Cook County Entertainment
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‘A vibrant hub’: $4.2 million Korean performing arts center opens in WheelingSep 14, 2024 8:15 pm - Dignitaries cut the ribbon Saturday at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago’s $4.2 million BISCO Hall Performing Arts Center.
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Tennessee Playwrights Studio presents ‘That Woman — The Monologue Show’ at the Elgin Fringe FestSep 13, 2024 10:06 pm - On Sept. 26-29, Tennessee Playwrights Studio will be bringing its 60-minute festival version of “That Woman — The Monologue Show” to the Elgin Fringe Festival with five local Chicago-area actors.
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 75th season features masterworks by Ravel, Beethoven, GriegSep 13, 2024 9:45 pm - Single tickets are now on sale for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 75th anniversary season, which opens the weekend of Sept. 28-29 with a Spanish-music-themed program.
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Pan Am Betty to visit this month’s Elgin Fringe FestivalSep 13, 2024 8:15 pm - Buckle up for a trip back to the golden age of aviation. Historian and actress Leslie Goddard will bring history alive at the Elgin Fringe Festival with her one-woman play, “Betty the Pan Am Stewardess.”
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Marriott Theatre announces landmark anniversary seasonSep 13, 2024 5:04 pm - Marriott Theatre announced its 2025 season. Marking the Lincolnshire theater’s 50th anniversary will include a world premiere, as well as revivals of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the film-inspired “Catch Me if You Can,” and the infrequently staged “Titanic the Musical.”
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Construction begins on Schaumburg entertainment district anchored by Andretti Indoor KartingSep 13, 2024 2:41 pm - Jarett Andretti represented the famous multigenerational race car driving family at Friday’s groundbreaking ceremony for Andretti Indoor Karting & Games in Schaumburg.
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Buffalo Wild Wings opens at Buffalo Grove gas mall; Greek street food comingSep 13, 2024 1:54 pm - Something is brewing at the northeast corner of Lexington Drive and Lake-Cook Road in Buffalo Grove. Once occupied by a BMO Harris customer contact center, the corner now is brimming with retail, spurred by a Ricky Rockets fuel center.
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‘Our bread and butter’: Ideal Bakery owner details plan for merger with Elk Grove Village’s iconic JaroschSep 13, 2024 1:21 pm - Ask Chris Kowal why he and his family wanted to come to this country, and his answer is similar to that of other immigrants, then and now. “For a better life,” said Kowal, owner and operations manager at Ideal Bakery, an Eastern European wholesale bakery that just opened its new facility in Elk Grove Village.
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‘The place to come and eat’: Rosebud Steakhouse, Moretti’s opening soon in WheelingSep 13, 2024 12:09 pm - Two much-anticipated restaurants should open in Wheeling soon. Rosebud Steakhouse is set to begin welcoming customers Oct. 1, and Moretti’s is hoping to open by Thanksgiving.
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Geneva HS grad publishes debut novel described as a ‘queer rom-com’Sep 13, 2024 3:30 am - Becca Grischow, a 2013 graduate of Geneva High School, launches her writing career with “I’ll Get Back to You,” a novel she describes as a “queer rom-com.”