Work out, help out through turkey trots, reindeer runs
Before the Thanksgiving feast, get a jump on all of those calories by walking, running or shooting hoops for a chance at a medal or frozen bird. Prefer to exercise...
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Plain White T’s happy to return to roots
With their first independent album in more than a decade — one that was finished in frontman Tom Higgenson's Elmhurst basement studio — and a tour of smaller venues including...
High schools present the art of craft fairs
Some call it a guilty pleasure or even an addiction. Others say it's entertainment, a chance to marvel at cool stuff they could possibly make on their own someday —...
Riffs: Orland Park guitarist puts his own spin on flamenco, classical styles
Editor's Note: This week we introduce Riffs, an occasional profile of a notable professional musician in the Southland. Known for finger pickin' and putting his own spin on flamenco and...
Sensitive, self-effacing Rob Thomas ‘always writing’
Over the past two decades, Rob Thomas has grown from the Matchbox Twenty frontman so awkward onstage he was almost painful to watch into a prolific hitmaker, smooth collaborator and...
Fall on a plate: Autumn menus reflect the harvest
There's taking in the season by admiring the changing leaves or going for a hayride. And then there's literally taking in the season in the form of pumpkin ravioli. And...
And now for something hauntingly different
Are you tired as a witch's broom when it comes to the usual pumpkin patches and haunted houses? Witch-themed women's nights out, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" with a live...
Tinley Park salutes fall with Rocktoberfest
Bands ranging from brass and polka to classic rock will perform Oct. 16 to 18 at Rocktoberfest, the Tinley Park Chamber of Commerce's new event. The outdoor tented event on...
Home Free brings a cappella style to Rialto
Before Home Free won NBC's "The Sing Off" in 2013, the a cappella group was releasing albums on its own and trying to win over season ticket-holders and other strangers...
Respecting the comedy in comic theater
And now for something completely different. "Monty Python's Spamalot" and "Reefer Madness," coming to Theatre at the Center in Munster, Ind., and Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, respectively,...