Entertainment
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Best bets: Immersive Wondra opens at Woodfield and 312 Comedy Fest returnsOct 28, 2025 4:48 pm - The immersive, nature-centered Wondra opens at Schaumburg’s Woodfield Mall, Rosemont hosts Halloween revelers, the New Philharmonic performs classical music by candlelight in Glen Ellyn and Chicago’s Lyric Opera stages a double bill set in Sicily.
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Gish Jen’s ‘Bad Bad Girl’ recasts a fraught relationship
Oct 28, 2025 12:52 pm - Gish Jen knows from judgmental mothers. Her new novel, “Bad Bad Girl,” is two books in one: the first half an imagined account of her mother’s early years in Shanghai and the United States, and the second Jen’s own fictionalized memoir, framed by her signature intellect and hilarity.
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Things to do Oct. 31 to Nov. 6: Halloween and Dia de Muertos events, the 312 Comedy Festival and moreOct 28, 2025 12:16 pm - Make plans for Halloween events and trick-or-treating throughout the suburbs; Dia de Muertos events in Highland Park, Waukegan and Naperville; the 312 Comedy Fest in Chicago and more.
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Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 93
Oct 28, 2025 10:56 am - Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had lived with dementia for many years.
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A newly discovered Dr. Seuss manuscript will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary
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Kelsey Grammer, 70, announces the birth of his 8th child: ‘Isn’t that lovely?’
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Spotlight: ‘Amadeus’ at Steppenwolf, ‘Million Dollar Quartet Christmas’ at MarriottOct 28, 2025 10:10 am - Steppenwolf Theatre revives Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” Marriott Theatre jump-starts the holiday theater season with “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” and Chicago’s Artistic Home revives Tracy Letts’ “Superior Donuts” this week.
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‘It just made sense’: Sweetchilango in Wheaton to get a refresh as Bien TruchaOct 28, 2025 8:45 am - Sweetchilango, a fast-casual Mexican eatery in Wheaton, will close Saturday and rebrand as the second Bien Trucha, its sister restaurant in Geneva.
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Naperville Writers Group launches ‘Rivulets 37’Oct 27, 2025 10:41 pm - The Naperville Writers Group, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting local writers since 1987 celebrated the release of “Rivulets 37,” its annual literary anthology, on Saturday, Oct. 25, at the Naperville 95th Street Library.
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Judd Apatow welcomes us into his comedic life with the illuminating scrapbook memoir ‘Comedy Nerd’