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Jim Corti of Paramount in Aurora to receive award for ‘lasting contribution’ to Chicago area theater

March 11, 2022 at 10:10 a.m.

Paramount Theatre Artistic Director Jim Corti will receive the 2022 Guy Adkins Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Music Theatre this spring at an annual charity concert event in...

Chicago suburbs, northwest Indiana stages grapple with changing mandates, ticket sales

March 8, 2022 at 8:57 a.m.

Ron Onesti, president and CEO for Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, and his team, garbed in vintage attire in celebration of the stage venue's 95th birthday under the iconic marquee,...

Author T. Harriman spent the holidays promoting her new paperback book titled "Burn this Book!" (2021 Great Heart of Prairie Press $11.99) featuring a feline character based on her own cat Piki.

New book by author T. Harriman has intrigue and NWI nods

January 14, 2022 at 3:40 p.m.

Author T. Harriman spent the holidays promoting her new paperback book titled "Burn this Book!" (2021 Great Heart of Prairie Press $11.99) featuring a feline character based on her own...

Crowds line up for Sunday's evening's concert at the Des Plaines Theatre, Oct. 31, 2021. The 96-year-old theater, which has been closed since 2014, just completed a multimillion dollar renovation. Sunday evening's grand opening featured a performance by Kevin Costner and his Modern West band. (Brian O'Mahoney/Pioneer Press)

Amid excitement of Des Plaines Theatre’s glam rebirth, Kevin Costner’s band headlines opening night

November 1, 2021 at 9:17 p.m.

Eager audience members lifted complimentary cups of champagne Sunday to toast the lovingly renovated Des Plaines Theatre, which was built in 1925, on its opening night and rebirth as an...

4th Annual Chicago Southland International Film Fest expands, both in-person and virtual

September 29, 2021 at 9:11 a.m.

Suzanne E. Patterson and Joshua E. Young, co-founders of the Chicago Southland International Film Festival at Governors State University, describe their annual movie celebration as their way of connecting "reel...

Titled Paul, a more than four-story tall homage to fabled lumberjack Paul Bunyan is made of steel reinforced painted fiberglass created by artist Tony Tasset, and serves as a focal point and favorite photo op at the Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park at Governors State University.

Outdoor sculpture walking tours are a campus draw from east to west

September 16, 2021 at 1:08 p.m.

Titled Paul, a more than four-story tall homage to fabled lumberjack Paul Bunyan is made of steel reinforced painted fiberglass created by artist Tony Tasset, and serves as a focal...

Sing-along movies give audiences a chance to join in on the fun

November 1, 2019 at 2:01 p.m.

Jim Jarvis, vice president of programming and sales at Paramount Theatre in Aurora, and the venue's marketing manager Scott Viau like to listen to the voices of their patrons. The...

Singer Steve Lawrence a favorite for Father’s Day memories

June 16, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

One of my favorite Father's Day newspaper interviews from the past was with singer and legendary Las Vegas entertainer Steve Lawrence. The interview wasn't intended to have a Father's Day...

Lucinda Johnston, left to right, and Fred Wellisch, cast Palm Springs parents are opposite Maria Stephens and Jake Jones as their rebellious adult children, as they rehearse"Other Desert Cities," running June 28-July 14 at Dunes Summer Theatre in Michigan City.

Family secrets come out in Dunes Summer Theatre’s ‘Other Desert Cities’

June 13, 2019 at 12:10 p.m.

Director Susan Padveen recalls seeing the Midwest premiere of "Other Desert Cities" at Goodman Theatre in Chicago in 2013. Described as a "political potboiler stage drama," the play by Jon...

After nearly two decades, region radio dropping Bob & Tom Show

June 12, 2019 at 4:30 p.m.

When management at Valparaiso-based Radio One Communications announced in 2001 they were adding the popular "Bob & Tom" syndicated radio show to the morning programming grid of their XRock 103.9...

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