Cook County Entertainment
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Painting the Fox River — and keeping it cleanSep 06, 2024 4:00 am - Anna Cherkashina’s “Fox River at Sunset” painting earned Best of Show in the recent Plein Art event hosted by the St. Charles Arts Council. The painting could serve as a motivation for volunteers who participate in upcoming Fox River cleanup events.
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‘It’s very popular’: Elgin tours revisit Elgin National Watch Factory Historic District after 26 yearsSep 05, 2024 6:23 pm - Visitors can tour five homes in the Elgin National Watch Factory Historic District at the 42nd annual Historic Elgin House Tour, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 7-8.
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Woodfield Mall offers Girls Night Out Paint & Sip Soiree Sept. 19Sep 05, 2024 1:49 pm - Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg is inviting the community to a Girls Night Out featuring a guided Paint & Sip experience with Pinot’s Palette from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19.
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Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour launches Sept. 7 at First United MethodistSep 05, 2024 11:16 am - Jeff Neufeld, music director and organist at Elgin’s First Congregational Church, will be launching a concert tour of Elgin’s church pipe organs, many of which have bee...
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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Arlington Heights’ first brewery on tap to open downtownSep 04, 2024 6:46 pm - Arlington Heights’ first brewery will be only blocks from where owner Eric Lamkins has been crafting his own suds for years.
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Dirty Dough’s stuffed cookies coming to Buffalo GroveSep 04, 2024 9:09 am - A mother-daughter duo from Gurnee hopes to clean up financially by opening a shop in Buffalo Grove specializing in messy cookies. Dirty Dough Cookies is opening soon at 127 McHenry Road in The Grove shopping center.
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Dining out: Local pizzaiolo wins big, restaurant anniversaries and moreSep 04, 2024 8:52 am - A local pizza maker will represent the U.S. at the World Pizza Championship next year, and we’ve got a couple of very recognizable names celebrating anniversaries this month.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Silver Screen time for local screenwriterSep 04, 2024 8:42 am - Self-taught screenwriter James Ziolkowski has waited for this moment for a while.