Metropolis News

For the 12 days of Christmas, the theater community gave to me - a multitude of holiday treats.

A A Nov. 9: In a new online campaign former senators Bob Graham and Jim Talent say the technology used to produce vaccines is way out of date.

Live music and more, tonight through Thursday, compiled by Shaun Brady, Laurie T. Conrad, James Johnson, and Sara Sherr.

Since 1981, New York City ska band The Toasters have been lighting up clubs and festivals all over the world with their own brand of two-tone ska.

Swinging into its last three days, the 45th Chicago International Film Festival offers two dramas about New Yorkers dealing with tragic deaths.

For the fifth successive year, Swansea Rotarians brought home eight major awards from the Rotary International District 6510 annual conference in Metropolis.

A Metropolis, Ill., man has been arrested on charges that include dealing methamphetamine following an incident Thursday at Casino Aztar's hotel.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre invites young audiences to its production of "Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll's fantasy tale of a young girl's trip down a rabbit hole and the eccentric creatures she encounters there.

On Oct. 15, 2009, Now We're Cookin' will host a harvest celebration in their state-of-the-art kitchens, and the discounted ticket price has just been extended.

A Google Android mod received a cease and desist for including Google apps in the mod.

Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights opens its main stage season with the southern-fried "Pump Boys and Dinettes," a disarming, roots-rock revue about small town life.

There's a story going round that the "bad boy" of Canadian theatre, Brad Fraser, has pretty much slept with everybody except for me and Ricky Martin.

NBC Kevin Skinner of Mayfield is surrounded by his wife, Kristen Skinner , and daughter, Sidney Skinner , and 'America's Got Talent' celebrity judges Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff.

Sorry there are no showtimes for Lonely Are the Brave on Tuesday, September 15. The next date Lonely Are the Brave is playing is Thursday, September 24 .

Kevin Skinner got his America's Got Talent start on our very own Local Six Talent Search.

The popular production of "Alice in Wonderland" at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is designed for children ages 2 to 13.

Coffeehouses as a whole are a venue that people use for many things. Of course there is the obvious... drinking coffee, but also they're used for studying, socializing, business meetings, and the like.

Closings are under way and 14 models are set to open Saturday at 235 Van Buren, a 714-unit condominium building by CMK Cos.

OK, well-known actors who launch music careers usually elicit snickers. But the Bacon Brothers, the rock band led by actor Kevin Bacon and his brother, film composer Michael Bacon, have been going strong for 14 years now.

Film star Kevin Bacon and his brother, Michael, perform in concert as The Bacon Brothers at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights.