The Elgin Fringe Festival, which celebrates performing arts but includes myriad art forms, opens Friday and runs through Sept.11 with more than 50 performances at various locations throughout downtown Elgin.
Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin is hosting the first Fox Valley Performing Arts Roundtable, a discussion of the current state of the performing arts scene and how to collaborate to foster growth and creativity.
Side Street Studio Arts and Ghostly Podcast are teaming up to present the first Dark Matters: Winter Tales podcast festival this Friday and Saturday. The event features dark-themed podcasts performed live with topics ranging from the paranormal to horror to true crime.