Arlington Heights Entertainment
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Best Bets: Halloween events, Frank Caliendo at Paramount, Ailey II at The MACOct 22, 2025 8:10 am - It’s a jam-packed weekend, with Howlin’ at the Moon in Naperville, master impressionist and comedian Frank Caliendo at the Paramount, Sons of the Never Wrong in Evanston and Ailey II at The Mac.
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Halloween trick-or-treat times in the suburbsOct 22, 2025 8:06 am - Halloween is on Friday, Oct. 31, and many communities have set trick-or-treating hours. Some towns also are hosting downtown trick-or-treating events.
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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.