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Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre puts out call for plays for its sixth annual ‘8 to the Bar’ festival

By Sharon Bopp, GreenMan Theatre Troupe
Nov 11, 2025 3:42 pm - GreenMan Theatre Troupe has selected “Lights! Camera! Action!” as the prompt for its sixth annual play festival of eight 10-minute plays — “8 to the Bar” — to be performed July 2026 in Villa Park, Ill.
Performing live never gets old for Grand Funk Railroad playing Rivers Casino Saturday

By Dave Oberhelman
Nov 11, 2025 2:14 pm - He’s played it a million times, but Grand Funk Railroad’s Don Brewer never tires of performing “We’re an American Band.” “I get a charge when I see the audience get up on their feet and they’re all having a good time.” The band headlines Rivers Casino Des Plaines Saturday, Nov. 15.
Ready for his closeup: Suburban middle schooler makes big-screen debut with Glen Powell in ‘Running Man’ remake

By Michelle Meyer
Nov 11, 2025 2:05 pm - Crystal Lake middle school student Mason Houltram, 12, will be making his debut on the silver screen this week, playing the role of “kid on train” in a remake of the iconic 1987 film “The Running Man.”
Island Lake’s 3D Sideouts has intergenerational appeal

By Shaw Local News Network
Nov 11, 2025 1:56 pm - The 3D Sideouts Sports Tavern at 4018 W. Roberts Road in Island Lake offers seasonal pro sports matches available to watch on about 30 indoor and outdoor TVs.
Everything you need to know about the 2025 Latin Grammy Awards

By MARIA SHERMAN
Nov 11, 2025 12:50 pm - Here’s what you need to know about watching the 2025 Latin Grammys, including how to stream and where you can see music’s biggest stars walking the red carpet.
Founding Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley died from injuries suffered in fall, autopsy shows

Nov 11, 2025 12:20 pm - Ace Frehley, the original lead guitarist and founding member of the glam rock band Kiss, died from blunt force injuries to the head that he suffered in a fall earlier this year, an autopsy has determined.
Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination for ‘Anna,’ dies at age 84

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 11, 2025 12:05 pm - Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died. She was 84.
Best Bets: Illumination: Tree Lights at Morton Arboretum and Lightscape at Chicago Botanic Garden

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 11, 2025 11:20 am - Let there be light as Illumination: Tree Lights returns to Morton Arboretum in Lisle and Lightscape opens at Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe. Plus, Steve Cochran and friends perform stand-up in Aurora, and Metropolis hosts “Let’s Hang On: A Rock ’N Soul Party.”
Things to do Nov. 14-20: Reindeer Run at Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Grand Kyiv Ballet’s ‘The Nutcracker’ and more

By Luke Zurawski
Nov 11, 2025 10:40 am - Make plans for Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Reindeer Run, “Swan Lake” at Waukegan’s Genesee, IllumiBrew at Morton Arboretum, the Grand Kyiv Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago and more.
Writer David Szalay wins prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his earthy novel ‘Flesh’

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 11, 2025 8:04 am - Canadian-Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize for fiction on Monday for “Flesh,” the story of one man’s life from working-class origins in Hungary to mega-wealth in Britain, in which what isn’t on the page is just as important as what is.

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