Cook County Entertainment
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‘Most beautiful building in town’: Des Plaines set to invest millions to turn former bank into restaurantFeb 19, 2025 12:08 pm - Des Plaines officials are celebrating a proposed real-estate agreement that would see a historic downtown building undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation.
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ECC Musical Theatre tackles mental health in ‘Next to Normal’Feb 18, 2025 5:16 pm - Elgin Community College Musical Theatre will present the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Next to Normal,” with performances Feb. 21 through March 2 at ECC's SecondSpace Theatre on the Spartan Drive campus.
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Father-son team opening family-friendly Quentin Tap in PalatineFeb 18, 2025 3:39 pm - The proposed Quentin Tap in Palatine is billed by co-owners George Tselos and Konstantinos Tselos as a family-friendly sports bar that offers a welcoming space for the Palatine community.
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Dining out: National Margarita Day and suburban restaurant weeksFeb 18, 2025 3:06 pm - The snow outside may suggest otherwise, but Saturday is National Margarita Day and we’ve got specials. There are also restaurant weeks starting in Glen Ellyn and Woodridge.
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Marriott Theatre sews up inclusive, diverse ‘Dreamcoat’Feb 18, 2025 1:41 pm - Director and choreographer Amber Mak creatively brings “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” to life at the Marriott Theatre with a dazzlingly diverse and inclusive production that fills the entire theater with rainbow color, energy and joy.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre revives ‘Every Brilliant Thing’Feb 17, 2025 6:30 pm - Janus Theatre Company stages “Every Brilliant Thing,” Marriott Theatre produces the outer-space adventure tuner “The Magic School Bus: Lost in the Solar System,” and Steel Beam Theatre salutes Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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Best Bets: Barricade Boys and YAMATO drummers on stage at the MACFeb 17, 2025 6:25 pm - The MAC welcomes The Barricade Boys and YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan, the stars of “Queer Eye” share backstage tales at the Chicago Theatre and singer-actress Alexis J. Roston channels jazz great Ella Fitzgerald at the Metropolis.
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Got yolk? Skyrocketing egg prices hit restaurants and consumers alikeFeb 15, 2025 1:46 pm - The soaring price of eggs is hitting suburban restaurant owners with egg-centric menus hard. Some are trying not to pass on the cost to diners but are not sure how long they can hold out.
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‘It was a huge thing’: Viking Park master plan will include recognition of its namesake historyFeb 15, 2025 12:19 pm - Viking Park in Gurnee was developed 50 years ago but reminders of its past are still evident and recognition of its namesake origins will have a place in an ongoing master plan.
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Next stop on Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour: Feb. 23 at St. MaryFeb 14, 2025 4:17 pm - The next stop on the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour is at St. Mary Catholic Church on Feb. 23, featuring their 1926 Kilgen & Son pipe organ. Organist Vilma Dydas will perform works by Handel, Fletcher, Vierne and Widor.