Entertainment
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Batavia’s Moose-a-Palooza brings back top acts to raise funds for Mooseheart childrenAug 18, 2025 12:06 pm - Batavia Moose Lodge's 8th annual music fest on Aug. 23 will feature bands like Jimmy Nick and Don’t Tell Mama, Jonny Lyons, Joliet Jakes, and Ivy Ford to support Mooseheart Child City and School.
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Cable’s MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of corporate divorce from NBC
Aug 18, 2025 11:50 am - Television’s MSNBC news network is changing its name to My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short, as part of its corporate divorce from NBC.
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60 artists to paint outdoors at St. Charles’ Plein Air Event Aug. 18-24
Aug 18, 2025 10:49 am - Plein air painters from across the country are coming to St. Charles Aug. 18-24 to capture scenic landscapes. The weeklong event features 60 artists painting outdoors and engaging the community through contests, talks, and an art sale.
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Celebrate Summer’s Last Hurrah! with Elgin Rotary ClubAug 18, 2025 1:59 am - The Rotary Club of Elgin hosts a free, family-friendly end-of-summer celebration on Sept. 6 featuring live music, kids activities, craft fair, pet parade, food trucks, and raffle.
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Heirloom varieties take center stage at Garfield Farm Museum’s annual showAug 17, 2025 10:28 pm - Garfield Farm Museum's Heirloom Garden Show on Sunday, Aug. 24, will feature tours, prairie plot, and growers of antique produce varieties working to preserve genetic diversity.
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‘Bigger and more beautiful’: Wheaton coffee house owner opens The Kilns downtownAug 17, 2025 9:00 pm - The owner of a bustling coffee shop in downtown Wheaton has unveiled The Kilns, a new co-working and social house named after the home of “The Chronicles of Narnia” author C.S. Lewis.
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‘Weapons’ maintains top spot during second weekend, scaring off newcomer ‘Nobody 2’
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Cybersecurity expert turned restaurateur brings Culture Shock to dinersAug 17, 2025 8:42 am - Culture Shock, a restaurant featuring a variety of cuisines, is planning to open in Glen Ellyn in October.
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Fan Expo Chicago returns to Rosemont with cosplay, characters, comicsAug 16, 2025 5:44 pm - Lovers of cosplay, sci-fi, horror, anime, comics, gaming and pop culture descended upon the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont this weekend for Fan Expo Chicago 2025.
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Classic Albums Live brings Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ to the HemmensAug 15, 2025 4:51 pm - On Oct. 4, Classic Albums Live will perform Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours" album in its entirety, followed by a second set of the band's greatest hits, at Elgin's Hemmens Cultural Center.