DuPage County Entertainment
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for August 2024Sep 05, 2024 7:50 am - August was a month for capturing the vibrant colors of summer with photos of birds and butterflies, flowers and frogs.
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Vocalists invited to join Downers Grove Choral Society for 66th concert seasonSep 05, 2024 12:16 am - The Downers Grove Choral Society, under the direction of artistic director John Patrick Rakes, announces its 66th season. They are inviting new and returning vocalists to join them.
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All in good fun: Paramount Theatre goes all the way with ‘The Full Monty’Sep 04, 2024 5:23 pm - Paramount Theatre launches its 13th Broadway series with the deliciously titillating tuner “The Full Monty,” adapted from the 1997 film about unemployed steelworkers-turned-strippers.
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Parade kicks off Bloomingdale Septemberfest’s 50th anniversarySep 04, 2024 12:16 pm - Bloomingdale Septemberfest is marking its 50th year on Saturday, Sept. 7. The day begins with the parade, which includes the Great Lakes Naval Band and “Royal Court” members from previous festivals.
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Dining out: Local pizzaiolo wins big, restaurant anniversaries and moreSep 04, 2024 8:52 am - A local pizza maker will represent the U.S. at the World Pizza Championship next year, and we’ve got a couple of very recognizable names celebrating anniversaries this month.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Silver Screen time for local screenwriterSep 04, 2024 8:42 am - Self-taught screenwriter James Ziolkowski has waited for this moment for a while.
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Elgin Symphony, Mariachi Herencia de México to open ECC Arts Center fall seasonSep 03, 2024 10:51 pm - To open the ECC Arts Center fall season, Elgin Symphony Orchestra will share a stage for the first time with Mariachi Herencia de México, the two-time Latin Grammy-nominated band.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.
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Chicago Sinfonietta starts its new season with ‘Screen & Stage’Sep 03, 2024 9:15 pm - Chicago Sinfonietta’s 2024-25 season is the next chapter in the organization’s work in redefining the classical music landscape. “Screen & Stage,“ its first subscription concert of this season, will be Sept. 7 in Naperville and Sept. 8 in Chicago.