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Shining bright: Holiday tree lightings around the suburbsNov 19, 2025 12:48 pm - A community tree lighting is a great way to kick off the holidays. Here’s where they are happening around the suburbs.
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Best Bets: Dazzling light displays usher in the holiday seasonNov 18, 2025 1:56 pm - Christmas at Cantigny, Chicago’s Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival and Light Up the Park in Rosemont welcome the holidays, and Smashing Pumpkins co-founder Billy Corgan brings “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” to the Lyric Opera.
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Dining out: National Sandwich Day, Thanksgiving pizza, spooky cocktails and moreOct 28, 2025 4:51 pm - National Sandwich Day is Monday, plus Frato’s Thanksgiving turkey pizza returns and Shaw’s in Schaumburg is celebrating 25 years with 25 days of specials in November.
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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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Best Bets: ‘Forbidden Forest’ welcomes Harry Potter fans and Naper Settlement celebrates OktoberfestOct 01, 2025 9:41 am - “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” thrills fans starting this weekend, Naper Settlement hosts Oktoberfest, Karen Mason headlines a special tribute to Davenport’s at the Skokie Theatre, and “Carmina Burana” comes to the MAC.
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Spotlight: Jenna Fischer, Francis Guinan star in ‘Ashland Avenue’ premiere at GoodmanSep 03, 2025 9:10 am - Productions of new plays dominate the fall theater season, which includes world premieres at Goodman, Steppenwolf, Lifeline, and other suburban and Chicago theaters.
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Spotlight: Tony Award-winning ‘Parade’ plays CIBC TheatreJul 29, 2025 11:48 am - The national tour of the 2023 Tony Award-winning musical “Parade” plays Chicago’s CIBC Theatre. Meanwhile in Skokie, Music Theater Works revives the beloved “Fiddler on the Roof.”
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Niko Kapetan of Friko curates local indie rock lineup for Santa for a Day benefit at SPACEJun 09, 2025 6:05 pm - Rising indie star Niko Kapetan brings fellow Chicago musicians Jason Narducy, Neptune's Core, and Chaepter together for the Santa for a Day charity's Christmas in July benefit concert in Evanston on July 10.
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Theo’s ‘Diana’ a tribute to beloved artistic directorJun 04, 2025 9:09 am - Brenda Didier, co-director/choreographer of Theo’s regional premiere of “Diana: The Musical,” suspected the show might be co-director Fred Anzevino’s last. It was, as the longtime Chicago-area theater veteran died April 28, days after rehearsals began. Didier and the creative team and cast proceeded with the show in his honor.