Entertainment
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Goodly Creatures returns this summer with Shakespeare’s ‘Much Ado About Nothing’Jun 12, 2025 11:54 pm - This summer, Goodly Creature brings the hilarious romantic comedy by Shakespeare to Geneva, Elgin, Schaumburg and Elgin.
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Dakota Johnson, Celine Song on love, dating and ‘Materialists’
Jun 12, 2025 9:33 pm - Filmmaker Celine Song and actress Dakota Johnson discuss how the dating scene works in real life and in movies in the modern-day love story “Materialists.”
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Symposium explores Lincoln's early love, career, and legacy in ChicagoJun 12, 2025 4:40 pm - The Abraham Lincoln Association is hosting a June 21 symposium at Cantigny Park in Wheaton with renowned scholars speaking on various aspects of Lincoln's life and legacy. It’s free and open to the public, with registration.
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Naperville’s Block 59 dining district to welcome the Cheesecake Factory June 17Jun 12, 2025 2:38 pm - Attention cheesecake fans: The Cheesecake Factory has announced that it’s opening a restaurant at Block 59 in Naperville next week.
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Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announces new artistic leadershipJun 12, 2025 2:07 pm - A year after longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble managing artistic director Connie Canaday Howard stepped down, the company named Gus Menary, co-founder of Jackalope Theatre, an off-Loop Chicago company, as the new managing artistic director. Canady Howard retired last year.
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Geneva author turns real school headlines into poignant fictionJun 12, 2025 2:00 pm - Ellen Jo Ljung draws on real-life tensions pushing teachers out of classrooms to pen timely fiction debut "Caught in the Crossfire.
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Sudden closing of Emmett’s Brewing Co. in Downers Grove surprises longtime customers
Jun 12, 2025 11:28 am - A Downers Grove restaurant quietly closed its doors on June 1, a move that came as a bit of a surprise to its staff and longtime loyal customers.
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Macy’s Fourth of July show to feature Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Lenny Kravitz
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Dua Lipa confirms engagement to actor Callum Turner
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Strong groove, word-of-mouth, deliver veteran band Dispatch to RaviniaJun 12, 2025 7:29 am - Dispatch, which has built a considerable following over a 30-year career almost entirely by word of mouth, comes to the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on Saturday, June 21.