Entertainment
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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.
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Elmhurst Choral Union presents two December performances of Handel’s ‘Messiah’Dec 02, 2025 11:51 pm - The Elmhurst Choral Union is hosting two performances of Handel's "Messiah" in December, featuring the famous "Hallelujah Chorus."
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‘From Stillness to Song’: United Methodist Church of Geneva hosts Christmas cantataDec 02, 2025 4:41 pm - The United Methodist Church of Geneva invites the community to its annual Christmas cantata on Dec. 14. The cantata, "From Stillness to Song: The Journey to Christmas," features classic carols accompanied by a 10-piece chamber orchestra.
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Cheers! Holiday experiences popping up at bars, restaurants around the suburbsDec 02, 2025 3:55 pm - If you’re looking to get in the holiday spirit, check out these creative pop-ups bringing cheer to the suburbs.
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‘Lightbreakers’ is a moving, inventive novel about physics, time and love
Dec 02, 2025 2:52 pm - The term “scientific fiction,” a subtle adjustment to science fiction, is often used to describe weighty literary novels about cutting-edge technologies and big ideas, and it’s an apt way to describe Aja Gabel’s riveting second novel, “Lightbreakers.”
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Handbell concert Dec. 12 at Des Plaines libraryDec 02, 2025 2:37 pm - A group called the Random Ringers will perform a holiday concert with handbells Dec. 12 at the Des Plaines Public Library.