Fireworks don't quit for folks at Navy Pier
Families who didn't get enough of fireworks on Independence Day can head to Navy Pier tonight for the weekly fireworks show, plus the treasure trove of ongoing free family activities there. For kids, the entertainment is pier pleasure with a variety of costumed strolling performers wandering around the pier, often stopping to talk with children, perform and pose for photographs.

Coming: Malfoy's malicious turn
The next ''Harry Potter'' film will face a unique situation: It arrives more than a year after the completion of the literary saga. (The seventh and final book, Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows, was published last summer.) The big-screen versions, the filmmakers realize, now have to be separate entities.

Teddy Geiger letting fans guide new album
Teen rocker Teddy Geiger is in the midst of determining tracks for his next album -- but in a very different way. He's launched a survey at his Web site called TG33, which allows fans to listen to the 33 songs he's worked on for the set and vote for them, either outright or by buying individual song downloads.