DuPage County Entertainment
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Suburban farms perfect for family fun year-roundAug 29, 2025 7:17 am - Looking for a day trip for the family while the weather is still warm? Or a place where you can buy fresh fruits, vegetables and plants? Local farms in the suburbs offer all that, plus animal encounters, orchards, activities, games, food and more.
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‘What Holmstad is all about’: Annual bazaar in Batavia showcases senior community’s talents, generosityAug 29, 2025 5:35 am - The Holmstad senior living community in Batavia has been holding an annual bazaar for 47 years, with residents creating handmade items to sell and raise funds for scholarships and charity.
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Kubb lawn game tournament set for Saturday in BataviaAug 28, 2025 5:24 pm - The Midwest Kubb Championship will be held Saturday at Engstrom Family Park, Main Street and Millview Drive in Batavia.
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Schaumburg-area sandwich shop makes Yelp’s list of nation’s 100 bestAug 28, 2025 5:07 pm - Finuccio and Sons, just outside Schaumburg, is among only three Illinois eateries and the sole suburban one to make Yelp’s list of the nation’s top 100 sandwich shops for 2025.
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‘Real Mexican food’: New owners, new name, new menu for Campton Hills eateryAug 28, 2025 1:05 pm - Luis Maldonado bought Lupita’s Cucina, a Mexican eatery at 40W222 LaFox Road, Campton Hills, last month, and changed it up, name and all. The new name is Ikal Y Sanse, which sounds complicated, but it isn’t. Ikal is Mayan, Y is Spanish and Sanse is Aztec. “It means unique spirit,” Maldonado said.
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St. Charles Arts Council celebrates successful Plein Air EventAug 27, 2025 6:13 pm - The Baker Community Center hosted the successful second annual St. Charles Arts Council's Plein Air Event, featuring artwork sales, food, and camaraderie.
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‘Stay as long as you want’: Lennon’s opens three dining concepts under one roof in downtown NapervilleAug 27, 2025 1:18 pm - The new Lennon’s in downtown Naperville is bringing together three distinct dining concepts on three floors under one roof, all with the unifying philosophy of bringing people together.
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Musicals and dramas add up to a well-rounded career for St. Charles actor/musician making Drury Lane debutAug 27, 2025 10:47 am - St. Charles native and musical theater veteran Ian Paul Custer makes his Drury Lane Theatre debut as the sketchy Captain Lesgate in the Oakbrook Terrace theater’s revival of the suspense thriller “Dial M for Murder.”
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Schaumburg’s Septemberfest returns to a municipal campus in transition this weekendAug 27, 2025 10:03 am - Having already seen Septemberfest compromised twice by the pandemic at the beginning of the decade, Schaumburg officials are determined it won’t be by the more deliberate decision to replace the village hall on the same municipal grounds.
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Dining out: Piccolo Buco opens in Naperville, secret menu at Portillo’s, Labor Day brunches and moreAug 27, 2025 6:26 am - Cooper’s Hawk has opened its second suburban location of Piccolo Buco, Portillo’s has some new secret menu items, and several suburban restaurants are extending weekend brunch to Monday for Labor Day.