DuPage County Entertainment
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Best Bests: Common headlines free Chicago Live Fest at Navy Pier, Six Flags serves up scaresSep 15, 2026 12:03 pm - Common headlines a free concert Saturday during Chicago Live Fest at Navy Pier, Six Flags Great America opens Fright Fest, Monster Jam rolls into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, and the Cleve Carney Art Museum debuts “Linework: Chicago Comics and Community.”
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Des Plaines Theatre roof repairs to cost $94,000, city saysSep 15, 2026 9:01 am - Roof repairs are needed at the city-owned Des Plaines Theatre.
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Spotlight: Rhino Fest returns for its 37th yearSep 15, 2026 7:24 am - The Rhinoceros Theater Festival returns for its 37th year, Morton Arboretum’s walking plays series resumes with an adaptation of “Wuthering Heights,” and Theatre Y presents the Chicago premiere of a two-hander “I Am the Wind.”
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Fiestas Patrias event at RiverEdge Park a celebration of Aurora’s Mexican communitySep 15, 2026 6:19 am - For Aurora resident Richard Gomez, the city’s annual Fiestas Patrias event, which celebrates Mexico’s independence, is a festival not to be missed.
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Writers’ monumental ‘Leopoldstadt’ takes top honors at equity Jeff AwardsSep 14, 2026 11:15 pm - Writers Theatre’s regional premiere of Tom Stoppard’s sprawling, semiautobiographical drama “Leopoldstad” earned five equity Joseph Jefferson Awards Monday, more than any other production.
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From Nordic landscapes to Record Row: Chicago a cappella offers diverse 2026-27 concert seasonSep 14, 2026 9:54 pm - Chicago a cappella’s 2026-27 season features three concert programs: “Northern Lights” in October, the annual “Holidays a cappella” in December, and “Record Row” in spring celebrating Chicago’s South Michigan Avenue recording studios. The ensemble will perform at various venues in Naperville, Oak Park, Evanston and Chicago.
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Dining out: 79¢ pork chop or prime rib sandwich at Perry’s, pumpkin season at STK Steakhouse and moreSep 14, 2026 5:46 pm - Perry’s Steakhouse and Grille is bringing back its #FlashbackFriday during which you could get a 79-cent lunch. Plus, there are new savory and sweet pumpkin dishes and cocktails at STK, a new happy hour at Blanco Cocina + Cantina in Oak Brook and more.
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St. Charles hobbyist baker battles pastry professionals on Food Network’s ‘Halloween Baking Championship’Sep 11, 2026 5:10 pm - St. Charles hobbyist baker Elizabeth Suwanski will appear on Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship,” which has its season 12 premiere at 8 p.m. Monday.
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Hanover Township Fall Food Truck Festival set for Sept. 17 in BartlettSep 11, 2026 9:29 am - Hanover Township will host its annual Fall Food Truck Festival from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17 at the Township’s William Tiknis Campus, 250 S. IL Route 59 in Bartlett.
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Girl power: Big vocals, savvy casting fuel Paramount’s ‘Mean Girls’Sep 10, 2026 2:02 pm - Paramount Theatre’s regional premiere of “Mean Girls” benefits from outsize performances from the actors playing the musical’s titular queen bees and wannabes.