Elgin podcast festival focuses on Dark Matters
It's time to shine a light on the otherworldly and unknown. Explore the supernatural during Dark Matters: Winter Tales, a two-day podcast festival Feb. 25-26 at Side Street Studio Arts...
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Folk singer John McCutcheon brings 3 albums worth of new work to Hinsdale show
John McCutcheon was 11 years old watching history being made on live television when he heard his first folk song. "My best friend and I had kind of discovered folk...
Center Stage hosts comedy show These Queens Wear Crowns’
Funny Lady Sonya D will host "These Queens Wear Crowns" comedy show Feb. 12 at Center Stage Theater in Naperville. Along with Sonya D, comedians Tara Terry, Cecilia Gonzalez and...
Chicago a cappella seeks to help with ‘Coming Out of the Dark’
For many, music is a reflection of individual and shared experiences, as well as the times in which we live. That is especially true for members of Chicago a cappella,...
‘First Blacks Chicago’ concert salutes Chicago’s Black trailblazers
What if Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. had a conversation as the nation elected Barack Obama its first Black president? What would they say? Haitian composer Jean 'Rudy'...
Help solve a murder with Elgin Theatre Company’s ‘The Game’s Afoot’
Amber Dow as Daria Chase discovers something shocking in Elgin Theatre Company's production of Ken Ludwig's "The Game's Afoot." The murder mystery farce runs Jan. 28-Feb. 13 at Elgin Art...
Chicago Sinfonietta artist in residence performs new work at MLK tribute concert
Grammy-nominated baritone Will Liverman will perform with the Chicago Sinfonietta during its annual Martin Luther King Jr. tribute concert. The concert, "Joie de Vivre" will be performed Jan. 16 at...
Side Street Studio brings back live painting competition Art Clash
Armed with just acrylic paint and their brushes, artists will transform blank canvases into works of art live in front of an audience. It's the return of Art Clash, the...
Join Moana Lotte for Elgin NYE show
For Joel Filmore, his entire identity as a therapist is about authenticity and congruence. "Therapy at it's foundation is about relationships, and you can't have relationship with someone you don't...
Steel Beam invites you to sing along with Santa
Even the inhabitants of the North Pole had to quarantine last year, so they put that time to good use. In Steel Beam Theatre's "Sing Along With Santa: Back Together...