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Giant trucks compete during the Monster Jam at Allstate Arena this weekend.

Best Bets: Monster Jam, Halloween scares, craft beers and Joffrey premieres ‘Carmen’

Monster Jam rolls into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, the new immersive haunted house Duchess Manor opens at The Arboretum, Elmhurst hosts the 10th Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest and The Joffrey Ballet premieres “Carmen.”

The Indian restaurant Indiyaana will become the next occupant of the banquet hall building at 1301 American Lane in Schaumburg when it opens later this fall.

Indian restaurant Indiyaana to be next occupant of Schaumburg banquet hall on American Lane

An Indian restaurant named Indiyaana is slated for a November opening at a Schaumburg dining spot that has housed four other restaurants over the past two decades.

Didi (Liz Larsen) forms an interesting bond with Cliff (Michael Strassner) just by chance in “The Baltimorons.”

Emergency dental work prompts an unlikely rom-com in ‘The Baltimorons’

“The Baltimorons” is one of those little movies you might stumble across and be surprised that it hooks you. It does so despite — or more likely because — of its complete lack of flashiness or any self-evident attempt to “hook you.” Instead, it manages that simply with low-key charm and a warm, unpretentious humanity.

Fright Fest brings the scares to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee starting Saturday, Sept. 13.

Things to do Sept. 12-18: Fright Fest, Des Plaines Fall Fest, Heritage Fest and more

Mark your calendar for Des Plaines Fall Fest, Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America, St. Charles Jazz Weekend, West Dundee Heritage Fest, Glow in the Park Lantern Walk, Revolutionary War Reenactment at Cantigny and more happening this week.

Adam Scott stars in Apple TV+’s “Severance,” which very well could win the best drama Emmy on Sunday.

Will anything stop ‘The Studio’ and ‘Severance’ at the Emmys? AP writers make their predictions

Sunday’s 77th Primetime Emmy Awards arrive with clear favorites but few sure things. Two Associated Press writers share their predictions in 10 top categories, along with a bonus pick.

JJ Niemann, center atop ottoman, plays teenage grifter Frank Abagnale Jr. and Nathaniel Stampley, right, plays Carl Hanratty, the FBI agent pursuing him in Marriott Theatre’s revival of “Catch Me If You Can,” based on the 2002 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks.

Strong cast, great design propels Marriott Theatre’s ‘Catch Me If You Can’

Marriott Theatre’s “Catch Me If You Can” is a well-cast, great-looking revival of a so-so show. That’s typical of the Lincolnshire theater, which has the ability to make even a middling musical entertaining.

Ellen Phelps, left, plays obsessed fan Annie Wilkes and Scott Phelps plays novelist Paul Sheldon in Citadel Theatre’s revival of “Misery.”

Spotlight: Citadel Theatre revives psychological thriller ‘Misery’

In the suburbs, Metropolis revives “Grease” and Citadel stages the thriller “Misery” while Chicago’s Remy Bumppo theatre presents the Chicago premiere of “Wish You Were Here.”