The theater first opened in 1916 as Kerasotes Theater - a spot for Vaudeville acts in central Illinois before changing hands several times, and landing in the hands of the Huston family since 1999.

Why it matters: When the theater, which had been operated by Chicago-based Kerasotes Theaters, closed this summer, it left a huge swath of the South Side without a nearby movie house. The latest ...

Tony Kerasotes, executive chairman of Kerasotes Showplace Theatres, is asking a little under $2.9 million for the three-bedroom unit on Oak Street. Rosalie Buckingham, a cousin of the famous ...