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‘A very big ‘wow’ moment’: Billy Bricks celebrates 20 years of wood-fired, brick-oven pizza in the suburbsMar 19, 2025 2:08 pm - Most people come home from a vacation with souvenirs. The founder and namesake of Billy Bricks, Bill Wilson, came home from a trip 20 years ago with a taste for wood-fired pizza. When he couldn’t find any brick-oven pizzerias in the Chicago area, he decided to open his own.
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Wheaton church taking art submissions for summer showMar 17, 2025 10:58 pm - Calling all artists to explore the symbolic dimensions of shared spaces. Selected works will be featured in the public exhibition, “The Symbolic Dimensions of Shared Spaces,” on June 6-7 at Gary UMC.
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The Biz Week That Was: Celebrity chef opening restaurant, new meat store, and bird flu vaccines to curb soaring egg pricesMar 15, 2025 2:20 pm - Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis opening restaurants at Hollywood Casino in Aurora and Joliet Befitting its name, Hollywood Casino Aurora is pulling in some star p...
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Alfresco dining: A onetime lifeline turned summer mainstay for suburban eateriesMar 15, 2025 1:50 pm - Embraced out of necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for restaurants to operate safely, alfresco dining offered a lifeline for many suburban eateries. Now, what started as a means of survival has become a summer mainstay, and a profitable one at that.
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DuPage Community Concert Band to perform Irish tunes for St. Patrick’s DayMar 12, 2025 11:46 am - Enjoy an evening of Irish music by the DuPage Community Band on March 17. Flutist Morgan Hutchers and student conductor Ana Bazant will be featured.
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Hear the Duruflé’s ‘Requiem’ at Gary UMC in WheatonMar 11, 2025 8:28 pm - For the second Sunday in Lent on March 16, Gary United Methodist Church’s Festival Choir and Chamber Orchestra will present Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem.”
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Best Bets: Ailyn Pérez returns to the Lyric for ‘La Bohème’Mar 10, 2025 5:04 pm - Former Elk Grove Village resident Ailyn Perez stars as Mimi in “La Bohème” at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Jay Pharoah does standup in Schaumburg, and McHenry Sham-Rocks the Fox takes over Miller Point Park this weekend.
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Chicago Symphony brings acclaimed pianist Seong-Jin Cho to WheatonFeb 26, 2025 11:44 am - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra continues its Wheaton series with pianist Seong-Jin Cho on Feb. 28. The concert juxtaposes Sibelius' cold and majestic Fifth Symphony with the warmth of Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien.
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New Mexican restaurant to replace downtown Wheaton sushi spotFeb 19, 2025 3:39 pm - A former sushi place in downtown Wheaton is expected to get new life as a Mexican steak and seafood restaurant.
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Wheaton restaurateur nears opening of Dough and The BackyardFeb 18, 2025 1:50 pm - Eric Schlickman, owner of several Wheaton restaurants, is renovating the old Carlson’s Art Supply Store into a pizzeria called Dough and an entertainment spot called The Backyard, with March-April opening dates planned.