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‘Vivid creatures’ will be taking over Morton Aboretum next yearOct 30, 2024 8:08 am - First a family of trolls settled into the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Then more humanlike characters, Mother Earth types, began to populate areas of the grounds. A new gro...
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New Philharmonic celebrates the legacy of John Williams with famous film scoresOct 29, 2024 10:27 pm - “I don’t make a particular distinction between ‘high art’ and ‘low art.’ Music is there for everybody. It’s a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sus...
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Naperville Chorus, Pete Ellman Big Band to go ‘Swingin’ into Christmas’Oct 29, 2024 7:57 pm - Tickets are now available for the Naperville Chorus’s holiday concert, “Swingin’ into Christmas with the Pete Ellman Big Band,” featuring both foot-tapping jazz and traditional arrangements of seasonal music.
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‘Magical experience’: Naperville actor revisits ‘Into the Woods,’ which sparked his passion for theaterOct 29, 2024 4:57 pm - “Into the Woods,” the musical based on Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, has always loomed large in Shea Hopkins’ life. Now the Naperville resident is playing Cinderella’s prince (and the wolf) in Kokandy Productions’ revival.
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COD launches Great Read Series events featuring ‘Gods of Jade and Shadow'Oct 28, 2024 2:54 pm - College of DuPage is launching the Great Read Series this fall with a series of free events inspired by Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Gods of Jade and Shadow,” culminating with a talk and book signing by the author on Monday, Oct. 28.
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DuPage Symphony Orchestra to host free open rehearsal Nov. 14Oct 23, 2024 4:00 pm - The DuPage Symphony Orchestra invites the community to experience a special behind-the-scenes look at a classical music performance during a free open rehearsal on Thursday, Nov. 14.
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Taco time: Fat Rosie’s to open this week in RosemontOct 23, 2024 11:33 am - It’s taco time in Rosemont as Fat Rosie’s Taco and Tequila Bar opened this week in Parkway Bank Park, taking over the space once occupied by Park Tavern.
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DuPage Symphony brings the magic of the Nordic soundscapes to Wentz Concert Hall Nov. 16Oct 22, 2024 11:09 pm - The DuPage Symphony Orchestra’s next concert will be a “Scandinavian Showcase” on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Wentz Concert Hall in Naperville.
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Adults only Halloween bash, ‘Howlin’ at the Moon,’ returns to Naper Settlement Oct. 25-26Oct 22, 2024 10:11 pm - Experience thrilling performances, activities, and live music from nationally recognized musicians at Naper Settlement’s annual “Howlin’ at the Moon, a Halloween bash for age 21 or older, on Oct. 25-26.
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Downers Grove church to show ‘The Philadelphia Eleven’ about the first 11 women priestsOct 22, 2024 8:08 pm - Women in many parts of the Christian church continue a struggle for full inclusion in the sacraments and leadership of the church, a struggle that some women started 50 years ago.