People will come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. Or maybe just to work on their curve ball. Field of Dreams' new owners are pretty sure if they build it, people will come. more ›

Chicago Film Office Director Richard Moskal confirmed with Crain's that filming on the Zack Snyder-directed Superman film will begin in Chicago August 7. more ›

The new stadium for the Lake County Fielders is set to open in north suburban Zion this week, after initially being scheduled to open on June 11; it was pushed to July 2 to wait until construction work had been finished. The stadium, which is located at the northeast corner of Illinois Route 173 and Green Bay Road, will kick off its opening on Friday with a game at 7 p.m. between the Fielders and the Gary Railcats. more ›

A new minor league baseball team will begin playing in Zion come 2010 and their co-owner will be actor Kevin Costner. Costner's partner is Schaumburg Flyers co-owner Rich Ehrenreich, who called Costner a "primary owner" and added, "He owns enough to coach third base but not enough to play it." The team will be the first professional sports team in Lake County and will play in a new to-be-built, $17 million stadium, but all involved promise tax dollars won't be used to build it. In his own statement, Costner said, "I've seen many opportunities over the years to be involved in baseball projects but this one is really special. The location, the people involved and the chance to offer families in Zion and the surrounding communities a quaint and affordable setting for minor league baseball means everything." more ›

The water bottles and beer cans have all been cleaned up from Hutchinson Field so Grant Park is ready for the continuation of the Chicago Outdoor Movie Festival with another of Roger Ebert’s favorites: John Ford’s My Darling Clementine. Ebert highlighted this film in one of his Great Movies commentaries. It tells a story (though perhaps not the story) of the events in Tombstone that led to the legendary gunfight at the OK Corral. Its strength lies in its ability to flesh out the relationship between Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and is “more about everyday things--haircuts, romance, friendship, poker and illness.” more ›

This week has been a rough one for the amateur impersonation circuit here in Chicago. Police are no longer fooled as two members of the Chicago guild gave less than stellar performances this week. more ›