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Here’s a sampling of things we love this week:

Fireworks return to Navy Pier on Saturdays during Light Up the Lake. Plus, add some sparkle to your weekend at tree lightings, Brookfield Zoos Holiday Magic, seasonal lightshows, and holiday concerts and festivals.

Ready to get in the spirit of the holidays? Heres our annual list of where you can find tree lightings happening across the suburbs over the next few weeks.

An impressive array of musical styles from Illinois artists were celebrated on Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Illinois Rock ’n’ Roll Museum on Route 66’s third annual induction ceremony at the Rialto Square Theater in Joliet. The museum’s three-hour program honored the eloquent vocals of Chicago’s Nat King Cole, the unparalleled jazz genius of Alton,

Its going to be the most rockin weekend of the year when the Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 hosts their 3rd Annual Hall of Fame Weekend

The Illinois Rock and Roll Museum on Route 66 will hold its 3rd Annual Hall of Fame Induction Award Ceremony on Sept. 17 at the Rialto Square Theatre in downtown

Jim Peterik collapsed Sunday during a legends show in Des Plaines. He said doctors who examined him after the incident told him his blood sugar had dropped dangerously low.

Apparently suffering from heat exhaustion and dehydration, Jim Peterik of the Ides of March collapsed Sunday afternoon during a show at the Des Plaines Theatre. He was conscious and communicative afterward, and is expected to be OK.

It brings me personal sadness to write Dick Biondi – hands down one of the most influential rock ‘n’ roll disc jockeys in history – passed away on June 26

When she was 13-years-old in the early 1960s, Pamela Pulice discovered the powerhouse radio signal of WLS-AM and became a fan of rock nroll, and of a particular WLS DJ