DuPage County Entertainment
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New Philharmonic celebrates the legacy of John Williams with famous film scoresOct 29, 2024 10:27 pm - “I don’t make a particular distinction between ‘high art’ and ‘low art.’ Music is there for everybody. It’s a river we can all put our cups into and drink it and be sus...
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Best Bets: Share laughs with Mike Toomey, Yakov Smirnoff, Larry David, Steve-OOct 29, 2024 9:54 pm - Mike Toomey, Yakov Smirnoff and Larry David are among the comedians headlining suburban and Chicago theaters. Plus, the Hemmens Cultural Center and James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts host Dia de los Muertos celebrations.
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Naperville Chorus, Pete Ellman Big Band to go ‘Swingin’ into Christmas’Oct 29, 2024 7:57 pm - Tickets are now available for the Naperville Chorus’s holiday concert, “Swingin’ into Christmas with the Pete Ellman Big Band,” featuring both foot-tapping jazz and traditional arrangements of seasonal music.
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‘Magical experience’: Naperville actor revisits ‘Into the Woods,’ which sparked his passion for theaterOct 29, 2024 4:57 pm - “Into the Woods,” the musical based on Grimm Brothers’ fairy tales, has always loomed large in Shea Hopkins’ life. Now the Naperville resident is playing Cinderella’s prince (and the wolf) in Kokandy Productions’ revival.
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Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale launches holiday of ‘Wonder and Light’ with concerts Nov. 22-23Oct 29, 2024 2:39 pm - Preparing hearts for a holiday season of peace and joy, the Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale will present its annual winter concert on Nov. 22-23 at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church.
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Chipotle Mexican Grill opening Schaumburg location with drive-through Chipotlane ThursdayOct 28, 2024 6:02 pm - Chipotle Mexican Grill will open a new location in Schaumburg Thursday featuring the brand’s Chipotlane allowing customers to pick up digital orders from their vehicles.
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Spotlight: Broadway vet makes debut at Writers, ‘Little Mermaid’ opens at Drury LaneOct 28, 2024 3:28 pm - Jessie Fisher stars in Writers Theatre’s “Every Brilliant Thing,” Sarah Kay plays Ariel in Drury Lane Theatre’s “The Little Mermaid” and Artemisia Theatre hosts its WeWomen Play Festival this week at Chicago-area theaters.
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COD launches Great Read Series events featuring ‘Gods of Jade and Shadow'Oct 28, 2024 2:54 pm - College of DuPage is launching the Great Read Series this fall with a series of free events inspired by Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s “Gods of Jade and Shadow,” culminating with a talk and book signing by the author on Monday, Oct. 28.
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New Filipino bakery opens in Carol Stream next door to family’s restaurantOct 27, 2024 5:48 am - Lasa Filipino Cafe recently opened next to Hong Ning restaurant in Carol Stream, both belonging to the same family of entrepreneurs.
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The Biz Week That Was: Hospital expands, Woodfield Mall gets more stores, and Google retail comes to Oak BrookOct 27, 2024 5:09 am - Ascension Alexian Brothers opens neurosciences unit to meet demands of aging population Patients were on the move at Ascension Alexian Brothers hospital in Elk Grove...