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Dining out: BOGO Rainbow Cone for Sweetest Day, fall cocktails, Wicked dinner and moreOct 14, 2025 1:50 pm - Saturday is Sweetest Day and you can grab a BOGO sliced cone from The Original Rainbow Cone locations in the suburbs. We also have a pair of Orin Swift wine dinners, fall cocktails in Oak Brook, a Wicked-cocktail dinner at Bonefish Grill and more.
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Gurnee Parks to hold 3rd annual Halloween Fall Fest Oct. 11Oct 08, 2025 11:16 am - Gurnee Park District, in partnership with the village of Gurnee, will hold its third annual Halloween Fall Fest from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, at Hunt Club Park and inside Hunt Club Park Community Center.
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Wanna see something really scary? Suburban haunted attractions deliver thrills, chills this HalloweenOct 02, 2025 1:25 pm - “We’re the one and only outdoor scream park,” says Grayslake resident Jason Wright about his haunted venue American Nightmare Scream Park opening this weekend in Spring Grove. “It’s something nobody has done in the Chicago area.”
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How father, son with autism bonded through riding roller coastersSep 26, 2025 2:30 am - Tom Callsen and son Thomas, who has autism, have ridden 471 different roller coasters across the United States over the past 20 years, finding joy in the physical thrill and bonding experience.
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Best Bets: Virtual reality EXP opens, Cirque Italia extravaganza and moreSep 24, 2025 8:51 am - Immerse yourself in ancient Egypt when the new virtual reality venue EXP opens in Rosemont, be wowed by Cirque Italia, and laugh along with comedians Paula Poundstone, Doug Benson and Steve Solomon this week.
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Marcus Theatres hosts Gabby’s Big Screen Bash at three local cinemasSep 18, 2025 10:29 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 27, Marcus Elgin Cinema, Marcus Addison Cinema, and Marcus Gurnee Mills Cinema will all roll out the pink carpet for Gabby’s Big Screen Bash, a one-day celebration of “Gabby’s Dollhouse: The Movie.”
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The Biz Week That Was: New grocer, dining options, and workforce housingSep 13, 2025 12:45 pm - ‘It’s really pretty’: Heinen’s grocery store opens in Naperville A sign in the meat department of the new Heinen’s grocery store in Naperville introduces customers t...
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Best Bets: Monster Jam, Halloween scares, craft beers and Joffrey premieres ‘Carmen’Sep 10, 2025 9:08 am - Monster Jam rolls into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, the new immersive haunted house Duchess Manor opens at The Arboretum, Elmhurst hosts the 10th Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest and The Joffrey Ballet premieres “Carmen.”
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Hop, hop, hooray: It’s time for fall beer fests around the ’burbsSep 03, 2025 9:22 am - There’s a bevy of beer events brewing around the suburbs as we get closer to Oktoberfest, so make plans now to attend one or more of these upcoming festivals.
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A Taylor Swift Experience summer concert in GurneeAug 27, 2025 10:11 am - “Are You Ready For It? A Taylor Swift Experience” will start at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3 at the Viking Park band shell, 4374 Old Grand Ave., Gurnee.
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