Cook County Entertainment
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Cookies & Cocoa event benefits Lambs FarmJan 22, 2025 5:08 pm - Lambs Farm is hosting Cookies & Cocoa for Valentine’s Day from 10 a.m to 1 p.m. Feb. 8 at its Magnolia Cafe & Bakery, 14245 W. Rockland Road, Green Oaks.
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Enjoy special deals as Chicago and suburbs celebrate restaurant weeksJan 22, 2025 3:56 pm - Chicago and a number of suburbs are offering special dining deals during restaurant weeks now through early February.
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Familiar restaurant rebranding as JJ Twigs Pizza & Pub on Main Street in AntiochJan 22, 2025 9:49 am - Johnny’s Snack Shop at 1500 Main St. (Route 83) in Antioch closed for remodeling about a month ago and will re-emerge Jan. 31 under the same ownership but as JJ Twigs Pizza and Pub.
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Best Bets: ‘Sustenance & Land’ exhibit, Lunar New Year, Brooke Shields and moreJan 22, 2025 8:46 am - Elmhurst Art Museum’s new exhibit “Sustenance and Land” opens, Elgin’s Side Street Studio Arts hosts its sixth Winter Mini Fringe, Brooke Shields discusses her memoir at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and more.
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Birding expert aims to make gull identification less intimidatingJan 22, 2025 7:36 am - Gull expert Amar Ayyash of Orland Park seeks to make gull identification less intimidating through his new guide covering North America's 36 species.
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Dining out: Alpine Fest, wine dinner, new lounge in Aurora and moreJan 21, 2025 3:45 pm - It’s Alpine Fest weekend at Long Grove’s Buffalo Creek Brewing. Plus, there’s a new lounge in downtown Aurora and new happy hour offerings at Violi in Oak Brook.
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‘It appeals to and activates all five of the senses’: Elmhurst art exhibit explores sustenance, relationship with landJan 21, 2025 3:05 pm - A collection of works from different artists employs the five senses to convey human connection to — and destruction of — the environment in a new exhibit at the Elmhurst Art Museum.
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Spotlight: Good news for Carole King fans, ‘Beautiful’ is back in the ‘burbsJan 21, 2025 9:37 am - Drury Lane Theatre revives the Carole King tuner “Beautiful,” Buffalo Theatre Ensemble stages the culture-clash comedy “Native Gardens,” Shattered Globe examines morality in “Lobby Hero,” and Steppenwolf revives a Sam Shepard classic.
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Elgin Fringe Festival captures creative spirit with one-day winter celebrationJan 21, 2025 12:42 am - Elgin's Winter Mini Fringe returns for a one-day celebration of art, performance, and community. Enjoy an art exhibition, potluck, future insights panel, provocative immersive theater, and a hilarious mythical adventure comedy.
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York Drama explores growing up in ‘We Aren’t Kids Anymore’ song cycleJan 20, 2025 9:32 pm - “We Aren’t Kids Anymore,” a song cycle by Drew Gasparini, offers a musical meditation on what it means to mature and evolve, whether you’re 18 or 80. York Drama students worked with Gasparini, gaining insights into the show's creation and collaborating on its direction.