Entertainment Stories from December 9, 2025 (Change date)
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Naperville Chorus and Pete Ellman Big Band present ‘Christmas with a Flourish’Dec 09, 2025 10:29 pm - The Naperville Chorus will present "Christmas with a Flourish" featuring jazz and traditional holiday music along with Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols."
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Seasonal sips: Suburban bars and restaurants offer up festive holiday cocktailsDec 09, 2025 3:38 pm - Many suburban bars and restaurants have added some holiday spirit to their spirits, offering special cocktails for you to enjoy with friends and family in between the hustle and bustle of the season.
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The end of the lunch bowl era? Chipotle, Sweetgreen, Cava are struggling as customers turn to sandwiches and tacosDec 09, 2025 1:29 pm - Americans are increasingly over the “slop bowl.” Chipotle, Sweetgreen and Cava — once stars of the restaurant industry — are struggling as diners tire of all those pick-your-own ingredients piled atop rice or greens. Instead, lunchgoers are choosing offerings with more texture, like sandwiches and tacos, that fill them up and often cost less.
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Dining out: Kyuramen opens in Naperville, beers with Santa, Hanukkah dining and moreDec 09, 2025 10:50 am - Warm up with a steaming bowl of ramen at the new Kyuramen in Naperville, or grab a beer or brunch with Santa at Tapville Social. Plus, some suburban restaurants are offering Hanukkah dining specials Dec. 14-22.
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Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of The Mavericks, has died at age 60Dec 09, 2025 9:26 am - Raul Malo, the soulful tenor and frontman of the genre-defying, Grammy-winning band The Mavericks, has died. He was 60.
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Spotlight: ‘Annie’ opens at Music Theater Works and Second City comes to the MetropolisDec 09, 2025 9:10 am - Music Theater Works revives “Annie,” Metropolis Performing Arts Centre hosts Second City’s “Jack Frost Roasting on an Open Fire,” and Manual Cinema stages its unique interpretation of “A Christmas Carol” at Chicago’s Studebaker Theater.
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Golden Globes enter the world of podcasts and tread carefully, avoiding controversyDec 09, 2025 6:53 am - The Golden Globes this year introduced a best podcast category and, predictably, the nominees announced Monday will get people talking.
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California man marks his 15,000th spin on Disneyland’s ‘Cars’ rideDec 09, 2025 6:42 am - For a Disneyland enthusiast who marked his 15,000th spin Monday on an auto-racing attraction inspired by the animated film “Cars,” it’s not about winning. It’s about the ride.
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