Cook County Entertainment
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Irish dancers, marching units, and floats to lead Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 9Feb 23, 2024 5:37 pm - Elmhurst’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns for its 27th year on Saturday, March 9. The parade will step off at noon at Wilson Street and Spring Road and continue north o...
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Arlington Heights Memorial Library Foundation hosts International Women’s Day eventFeb 23, 2024 3:18 pm - Join the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Foundation for its International Women’s Day event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 8, at the Makerplace, 112 N. Belmont Ave., in Arlington Heights.
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Long Grove stars in three Christmas movies, thanks to small-town feel and state tax creditFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - When filmmaker and Mundelein resident John W. Bosher first read the script for “Christmas With Felicity,” the quaint, small-town setting made picking a filming location easy. “All of these sets are already right down the street in Long Grove,” he thought.
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Music ensemble Danú from Ireland comes to the MAC on March 8Feb 22, 2024 5:39 pm - “May your day be touched by a bit of Irish luck, brightened by a song in your heart and warmed by the smiles of the people you love,” reads one Irish saying. In anticipa...
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The Hideout of Schaumburg to celebrate reopening Friday after weekslong move next doorFeb 22, 2024 5:26 pm - The Hideout of Schaumburg bar and restaurant will mark its grand reopening at a new location next door to the old with a ribbon-cutting at 3 p.m. Friday, less than fo...
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‘Like a candy store’ for tea: Elgin’s Steep N’ Clay sells everything for the perfect cup, down to the potFeb 22, 2024 11:45 am - The shelves at Steep N’ Clay in downtown Elgin present an astounding array of teas with labels on the jars that excite curiosity about their contents — Eternity, Garden Gold, and Black Beauty. This only scratches the surface of the inventory though.
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Finalists to perform at Sinfonietta Bel Canto’s 11th annual Voice CompetitionFeb 21, 2024 6:22 pm - The Sinfonietta Bel Canto, a Downers Grove-based orchestra, recently announced the Finalists Concert of its 11th annual SBC Voice Competition on Sunday, March 17. It wil...
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Two planned Des Plaines restaurants get city grants for improvementsFeb 21, 2024 2:30 pm - A pair of restaurants coming to Des Plaines have been awarded grants to help pay for necessary remodeling and other improvements. The city council on Tuesday approved a $...
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Sound check: Sam Hunt at Allstate, Bitter Jester applications are openFeb 21, 2024 11:33 am - Country artist Sam Hunt heads to Rosemont, Dan Tedesco plays Hey Nonny, and the Des Plaines Theatre hosts a tribute to the late Toby Keith.
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‘This is our baby’: Downtown Mount Prospect restaurant set to expandFeb 21, 2024 9:05 am - Esteban Aguado, owner of Mia's Cantina Mexican Grill and Tequila Bar, is expanding the business to a vacant spot next to his Prospect Avenue restaurant in Mount Prospect.