Stanley Cup in Western Springs to raise funds for girl with leukemia
This isn't the first time Martin Lapointe has had the Stanley Cup. First there was the time he took it to Montreal in 1997 after his team, the Detroit Red...
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Naperville Central answers the call in Kenny Chesney video
At the start of last year's high school football season, Naperville Central was losing to visiting Neuqua Valley at halftime, 17-0. Things weren't looking good for the Redhawks. But then...
Come for the trees, stay for the tunes
Appearance: The Morton Arboretum (4100 Illinois Route 53 in west suburban Lisle) has 4,117 kinds of trees, shrubs and other plants that surround a little outdoor stage for the venue's...
Country stars visit promoter’s stomping ground
Back in the early '80s, Brian O'Connell was a teenager in Rolling Meadows who lived for the February day when the Tribune ran the summer schedule for Poplar Creek. He'd...
Review: Alan Jackson – straight up – plays sincere set at Allstate
Whether he meant it as a humble admission or a bit of a warning, Alan Jackson was right. "I sing, but I don't do much else," he told the not-quite-capacity...
Chelsea Handler on her own again
Chelsea Handler hates to think that President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama watch "Chelsea Lately." But they do. Obama told her so, in a roundabout way, when she...
Jim Gaffigan 4, Lady Gaga 3
Bits of bacon are like the fairy dust of the food community. At least, they are when you see the world through comedian Jim Gaffigan's eyes. And through him, you...
Welcome to Corey Smith country
"My music is what fans gravitate toward. Not me," Corey Smith said. Refreshing, right? An artist who sees himself as nothing more than a conduit for good music. Smith is...
No rookie in rising star Jake Owen
Jake Owen just bought a record player, so he's been listening to a lot of vinyl lately. Willie Nelson, Vern Gosdin, Waylon Jennings. And that's how you know that his...
Weezer goes for vulnerability; Underwood for sass
Weezer, 'Raditude' *** 1/2 (out of 4) Rivers Cuomo took a turn for the juvenile on Weezer's 2008 self-titled album, like a middle-age dad stuck inside the head of a...