Bring the nature lovers in your family to experience Illumination at beautiful Morton Arboretum, a holiday-themed light and sound show, through January 2, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Morton Arboretum’s Illumination is a delightful light, sound and sights display. The illumination walk is a mile in […]
Put the family in a holiday mood by seeing “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas the Musical” at the fabulous Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook Terrace October 2 through January 3, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Remember the classic 1954 holiday film “White Christmas,” starring Bing Crosby, Danny […]
Hungry for some blues music? Come see blues artists Tommy Castro & The Painkillers at Fitzgerald’s Night Club in Oak Park November 20, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Tommy Castro and The Painkillers (bassist Randy McDonald, keyboardist Michael Emerson, drummer Bowen Brown) are legendary for their […]
Show your humanity by attending the Chicago Humanities Festival October 28-November 8, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! This year’s theme of the Chicago Humanities Festival is “Citizen.” One hundred guest speakers, films, music events and book readings will take place. This writer remembers the world premiere […]
Your girlfriend will say, “Mamma mia!” when you take her to see “Mamma Mia” the musical at the Cadillac Theatre in downtown Chicago November 10-15, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If you live on another planet, “Mamma Mia” is the smash hit Broadway show featuring the […]
Come to Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Oak Park to see blues legends Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown October 13, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! You will thrill to see British blues/rock pioneers Kim Simmonds and Savoy Brown in a small concert venue! The duo are celebrating fifty […]
“Horton Hears a Who” and you will too, when you come to see the farewell tour of The Who with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts at Chicago’s United Center October 15, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! OMG! The lads across the pond “Who” brought us “Tommy,” […]
Come to the Drury Lane Theatre in Oakbrook to see the tour premiere of the Broadway smash hit “Peter and the Starcatcher,” through October 18, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! “Peter and the Starcatcher” was the toast of Broadway in 2012, winning five Tony awards and […]
Come with someone you love for summer’s last stand at the North Coast Music Festival in Chicago September 4-6, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If electronic, hip hop, jam band, indie rock and other eclectic music is your thing, you will love the lineup. Friday […]
Bring your family to Oak Park’s Oaktoberfest September 19-20, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Oaktober—get it? Oak Park? October? Historic Oak Park is a beautiful western suburb of Chicago, home to the most Frank Lloyd Wright homes in the country, and hometown of Ernest Hemingway. Oaktoberfest […]