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From Nordic landscapes to Record Row: Chicago a cappella reveals diverse 2026-27 concert seasonSep 14, 2026 9:54 pm - Chicago a cappella’s 2026-27 season features three concert programs: “Northern Lights” in October, the annual “Holidays a cappella” in December, and “Record Row” in spring celebrating Chicago’s South Michigan Avenue recording studios. The ensemble will perform at various venues in Naperville, Oak Park, Evanston, and Chicago.
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Soul & Smoke opens flagship with acclaimed barbecue and new fine dining dishesSep 08, 2026 3:43 pm - Soul and Smoke, best known for its critically acclaimed American soul food and barbecue, has finally opened a long-awaited flagship in Evanston, inspired by roots in the South Side and, perhaps more surprisingly, molecular gastronomy.
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Fall theater preview: Plenty of intriguing musicals and plays coming to suburban, Chicago stagesSep 01, 2026 9:57 am - World and regional premieres are among the productions scheduled to run on suburban and Chicago stages this fall.
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Osteria Trulli brings taste of Puglia, a top tourist destination, to the suburbsAug 28, 2026 9:41 am - For 10 years Osteria Trulli, from chef and owner Giovanni DeNigris, has been the only area restaurant to specialize in the cuisine of Puglia, the sun-drenched coastal region on the southeastern most part of Italy where he grew up.
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Investigators exploring new lead in 1992 abduction, murder of studentAug 23, 2026 9:50 am - More than three decades after a college student was kidnapped and murdered while driving along an Illinois highway, state police said Sunday they are exploring a new lead in the case.
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Four pioneering women come to life in GreenMan Theatre’s ‘History of Her’ performancesAug 13, 2026 11:22 am - GreenMan Theatre Storytellers will present "History of Her" on Aug. 21 and 23 in Elmhurst, featuring costumed biographical monologues of four influential Chicago-area women: Bertha Honoré Palmer, Audrey Wagner, Frances Willard and Jane Addams.
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Northlight Theatre cuts a fresh ribbon in its former Evanston hometownAug 11, 2026 5:22 pm - Northlight Theatre, long of Skokie, has had a date with Evanston from its beginning. It’s a relationship officially re-consummated last month as Northlight cut the ribbon on its new, $33 million theater, built from the ground up in downtown Evanston.
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Best Bets: Cedric the Entertainer headlines Aurora’s ParamountAug 04, 2026 5:29 pm - Cedric the Entertainer brings the laughs to Aurora’s Paramount Theatre, the Lowrider Chicago Classic Supershow rolls into the Donald E. Stephens Center in Rosemont, and the Flamenco Quartet Project dances into Evanston’s Space.
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Body of missing man found on Des Plaines River shoreline identifiedAug 04, 2026 3:34 pm - A missing man whose body was recovered Friday evening along the shoreline of the Des Plaines River near West Oak Spring Road in Libertyville has been identified as Julian Newman, 30, of Evanston. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that he drowned.
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Spotlight: Zanies Rosemont hosts all-Spanish show and debuts weekly Roast BattleJul 21, 2026 12:06 pm - Comedian Led Varela headlines an all-Spanish show at Zanies Rosemont, and the venue debuts the new weekly insult comedy show Roast Battle Rosemont. Plus, Broadway in Chicago hosts national tours of “The Notebook” and “The Outsiders.”
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