Styx, Adkins, Big Dog Mercer at Taste of Joliet
This weekend's Taste of Joliet kicks off Friday with classic rock, brings a day of country Saturday and welcomes Chicago blues, R&B and jazz on Sunday. Carnival rides, dozens of...
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Life’s a beach — party
Parrotheads will flock to Tinley Park this weekend to revel in Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville where there's booze in the blender and shrimp beginnin' to boil. While a Buffett concert experience...
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Picture a dozen inflatable tentacles stretching out into an audience on the lawn. Add a giant statue with moving arms and raising sails and musicians performing progressive rock tinged with...
Lockport’s summerlong ‘Ballyhoo’ kicks off this weekend
Lockport's Summer Art Series kicks off this weekend with Old Canal Days, featuring an expanded carnival, a dozen food trucks, bands and car and craft shows, and it wraps up...
On heels of new album, Garbage to headline WKQX Piqniq
The WKQX Piqniq is an annual tribute to happy-go-lucky pop alternative rock and electronic dance with the Lumineers, Young the Giant, Lucius, Robert DeLong, Bear Hands, the Strumbellas, Broods, Beware...
Where the classic cars are
From a souped-up Hemi to a barebones rat rod, custom cars just catch your eye and thump your heart and pound your ears. For many of us, that's a very...
Riffs: Ernie Hendrickson sings, strums with nod to the past
It's no surprise when musicians cover Johnny Cash or Bruce Springsteen. But when Ernie Hendrickson starts singing, there's an unexpected maturity to his voice. Not yet 40, the singer/songwriter and...
Your outdoor summer movie guide
He who lives in a pineapple under the sea, voices in your head and lovable yellow organisms in goggles and blue overalls are coming to an outdoor screen near you....
Daytripping: Go south on Route 53 to see bison, race cars, antiques
A herd of bison, including newborns, lives just south of Joliet and you can visit them. Spotting the agile 2,000-pound bulls and 1,000-pound cows that last roamed our grasslands some...
Your guide to concerts in the Southland
Once you arrive, it's all about the good vibes. But planning for an outdoor concert can create some uncertainty. Is sunscreen allowed? Alcohol? My dog? What about a sturdy lawn...