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“Dhaba on Devon,” Madhuri Shekar's play about family, legacy and family legacy, premieres at Writers Theatre in collaboration with TimeLine Theatre.

Spotlight: Writers, TimeLine theaters premiere the Chicago-set ‘Dhaba on Devon’

This week in suburban theater, Writers and TimeLine team up for the world premiere of the family dramedy “Dhaba on Devon,” MadKap Productions revives “Forever Plaid.”

Rosemont has purchased — but soon plans to sell to a developer — this property at 6400 Shafer Court, as part of a master plan to build restaurants on the former village hall site next door.

Former Rosemont village hall to be torn down for new restaurants near Rivers Casino

Rosemont’s former village hall will be demolished with an eye toward development of a restaurant campus across the street from Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.

“Murder Takes a Vacation” by Laura Lippman.

Book Review: An aging widow’s European river cruise turns deadly in ‘Murder Takes a Vacation’

Muriel Blossom began her fictional career as a minor character in 2008, serving as an assistant to private detective Tess Monaghan, the protagonist in 12 of Laura Lippman’s fine crime novels. In “Murder Takes a Vacation,” Mrs. Blossom, as she is always called, gets her star turn.

Darlene Benton sings “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during last year’s Juneteenth Festival in Woodstock. This year’s event will be Saturday, June 21, at the Center for the Arts in Woodstock.

Suburbs honor Juneteenth with celebrations, festivals

Juneteenth is celebrated every year on June 19 to commemorate the end of slavery in the United States. Here are a few of the events planned to celebrate the day in the suburbs.

“The Ballad of Wallis Island,” left, the documentary “Sally,” and the series “Outrageous” start streaming this week.

What to stream: ‘The Gilded Age,’ Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs

Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone's sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court Monday.

Doctor who supplied ketamine to Matthew Perry and called him a ‘moron’ will plead guilty

A doctor charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the month leading up to the “Friends” star’s overdose death will plead guilty, according to an agreement filed in court Monday.

Stephen King, left, and Mike Flanagan at the premiere of “The Life of Chuck” during the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 6, 2024.

Stephen King on ‘The Life of Chuck,’ the end of the world and, yes, joy

For half a century, since Brian De Palma’s 1976 film “Carrie,” Hollywood has turned, and turned again, to Stephen King’s books for their richness of character, nightmare and sheer entertainment.