• Holiday happenings
• Local kids, touring actors get a thrill from 'Wizard'
• Five things to do
• 'Nutcracker' dancers get a taste of touring
• NCC enters the land of 'Seussical'
• Culture Calendar
• Night Life
• Furniture finds in Lockport
• Art and museum calendar
• Family Calendar
• Slots remain a mystery

• Fresh is the way to go at Bin 48

• Country meets opera in 'Divabilly' fundraiser
• What's happening in Chicago

• Getting satire right: Site is a daily show of humor

• Joe Perry on the road, on his own — for now
• Eat, shop and explore ethnic Chicago

• Streamwood clown joins 'the greatest show'

• 'Pirate Radio' rolls when it should rock

• A dream come true
• Paramount hosts Rat Pack tribute
• Five things to do
• Unconventional star to appear at Rialto
• 'Wizard' returns to local movie screens
• Truth is stranger than fiction
• Culture Calendar
• Stock up on winter wear at Land's End
• Art and museum calendar
• Night Life
• Paramount presents premier entertainers in one show
• Dozin' With the Dinos back at Field Museum
• Family Calendar
• Playing baccarat the 'ez' way

• Steak house dream team unites for T-Bones

• Crooner swings to NCC stages

• Not so 'Good' with details

• 'Pirate Radio' set was one big 1960s music fest

• 'Wizard of Oz' anniversary event returns
• John Cusack saves the world in apocalyptic '2012'

• 'A Christmas Carol' oddly inanimate

• Elgin, Let's go out to eat
• Get over fear of outlets
• Five things to do
• Air Force band performs on Veterans Day
• 'Cats' continues its long run
• Chicago Calendar: Informer comes to heritage center
• That's a spicy ... pickle
• Comedy Shrine adds dinner theater
• Culture Calendar
• Night Life
• Family Calendar
• World Series Final Table is on

• Palin will talk to Oprah, but won't sign books in Chicago

• 'Men Who Stare at Goats' has fuzzy vision

• Curtains for Wayne Newton?

• Political junkie still 7 years from voting, calls for Obama
• Ensemble keeps quips flying in 'Community'

• Popular YouTube stars join forces in concert tour
• Drury Lane assembles a thoroughly delightful 'Millie'

• Winners, losers emerge for new TV season

• Do-it-yourself ghost hunt
• Janus version of 'Romeo & Juliet' is all-female
• Five Things to Do
• Harmony-filled holiday sequel presented at Pheasant Run
• 'Rent' brings up controversial issues
• Hugo Wolf Quartett performs at NCC
• Let's hear it for the boys
• Culture Calendar
• Family Calendar
• Chicago Calendar
• Hillsong film plays on local screens
• Couple logs 6,800 miles at Boyd properties

• Genevan's zombie flick to play in Dundee
• A hometown place for a hometown crowd
• David Gray has a brand new bag on new CD

• U2 and Bono adapt to changing times
• Ogre comes over with pals for an early 'Shrek' kickoff

• Jay-Z, Alicia Keys perform at World Series Game 1

• Style and function soar in 'Amelia' aviator garb

• Chicago becomes vampire city in new novel

• A garden filled with good, plus a little evil for grins

• Broadway comes to the suburbs
• Night Life
• Family Calendar
• World Series of Poker fever hits Horseshoe Hammond