Cook County Entertainment
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Gamers can battle zombies and throw snowballs in new Minecraft adventure in RosemontMay 06, 2026 6:12 pm - “Minecraft Experience: Villager Rescue” debuts Friday in Rosemont, offering groups of up to 25 an hour-long interactive adventure where they craft tools, build structures and brew potions to save zombified villagers.
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‘The right place for us’: Deba Sushi Bar moving into vacant downtown Mount Prospect spaceMay 06, 2026 4:53 pm - A husband-and-wife team is bringing a new Japanese dining concept to downtown Mount Prospect.
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Chocolate Fest to kick off festival season in Long Grove May 15-17May 06, 2026 12:19 pm - Festival season begins in Long Grove the only way it knows how: with chocolate.
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Tour 7 gardens at Arlington Heights Garden Club’s annual walkMay 06, 2026 11:02 am - The Arlington Heights Garden Club annual Garden Walk and Unique Boutique will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 28.
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Take your Mother’s Day brunch plans up a notchMay 06, 2026 9:53 am - Though it’s getting late in the game to make plans for Mother’s Day, here are some suburban options where you can do brunch (or dinner) and add in some live music, nature, exotic animals, historic surroundings and/or bottomless champagne.
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Spotlight: Janus adapts Ibsen classic ‘An Enemy of the People’May 06, 2026 8:50 am - Janus Theatre stages its adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People,” The Conspirators revive Moliere’s 17th-century satire “Tartuffe” and Handbag Productions premieres the next in its series of Golden Girls parodies with “The Golden Girls: The Cheese Pyramid.”
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Beach and facilities to be transformed to year-round use as The Landing on Diamond LakeMay 05, 2026 4:58 pm - The Mundelein Park & Recreation District is pursuing a new vision for its beach and facilities along the southeast shore of Diamond Lake.
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‘It’s iconic’: Des Plaines officials celebrate plan to repurpose former YMCA facilityMay 05, 2026 1:53 pm - A multimillion-dollar plan to renovate an old YMCA building in Des Plaines that’s become an eyesore since its closure six years ago is being celebrated by city officials and their soon-to-be partners in the project. The city council on Monday unanimously voted to purchase the former Lattof YMCA, 300 E. Northwest Highway, from the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago for $1.85 million.
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Best Bets: The Oh Yeahs at Studio5, and Stand-Up Momedy and Bad Momz of Comedy honor motherhoodMay 05, 2026 1:21 pm - Evanston’s Studio5 welcomes acoustic trio The Oh Yeahs, and Stand-Up Momedy and Bad Momz of Comedy celebrate motherhood through comedy this weekend.
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Dining out: New limited-time offerings at Portillo’s and Lou Malnati’sMay 05, 2026 10:51 am - Portillo’s is now serving the new Hot and Saucy Italian beef sandwich while Lou Malnati’s is debuting the Italian Combo Beef-Za, both for a limited time. Plus, Geneva Wine Cellar and Tasting Room is reopening under new ownership.