TTW Press Room In partnership with the Homer Township Public Library, the Lemont Artists Guild presents, via Zoom, Artist Mary Dorrell, who will give an oil painting demonstration making use of color and light on October 13 at 7 pm. ...

TTW Press Room Illinois artists of all kinds are invited to submit their work for inclusion in Gallery Seven’s Annual Illiart Exhibit taking place during October. Illiart, formerly known as “The Art of Illinois,” will feature various media, including painting, ...

A dazzling performance by new Lyric Opera Music Director Maestro Enrique Mazzola

A dazzling performance by new Lyric Opera Music Director Maestro Enrique Mazzola

Newport music festivals are George Wein's legacy

Chicago's famed Chess Records was among the first inductees into Joliet's Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 Hall of Fame at the Rialto Square Theatre, downtown Joliet on Tuesday evening. Fans in attendance were able to listen to some ...

Gov. JB Pritzker last week signed SB 1833 into law, allowing for the designation of cultural districts across the state. Managed by the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), this distinction will promote economic development and empower communities ...

TTW Press Room Chicago – Trinity United Church of Christ, Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, and The Next Movement announce the 7th (In) Justice for All Film Festival (IFAFF), scheduled August 12-21. Because of the pandemic, this much-anticipated ...

Jennifer Hudson, who Franklin hand-picked to play her before her death in 2018, rose to fame as a contestant on American Idol in 2004. Hudson was lambasted by cantankerous host Simon Cowell who said Hudson was “out of her depth” ...

Family Fun Festival 2021

thetimesweekly.com The University of St. Francis (USF) Art Gallery will open a new exhibit featuring the work of artist and USF professor Michael “Chester” Alamo-Costello, MFA, beginning on Monday, August 23.

“They want to hear you sing,” says Rev. C.L. Franklin (Forest Whitaker) to his 10-year-old daughter Aretha (Skye Dakota Turner). And she did. Eventually singing herself into 25 Grammys, a posthumously awarded Pulitzer Prize Special Citation and the history books. ...

Joliet, IL – On Friday, the Heritage Corridor Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) revealed a new travel guide as part of a kickoff for the new Route 66 campaign: The First Hundred Miles. The travel guide cover features the new, ...

"We loved kicking off summer 2021 and were so proud to lead the re-opening of New York by bringing film and entertainment to communities in all five boroughs," said Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Enterprises and the Tribeca Festival Co-Founder & CEO. ...

A new park has opened in New Lenox that is designed to be accessible to those with special needs. State Senators Patrick Joyce (D-Essex) and Michael E. Hastings (D-Frankfort) attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of Leigh ...