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The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe host Lightscape Nov. 13 through Jan. 3. (Erin Hooley/AP)

Things to do Nov. 13-19: Lightscape, Ana Gasteyer’s ‘Holiday Spectacular,’ Illumination and more

Mark your calendar for Lightscape at the Chicago Botanic Garden, Holiday Tree Lighting at The Arb in South Barrington, Ana Gasteyer’s “Sugar & Booze Holiday Spectacular” at Cahn Auditorium in Evanston, Nikki Glaser at the Chicago Theatre, Illumination at the Morton Arboretum and more this week.

“Christmas at the Zoo,” a holiday rom-com partially shot in Libertyville last December, is making its free streaming debut on Tubi beginning Tuesday. It’ll also be available to rent or purchase on Apple TV and Prime Video. (Very Merry Entertainment)

Libertyville gets its close-up as ‘Christmas at the Zoo’ movie premieres Tuesday

Libertyville businesses and residents play supporting roles in another holiday romance movie premiering Tuesday.

“Solace In Winter” by Mary Lawson is Oprah Winfrey’s latest book club pick. (Penguin Random House via AP)

Oprah Winfrey names Mary Lawson’s ‘Solace in Winter’ as her new book club pick

Oprah Winfrey's new book club pick is an acclaimed Canadian author’s novel about a small community in the late 1960s that’s upended by a young American who has crossed the border to flee the Vietnam War draft.

Larry Phillips makes a presentation at Stop The Insanity ― Part 1 at Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago. Phillips is hosting the 10th edition of his event featuring music and presentations about mental health awareness on Saturday, Nov. 14, at RocHaus in West Dundee. (Rob Haberman)

‘Back into the light’: Stop The Insanity concert celebrates 10 years of combining music and mental health awareness

Larry Phillips, who conceived the Stop The Insanity concert/mental health awareness event now in its 10th year, wants people to know three things about mental health struggles: Remember to forget, it is OK not to be OK, and there is strength in recovery. This year’s event is Nov. 14 at RocHaus in West Dundee.

“Same Old Way,” left, by Randy Travis, “Carnaval De Luz” by U2 and “Pirouette” by 2hollis start streaming this week. (Warner Records Nashville/Island Records/Interscope Records via AP)

What to stream: U2, ‘Misty Green,’ ‘The Chosen’ and Randy Travis

U2’s new album and Chris Rock’s latest film are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

M. John Harrison, author of “The End of Everything” holds the Booker Prize during the Booker Prize 2026 ceremony at Old Billingsgate in London, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

‘The End of Everything’ by M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction

British writer M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “The End of Everything,” a satirical dystopian novel whose themes of “catastrophe and apocalypse” chime with our uneasy times.

Television Q&A: Does anyone have a prescription for old episodes of ‘Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman’?

Q: I would like to know if any networks would be showing the wonderful series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” with Jane Seymour and Joe Lando.