Cook County Entertainment
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Join in Día de los Muertos concert and celebration Oct. 30Oct 29, 2025 10:35 am - The BFH dance ensemble will perform with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra in a Dia de los Muertos concert on Thursday, Oct. 30, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.
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Embracing spooky season: La Grange’s Just Escape Room adds new ‘haunted’ experience ahead of HalloweenOct 29, 2025 8:42 am - One of many escape rooms in the area, Just Escape Room in La Grange recently opened a new experience called Haunted Doll Shop just in time for Halloween.
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Harmonia Concert Series to host jazz vocalist Abbigail RiccardsOct 28, 2025 11:39 pm - Abbigail Riccards, an internationally known jazz and pop singer, will perform in concert at Faith Community United Church of Christ on Nov. 16, accompanied by pianist Tom Vaitsas.
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Elmhurst church to host evening of music and storytellingOct 28, 2025 10:39 pm - First Congregational United Church of Christ in Elmhurst is hosting a one-night-only performance of songs from the musical "Ordinary Days" on Nov. 14.
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Former Lake County judge authors book about Supreme Court justice, Lincoln confidant David DavisOct 28, 2025 4:52 pm - Former Lake County judge Raymond K. McKoski published a book this summer about Supreme Court judge David Davis, a close Lincoln confidant and Illinoisan.
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Dining out: National Sandwich Day, Thanksgiving pizza, spooky cocktails and moreOct 28, 2025 4:51 pm - National Sandwich Day is Monday, plus Frato’s Thanksgiving turkey pizza returns and Shaw’s in Schaumburg is celebrating 25 years with 25 days of specials in November.
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Best bets: Immersive Wondra opens at Woodfield and 312 Comedy Fest returnsOct 28, 2025 4:48 pm - The immersive, nature-centered Wondra opens at Schaumburg’s Woodfield Mall, Rosemont hosts Halloween revelers, the New Philharmonic performs classical music by candlelight in Glen Ellyn and Chicago’s Lyric Opera stages a double bill set in Sicily.
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Spotlight: ‘Amadeus’ at Steppenwolf, ‘Million Dollar Quartet Christmas’ at MarriottOct 28, 2025 10:10 am - Steppenwolf Theatre revives Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus,” Marriott Theatre jump-starts the holiday theater season with “Million Dollar Quartet Christmas,” and Chicago’s Artistic Home revives Tracy Letts’ “Superior Donuts” this week.
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Northwest Choral Society concert celebrates splendor of the night skyOct 27, 2025 11:43 am - The Northwest Choral Society will present Stardust, a concert program about the stars, planets and the night sky, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Park Ridge.
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‘Anybody can walk in and connect’: 100 years of original children’s book art stirs memoriesOct 26, 2025 8:45 pm - Even for those who never read the children’s classics a new exhibition of original art at the Dunn Museum in Libertyville is meant to spark memories.