publicationLocal grad returns to the stage with Wisconsin Singers
Barrington's Tara Martino will be heading back to her high school with the Wisconsin Singers to perform
Energy and excitement at 'An Evening of Percussion'
If you are ready for an evening of exciting and uplifting live music, then the Crystal Lake Strikers invite you to An Evening of Percussion at R...
Movie Review: Restraint not a virtue for ‘Robocop’ remake
Considering that there’s no good reason — aside from whipping up another 100 million bucks or so — to remake Paul Verhoeven’s classic original, the new “Robocop” isn’t bad, really.
Movie Review: Reproducing genius in ‘Tim’s Vermeer’
Scholars and connoisseurs have wondered for several centuries how the painter Johannes Vermeer managed to make his works seemingly glow from within while achieving virtual...
Movies: ‘Labor Day’ reviewed with other new, recent films
There’s something funny about love in “About Last Night,” parents nix romance in “Endless Love,” serve and protect gets an upgrade in “Robocop” and Colin Firth says no to death...
Movie Review: Excuse the pun, but ‘Vampire Academy’ bites
“Vampire Academy” might make do as a serviceable, though surprisingly sexualized, diversion for ‘tween-age girls obsessing in advance about high school — and it gets points for...
‘She Loves Me’ brings romance to Raue Center
Raue Center for the Arts is bringing a touch of Broadway to the Chicago area with upcoming performances of the award-winning hit She Loves Me...
Wine, whiskey tasting kicks off Great Oaks of Barrington Contest
To kick off its fourth annual Great Oaks of Barrington Contest, the Barrington Area Conservation Trust held a wine and whiskey tasting event last week at Grassroots General Store.
Movies: New and recent films reviewed
Plastic figurines save the universe in “The Lego Movie,” George saves art history in “The Monuments Men” and teenage bloodsuckers save the old alma mater in “Vampire Academy,”...
Movie Review: ‘The Lego Movie’ clicks nicely
If you can get over the rigid, plastic artificiality of pretty much everything in “The Lego Movie,” where even the clouds, the rainbows and the waves in the ocean are...
