Entertainment Stories from May 23, 2024 (Change date)
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Plan for four days of summer fun at Cream of WheatonMay 23, 2024 11:03 pm - Kick off summer with the Cream of Wheaton on May 30 to June 2. The bandshell at Memorial Park will be rocking with four days of music from over a dozen music groups.
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Summer Olympics to be theme for the annual Rose Parade, part of the four-day Rose FestivalMay 23, 2024 10:38 pm - The Roselle Lions Rose Festival, now in its 62nd year, offers a family-friendly weekend of live music, a car show, 5K race, the Rose Parade, a festival food court, and mo...
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Ron Onesti: The black hole of televisionMay 23, 2024 7:33 pm - Ron Onesti misses the TV of yesteryear, especially the talk shows that introduced him to the stars before his time.
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Kick off the summer festival season with Gilberts Community DaysMay 23, 2024 7:04 pm - Gilberts' biggest event of the year, full of music, food and fun, returns on May 30 to June 2.
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Charlie Colin, founding member of the band Train, dies at 58 after slipping in showerMay 23, 2024 3:08 pm - Charlie Colin, bassist and founding member of the band Train, best known for their early-aughts hits like “Drops of Jupiter" and “Meet Virginia,” has died. He was 58.
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Aurora salutes World War II veteran who will lead Memorial Day ParadeMay 23, 2024 3:00 pm - In May 1945, he was wounded at war in the Pacific Ocean, praying to be rescued. Seventy-nine years later, in May 2024, he led a crowd at Aurora City Hall in singing “God ...
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Nano brewery proposed for downtown Arlington HeightsMay 23, 2024 1:52 pm - The recently-closed Bangkok Cafe at 17 N. Vail Ave., in Arlington Heights is proposed to become Eric Lamkins’ nano brewery, where the bearded home brewer will craft small batches of his favorite suds.
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Glen Powell gives big leading-man energy in ‘Hit Man’May 23, 2024 12:53 pm - A suspension of disbelief is a prerequisite going into “Hit Man,” a decently entertaining action-comedy-romance about a fake hit man from filmmaker Richard Linklater, who co-wrote the script with star Glen Powell.
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Highland Park’s Wayfarer Theaters reopens May 31 after extensive remodelMay 23, 2024 12:33 pm - Wayfarer Theaters will have a grand reopening of its five-screen venue in Highland Park on May 31 after extensive renovations.
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McHenry Outdoor Theater begins daily showings Friday; kicks off getaway contestMay 23, 2024 12:31 pm - Starting Friday, the McHenry Outdoor Theater in Lakemoor switches from being open weekends only to operating seven days a week with a double feature of “The Garfield Movie” and “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
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