Rockford Events

Discovery Center Museum is the nation’s 5th Best Museum for Families according to USA TODAY/10Best.com, and one of 12 museums included in Forbes.com’s article, "The 12 Best Children’s Museums in the U.S."

As the kids start to head back to school and we move into fall, now's a great time to clean out those closets!
I just had to clear out a bunch of clothes from my oldest closet that she's outgrown. I can only imagine what the rest of us in the house have piled up in ours that we could part w…

AMC Theaters is hoping that you've gotten good and tired of watching movies from your couch, and that you're up for the movie-going experience once again.

AMC's Showplace 16 is part of their first round of reopenings, but Machesney Park's Showplace 14 didn't make the cut.

Who could have predicted that movie theaters around the country would be sitting empty while drive-in movies are enjoying a Renaissance?

One of the country's largest WWII reenactment events has become yet another casualty of this COVID-19 mess.

States and school districts around the country are making the move away from Columbus Day toward other commemorative events, and now Rockford schools will take a day off on Election Day instead.

When something shows up in the sky once every 7000 years or so, it's worth heading outside for a look. And, unlike most celestial events, this one has an extended viewing window.

One of the many things we've been missing during this COVID-19 mess is set to return to the Rock River this week, so let's go support them.

One of my favorite Discovery Center Museum memories is asking my wife and kids if we could just stay a little longer because I was having too much fun to leave.