Entertainment
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Hinsdale Hallelujah concert features Handel’s ‘Messiah’ and Mozart concertoDec 03, 2025 12:06 pm - A new nonprofit, Musical Arts of Greater Chicago, is establishing Hinsdale as a classical music hub. They are presenting a free concert featuring Handel's Messiah and Mozart's Coronation Concerto on Dec. 6.
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Hanover Township to host Cookies & Cocoa with Santa Dec. 12Dec 03, 2025 12:01 pm - The community is invited to attend Hanover Township’s Cookies and Cocoa with Santa from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12 at the Izaak Walton Youth Center, 899 Jay St. in Elgin.
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38th annual Dickens in Dundee ushers in holiday festivitiesDec 03, 2025 11:08 am - The annual Dickens in Dundee festival kicks off the Christmas season with tree lighting ceremonies, living windows, visits with Santa, and entertainment in both East and West Dundee.
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Axiom Brass brings holiday cheer to Chamber Music on the FoxDec 03, 2025 10:16 am - Axiom Brass, a renowned Chicago-based brass ensemble, is set to bring holiday cheer with their festive concerts in Woodstock, Aurora and Elgin.
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Lombard rings in the holidays with Jingle Bell JubileeDec 03, 2025 9:51 am - The Lombard Jingle Bell Jubilee on Dec. 6 features various holiday events hosted by local organizations, including a Victorian Christmas, Cookie Walk, caroling, tree lighting, and concerts.
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Best Bets: ‘Nutcracker’ ballets, ‘Home for the Holidays’ and Winter WonderFestDec 03, 2025 9:44 am - The Joffrey and Salt Creek ballet companies remount “The Nutcracker,” Winter WonderFest returns to Chicago’s Navy Pier, and Ruben Studdard, Peabo Bryson and Sheena Easton headline the “Home for the Holidays” concert at the Genesee Theatre.
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Spotify Wrapped 2025: Bad Bunny has dethroned Taylor Swift as most-streamed artist
Dec 03, 2025 7:40 am - Spotify Wrapped is here! And Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has been named its most-played artist for a fourth time, dethroning Taylor Swift.
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Holiday movies, and moms, deserve better than ‘Oh. What. Fun.’
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Dining out: New spicy sub at Jersey Mike’s, themed dinners, shiitake mushroom tacos and moreDec 03, 2025 6:34 am - Jersey Mike’s Subs has deemed Chicago as a test market for the new “Mike’s Hot Italian.” Plus, there’s a wine dinner at Mockingbird in East Dundee, a 1960s-dinner-party-themed gathering at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights and more.
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Gary UMC in Wheaton to present ‘Lessons & Carols’ on Dec. 14Dec 03, 2025 12:41 am - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will host a special "Lessons & Carols" service on Dec. 14, featuring music, Scripture readings, and reflections on the birth of Jesus Christ.