Cook County Entertainment
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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.”
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Celebrate Hispanic heritage Friday and Saturday at La Fiesta de ElginSep 12, 2024 4:15 pm - Elgin will celebrate Mexican Independence Day and the start of Hispanic Heritage Month with La Fiesta de Elgin on Friday and Saturday.
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Schaumburg Regional Airport hosts annual Hops & Props Saturday nightSep 12, 2024 4:08 pm - Hops & Props from 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 14 is a celebration of the local brews, drinks, food and aircraft from across the Midwest located at Schaumburg Regional Airport.
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Harper College’s new Film Lab provides ideal space to experience and study motion picturesSep 12, 2024 10:22 am - It’s one thing to watch a movie in class. It’s another to experience a film in Harper College’s new Film Lab. The difference, for students, is like going from black and white to technicolor.