Entertainment Stories from July 21, 2025 (Change date)
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Sweet Basil Cafe in Hanover Park abruptly closes, leaving chain’s last location in SkokieJul 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Sweet Basil Cafe opened its seventh Illinois location in Hanover Park 15 months ago, but with its recent abrupt closure only one in Skokie remains.
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Billy Joel says he's 'OK' after receiving brain disorder diagnosisJul 21, 2025 4:16 pm - Billy Joel is doing much better, the “Piano Man” singer wants fans to know. In May, Joel canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.”
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel are marriedJul 21, 2025 3:46 pm - Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel have tied the knot. A representative for Daniel confirmed to The Associated Press that the pair married over the weekend.
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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowningJul 21, 2025 1:25 pm - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died...
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Lombard Historical Society hosting Victorian-themed garden partyJul 21, 2025 1:05 pm - The Lombard Historical Society is hosting a Victorian Garden Tea Party on July 26 featuring summertime refreshments, Victorian games, and crafts.
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The ‘best breakfast burritos’: Guzman y Gomez plans second Naperville restaurant, opens latest in Des PlainesJul 21, 2025 11:26 am - With a mission to “reinvent fast food,” Guzman y Gomez continues to introduce suburbanites to its version of made-to-order burritos and bowls with a new restaurant in Des Plaines and another planned for Naperville’s Route 59 corridor.
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Geneva artist gifts mosaic to the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in ChicagoJul 21, 2025 11:19 am - On Wednesday, July 23, Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in Chicago will unveil a 1,000-piece mosaic of the first millennial saint by Geneva artist Johnny Vrba who gifted similar artwork to the Vatican.
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Things to do July 25-31: Lake, DuPage and McHenry County Fairs, Long Grove Vintage Days, Lollapalooza and moreJul 21, 2025 10:58 am - Mark your calendar for the Lake, DuPage and McHenry County Fairs, Long Grove Vintage Days, Northbrook Days, Lollapalooza and more happening this week.
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra, music director earn top honors from Illinois Council of OrchestrasJul 21, 2025 10:45 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra was chosen as Professional Orchestra of the Year and music director Chad Goodman was named Conductor of the Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras.
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