pancakes Stout release. They will ...

The nation's most diverse film festival is currently underway. Miami Film Festival presents its 37th edition with a roster of 170 feature narratives, documentaries and short films of all genres from more than 40 countries. A major showcase for both ...

The Academy of Country Music® recently announced the nominations for the 55TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™, Country Music’s Party of the Year®, honoring the biggest names and emerging talent in the Country Music industry. Among the nominations, the Rialto ...

With outgoing Lyric Opera Music Director Sir Andrew Davis in the pit and a superlative cast on stage in this new-to-Chicago production of Tchaikovsky's Queen of Spades, Lyric Opera made a strong case for presenting more contemporary operas in order ...

The Joliet Central High School Vocal Department to present the Joliet Central Winter Choral Concert, which will take place on Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 7 p.m. in the Joliet Central Auditorium, 201 E Jefferson Street in Joliet.

LUNAFEST, the fundraising film festival dedicated to championing women filmmakers and bringing women together in their communities, will be hosted by Joliet Junior College in the Joliet Junior College Theatre on the Joliet campus on March 19, 2020. This unique ...

thetimesweekly.com “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” ...

Irish eyes will definitely be smiling on the Village of Plainfield in March. The Plainfield Village Board earlier this month approved road closures for the 2019 Irish Parade, which will step off from Plainfield Central High School at 1 p.m. ...

A WORLD PREMIERE: February 7 - March 8, 2020 in the Owen Theatre When she receives the opportunity of a lifetime, Janelle relocates to Texas and moves in with her partner, Kane. Meanwhile, a small-town police officer’s life is thrown ...

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 ...