Visitors came to the 54-acre living history farm on a school holiday for trains, hay rides and pumpkin coloring.

Jerry Seinfeld joked he'd pocket a heckler's ticket cost instead of donating it, drawing cheers inside the Chicago Theatre.

Darlene chases her 500th Bears game while Soldier Field cameos stack up in Hallmark's new holiday flick.

Downtown Elgin's zombie-filled Halloween bash splits into two nights for the first time, with Gym Class Heroes headlining Friday.

Sixty Fore Golf Club wants to bring two to three simulator bays to a Main Street building already packed with recreation tenants.

Downtown St. Charles expects 80,000 visitors this weekend as its 41st Scarecrow Weekend adds Jurassic Park replicas and a live pumpkin-sculpting butcher.

Danza will swap sitcom punchlines for soft-shoe and songbook standards in Des Plaines this Sunday.

Tickets for the 2026 ZooLights run are live, with $20 flexible passes offering a hedge against Chicago's unpredictable winter nights.

First Lady's Creepy Cruise sails past the building used as a morgue after the 1915 disaster.

Matt Walsh and Stephnie Weir honored a Chicago couple's “creative marriage” before an unscripted night of comedy.

The Home Comedy Theater hosts two days of sketch comedy and workshops in Lakeview.

The 30-lane Elgin alley earned a rare USBC gold-standard rating after refurbishing its original wood lanes instead of going synthetic.

Seven cauldrons of stew, nearly 400 vendors, and a village of about 1,300 bracing for its biggest weekend of the year.