NASCAR’s Stars & Stripes Weekend to salute veterans
Stock car racers won’t be the only ones revving things up and racking the applause at Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet. Veterans, too, will take the spotlight during Stars & Stripes...
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Adler Planetarium bringing telescopes to a library, park or taproom near you this summer
America’s first planetarium is setting sights on reaching astronomy buffs beyond its Lake Michigan confines. Adler Planetarium’s “Scopes in the City” program offers free daytime and nighttime sky-viewing sessions at...
Melissa Etheridge, Sheila E., Salt N Pepa among female acts to perform in south suburbs
Want to see female musicians on stage more? Me, too. Melissa Etheridge, Joan Osborne, Grace VanderWaal, Sheila E., Bishop Briggs, Salt N Pepa, Kesha, Maren Morris, Otep Shamaya, Nova Rockefeller...
Chi-Town Hot Sauce Expo set to turn up the heat in Bridgeview
A hot new festival fires up the first official weekend of summer. The Chi-Town Hot Sauce Expo on June 23 and 24 brings more than 40 hot sauce vendors from...
New summer cocktail menus make the most of seasonal herbs and produce
Summer officially arrives June 21 and with it new cocktail menus at area establishments where farm freshness isn’t limited to the food. Kombucha, cold-brew coffee and shrubs — the kind...
Alt rock acts Everclear, Marcy Playground, Local H to headline new Joliet festival
Alternative rock acts Everclear, Marcy Playground and Local H will headline a new outdoor fest in downtown Joliet and you can catch them for free and maybe even have your...
5 things to do with Dad on Father’s Day weekend
The weekend’s all about Dad. For Father’s Day, play catch with Pops and run the bases at a Joliet Slammers game or watch baseball as it was played in the...
Music, street performers and gumbo help turn Joliet into New Orleans North
A Friday fest brings the bayou to downtown Joliet. The seventh annual New Orleans North Festival on June 8 will feature musicians direct from New Orleans and Joliet’s own brass...
Lockport’s annual summer series to celebrate art and history
In the old canal town of Lockport this summer, art goes beyond traditional oil painting or sketching to incorporate materials such as phytoplankton, neon and grow lights, Mississippi River mud...
Work on some nachos, wings and bacon balls At the Office in Crestwood
It might look like a typical sports bar inside At the Office Sports Bar and Grill in Crestwood and the business does tout the best nachos, burgers and boneless wings...