RECOMMENDED Where: Northlight Theatre, North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, 9501 Skokie Blvd., Skokie When: through Dec. 17 Tickets: $30-$81 Phone: 847-673-6300 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Director Jessica Thebus could not have assembled a finer cast for the Midwest preimere of “The Book of Will” at Northlight Theatre. The problem is that Lauren […]
By M.L. RANTALA Classical Music Critic What: “The Pearl Fishers” Where: Lyric Opera, 20 N. Wacker Dr. When: Through Dec. 10 Tickets: Lyricopera.org George Bernard Shaw famously said, “Opera is when a tenor and soprano want to make love, but are prevented from doing so by a baritone.” The story to Bizet’s “The Pearl Fishers” […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer A 23-year-old Aseante Armstrong has been arrested and charged with two felony counts, vehicular hijacking and aggravated unlawful use of a weapon for his role in a carjacking that took place, on Monday, Nov. 20, in the 5300 block of Cornell Avenue. The victim, a 46-year-old man, parked his vehicle, […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer Sharon Carney, owner of Carney Cleaning Services, 5330 S. Harper Ave., hosted her “7th Annual Feeding of The Homeless” event on Thanksgiving Day Thursday, Nov. 23. “I’ve been in business for 25 years,” said Carney about her motivation to feed the homeless. “I’ve been feeding the homeless for six years […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Museum of Science and Industry (MSI), 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., kicked off the holiday season by opening its Christmas Around the World and the Holidays of Light exhibit, Thursday, Nov. 16. The exhibit showcases more than 50 decorated trees surrounded by a 45-foot-tall “Grand Tree” wrapped in 30,000 […]
Unlike many working adults and young parents who experience sleep deprivation, many older adults have plenty of time to sleep yet they experience insomnia. For this group, sleeping pills and night caps definitely are not the answer, according to Lisa Medalie, PsyD, CBSM, who five years ago, established the clinical program for insomnia at The […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Theater Wit, 1229 W. Belmont Ave. When: through Dec. 9 Tickets: $20-$38 Phone: 773-975-8150 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic If it weren’t for Alex Weisman’s virtuoso performance, there would be little reason to see the Midwest premiere “Significant Other,” Joshua Harmon’s (“Bad Jews”) overly long, rather schematic tragicomedy about love and marriage among […]
RECOMMENDED Where: Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis Ave. When: through Dec. 3 Tickets: $50-$68 Phone: 773-753-4472 By ANNE SPISELMAN Theater Critic Kate Fry is on the short list of actors I’d go see no matter what they’re in, and as Emily Dickinson in William Luce’s one-woman 1976 “The Belle of Amherst” at Court Theatre, she […]
By Dennis Anderson Journal Star Illinois turns 200 on Dec. 3, 2018, and over the course of the next year the the Hyde Park Herald is helping to commemorate the event. The Hyde Park Herald and dozens of publications throughout Illinois will print a weekly series of articles featuring key moments, figures, industries and events that […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer Grace Chan McKibben, activist, leader and Hyde Park resident, announced on Monday, Nov. 20, that she will run for the 2018 Democratic Primary seat for State Representative of Illinois’ 25th House District. The 25th House District includes Hyde Park, Kenwood, Woodlawn, South Shore, South Chicago and East Side. State Rep. […]