Arlington Heights Entertainment
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Stage frights: Halloween shows dominate Chicago-area stagesOct 17, 2025 9:35 am - This Halloween, suburban and Chicago theaters are serving up thrills, chills and chuckles, including tales of mad scientists, drunken vampires, terrorized wives, imperiled puppets and plucky farm animals.
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MCC’s Black Box Theatre to present ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’Oct 15, 2025 11:54 am - The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College is proud to announce its fall 2025 production of “Arsenic and Old Lace” by Joseph Kesselring, directed by Jay Geller.
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‘Comets’ soars to victory in Hey Nonny songwriting contestOct 15, 2025 11:22 am - Emily Barnes won the Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest with her song “Comets,” earning $1,000 and a performance slot at the Arlington Heights listening room.
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Spotlight: Metropolis extends ‘Grease,’ Music Theater Works revives ‘Godspell’Oct 14, 2025 5:00 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre extends its hit revival of “Grease,” Music Theater Works stages the1970 tuner “Godspell,” and Theatre Y hosts a free site-specific theater piece in Chicago.
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Ink and drink: Martini Room in Elgin hosts first flash tattoo eventOct 13, 2025 3:29 pm - Martini Room in Elgin held an unusual event last week. It hosted three local tattoo artists who gave flash tattoos to customers.
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Brotherhood of Harmony to offer free singing lessonsOct 13, 2025 10:45 am - The Brotherhood of Harmony is offering a free five-week program of singing and voice lessons beginning Oct. 23 in Palatine.
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Getting the band back together: Garage rockers from St. Viator to perform in suburbs for first time since ’60sOct 12, 2025 7:10 pm - The Huns — a garage band that formed at St. Viator High School in the 1960s — is reuniting and performing publicly for the first time since their teenage years.
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Scarecrow building, pumpkin decorating draw families to Autumn Harvest festOct 11, 2025 3:36 pm - A scarecrow-building contest was among the highlights of the four-hourlong annual Autumn Harvest festival Saturday at North School Park in Arlington Heights.
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for September 2025Oct 09, 2025 9:16 am - The winning entries in the Daily Herald’s amateur photo contest for September range from graceful egrets to tenacious porcupines.
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Arlington Heights library transforms for Met Gala-inspired ‘One Book, One Gala’Oct 08, 2025 5:55 pm - The Arlington Heights Memorial Library hosted a "One Book, One Gala" event inspired by the Met Gala to celebrate this year's "One Book, One Village" selection, "The Stolen Queen" by Fiona Davis.