Whether you feel like going fancy or more low-key for Valentine s Day this year, there s a suburban restaurant special out there to fit the bill. However you decide to celebrate, make reservations soon.
Thanks to songwriter Don McLean and his 1971 hit, "American Pie," Feb. 3, 1959 has become known as "the day the music died." It was on that date, a small
Jim Peterik, the man behind some of rock s biggest hits, plays in Arlington Heights; Phillip Michael Scales returns to Chicago; Nashville s Drew & Ellie Holcomb play SPACE; and Night Spice headlines a stacked local lineup at Metro.
Growing up, music was a way for Local Motive co-founder Mike Vinopal to navigate his feelings when he didn t have the knowledge or vocabulary to understand what was going on in his mind. "Music stuck because I think, without realizing it, it was like survival." The band s newest release, "Slice of Life," carries on that self-expression.