Cook County Entertainment
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Acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss opens Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 76th season Oct. 11-12Sep 26, 2025 11:24 pm - Acclaimed pianist Orion Weiss joins the award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra to open its 76th season on Oct. 11-12 at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.
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Luke Bryan and fans team up to provide 6,000 meals for hungry families in Northern IllinoisSep 26, 2025 7:10 pm - Luke Bryan's Farm Tour stop in Prairie Grove collected over 7,600 pounds of food donations for Northern Illinois Food Bank, providing over 6,000 meals to fight hunger.
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Wilkes Family Halloween display brings spooky fun to Bensenville’s month-long celebrationSep 26, 2025 3:54 pm - The Wilkes Family's annual Halloween display returns to downtown Bensenville for the fourth year, featuring live actors and themed nights bringing classic monsters to life.
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How father, son with autism bonded through riding roller coastersSep 26, 2025 2:30 am - Tom Callsen and son Thomas, who has autism, have ridden 471 different roller coasters across the United States over the past 20 years, finding joy in the physical thrill and bonding experience.
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Share your community event in Daily Herald’s 2025 Holiday Happenings guideSep 25, 2025 10:25 pm - Nonprofits and community organizations can submit their Thanksgiving 5Ks, craft fairs, holiday fests, tree lightings, holiday walks, Nutcracker shows, Breakfast with Santa, or other family events for free by Oct. 12 on the Daily Herald's online calendar.
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‘A new kind of entertainment’: Rosemont virtual reality venue opens FridaySep 25, 2025 7:39 pm - Rosemont’s 26,000-square-foot immersive art venue, which opens Friday, offers virtual reality expeditions through ancient Egypt and Earth’s evolution history.
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Fall festival to honor law enforcement Saturday in South ElginSep 25, 2025 4:45 pm - We Back the Blue Fall Fest will honor local law enforcement from noon to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, at Panton Mill Park in South Elgin.
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Come for the food, stay for ax-throwingSep 25, 2025 3:16 pm - Local officials and well wishers Wednesday welcomed Up North Axe & Tap at 547 N. Milwaukee Ave., in downtown Libertyville, a Northwoods-themed restaurant and bar that also features four ax-throwing lanes.
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Faith Community UCC to host concert rededicating recently refurbished Wicks Pipe OrganSep 24, 2025 11:44 pm - Zach Klobnak, a professor at Centre College, will perform on the recently refurbished Wicks Pipe Organ at Faith Community United Church of Christ in Bensenville on Oct. 12.
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‘Tales & Tombstones’ takes you through Lombard’s oldest cemeterySep 24, 2025 10:20 pm - The Lombard Park District, in partnership with the Lombard Historical Society, is hosting “Tales & Tombstones - A Candlelit Tour of Lombard's Oldest Cemetery” on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3-4