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Dining out: Blind wine tasting contest, new menus and moreApr 22, 2025 4:04 pm - Head to a Cooper’s Hawk restaurant for a blind wine tasting contest to be entered to win a prize, check out these new restaurant menus, and The Original Rainbow Cone is offering a Tuesday ice cream deal for its 100th birthday.
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount stages cirque-inspired ‘Cats’ revivalApr 22, 2025 4:03 pm - Aurora’s Paramount Theatre debuts its cirque-inspired revival of “Cats,” BrightSide Theatre stages a new adaptation of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the Metropolis rocks out with “Rock of Ages.”
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Naperville Writers Group names winners of high school writing contestApr 22, 2025 11:19 am - Naperville Writers Group announces high school writing contest winners in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction categories. Winners received cash prizes and publication.
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The Biz Week That Was: Alfresco dining a boon, video gambling expansion, and tariffs threatening higher solar costsApr 19, 2025 2:01 pm - From ‘ghost town’ to boom town: How Arlington Alfresco kept downtown thriving Their live music venue and gastropub shuttered by a pandemic, Arlington Heights busines...
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Thousands participate in annual Naperville Jaycees Great Egg Hunt despite rainApr 19, 2025 1:50 pm - The Naperville Jaycees Great Egg Hunt was a home run Saturday at Frontier Sports Complex.
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Downers Grove’s weeklong FoundersFest to highlight history and communityApr 17, 2025 2:41 pm - Downers Grove's FoundersFest 2025 has a packed schedule including golf, volunteering, Tivoli Theatre event with historian Ken Lerner, documentary premiere, architecture talk, family bike ride, and old-fashioned country fair.
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Dining out: 79-cent pork chop, restaurant weeks and moreApr 15, 2025 4:15 pm - Perry’s Steakhouse is offering social media followers a shot at a 79-cent pork chop lunch, while a pair of suburbs are prepping for upcoming restaurant weeks.
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Naperville leaders partner with woman’s club to ‘Drop Everything and Read’Apr 15, 2025 2:50 pm - On April 12, the Naperville Woman’s Club’s encouraged everyone to “Drop Everything & Read.” This date was chosen as it’s also the birthday of the beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary.
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Hop to it: It’s not too late to make reservations for Easter brunchApr 15, 2025 11:12 am - The clock is ticking if you want to make reservations for brunch on Easter Sunday. Here are some options that still might have availability.
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Lisle Heritage Society to host May 4 program on ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’Apr 14, 2025 9:53 pm - Lisle Heritage Society is hosting a talk on efforts by Robert Moses and Cardinal Spellman to display Michelangelo's Pietà at the 1964 World's Fair despite skepticism and challenges.