Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Could we ever forget the incandescent voice of Nat King Cole? Soon, at Park Forest’s Freedom Hall, you will have the opportunity to experience the “liquid, soothing” voice of a Chicago original, via the presentation of Evan Tyrone Martin. On Friday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m., the[Read More…]
Arts
Recording Academy™ Announces 60th Annual Grammy Awards® Nominees
Santa Monica, California—(ENEWSPF)—November 28, 2017 By: Neda Azarfar and Maureen O’Connor The Recording Academy™ welcomes this year’s class of GRAMMY® nominees. Already a 21-time GRAMMY winner, JAY-Z leads with eight nominations, followed by Kendrick Lamar (7), Bruno Mars (6), Childish Gambino (5), Khalid (5), No I.D. (5), and SZA (5). Selected[Read More…]
PSC Presents “The Elephant Man,” a Tony Award Winner for Best Play
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Prairie State College (PSC) Players are presenting, “The Elephant Man,” a Tony Award winning play based on the true story of John Merrick, the Elephant Man, as he climbs from carnival sideshow act, beaten and hounded for his terrible disfigurement, to artist, intellectual and celebrity in[Read More…]
Toronzo Cannon In Concert At Freedom Hall
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- In the mood for blues? How about blues with a native Chicago twist? Guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Toronzo Cannon brings that delicious mix to Freedom Hall Matinee Series on Friday, November 10, 2017. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. Ticket sales are now. Since the 2016 release of his[Read More…]
Main Street Music Fest Returns
Saturday, September 16, 2017, 11 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. DownTown Park Forest Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Village of Park Forest, in conjunction with the 62nd Annual Park Forest Art Fair, will host a “music fest” on Saturday, September 16, 2017 from 11 a.m. – 5:45 p.m. The lineup of bands[Read More…]
Sunset Over Park Forest: The Pic of the Week
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- Presenting Sunset Over Park Forest, most certainly our first picture of the week. This turned up on Facebook, floated there by photographer Shawn Needham. We’ve never had a picture of the week. When this appeared, however, it looked like a great place to start. The photographer has[Read More…]
Generation Rocks Main Street Nights
Park Forest, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The heat and humidity stopped no one from dancing, clapping, or otherwise enjoying the band Generation at Wednesday’s Main Street Nights. There was the bounce house for the kids. Bounce house? Is that right? Bouncy bounce? Whatever. It was there and the children, thoroughly enjoying summer’s heat,[Read More…]
Once Upon A Mattress Brings Fractured Fairy Tale To Stage
Hammond, IN-(ENEWSPF)- If you thought you knew the story of “The Princess and the Pea,” you may be in for a walloping surprise as you take in the Genesius Guild of Hammond’s latest production, Once Upon a Mattress. An off-beat re-telling of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale “The Princess[Read More…]
Explosion At Ariana Grande Concert Leaves At Least 19 Dead, 50 Injured (Video)
Blog Commentary-(ENEWSPF)- In an incident that police were treating as a terrorist attack, an explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England left at least 19 dead and 50 injured. The New York Times reports: Panic and mayhem seized the crowd at the Manchester Arena as the blast reverberated[Read More…]
Sam Shepard’s Buried Child Coming To The Drama Group
Chicago Heights, IL-(ENEWSPF)- The Drama Group is proud to present the Pulitzer Prize-Winning dark drama, BURIED CHILD, by lauded American playwright Sam Shepard directed by M.J. Renzi. Performances will be held at The Drama Group’s Milord Studio Theatre on June 9, 10, 15, 16 & 17 at 7:30 pm and matinees[Read More…]