Meet Chicago Northwest’s annual Chicago Northwest Restaurant Week will take place Friday, Feb. 27, through Sunday, March 8.
The latest season of “Drive to Survive” will also be available to U.S. viewers on Apple TV as part of a collaboration with Netflix.
Schaumburg trustees have approved the new restaurant Ahaar Indian Kitchen and Bar to occupy the former site of Deerfields Bakery just south of Phat Phat Chinese Eatery in the village’s historic district.
Meet Chicago Northwest and Rosemont host restaurant weeks, bubble tea purveyor Gong cha has added soup to the menu, Fry the Coop now offers wings and more.
Make plans to see Trinity Irish Dance at The Auditorium, Chris Kattan at Austin’s Fuel Room, the Northern Illinois Boat Show at the Lake County Fairgrounds, Joffrey Ballet’s “American Icons” and more.
In “Freedom Lost, Freedom Won,” Eugene Robinson writes that his great-grandfather John Hammond Fordham was probably among the crowd on Feb. 18 and watched in awe as history unfolded before his 11-year-old eyes. “Everything I know about him,” Robinson writes, “tells me that he watched those Black victors march into town and saw a bright and limitless future.”
Jessica Chastain takes on one of her most daring roles in “Dreams,” a torrid erotic thriller about power, obsession, art and immigration. She plays a San Francisco socialite entangled in a tempestuous affair with a talented Mexican ballet dancer, played by Isaac Hernández.