DuPage County Lifestyle
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ALMAS hosts Día de Muertos celebration Sunday at the Naperville RiverwalkOct 29, 2026 3:58 pm - Naperville’s Día de Muertos celebration returns for a fourth year Sunday, Nov. 1, to the downtown Naperville Riverwalk Grand Pavilion. “It’s important that everyone in our community, not only Latinos, feel welcome,” ALMAS founder/President Lili Burciaga said.
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Ofrenda at Aurora University helps students ‘reconnect with those we love’Oct 29, 2026 11:25 am - Ruth Espanoza, 20, of Hanover Park, was busy Monday on the Aurora University campus helping to erect an ofrenda in remembrance of her relatives and others who have passed away. “I’ve enjoyed this. It’s more like a beautiful moment in that we get to reconnect with those we love.”
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‘Feels like home’: Round Lake family has spent over 300 nights in Ronald McDonald Houses to be near daughter with rare genetic conditionOct 29, 2026 6:44 am - Mia Polacek of Round Lake is a fighter. Just days after her birth, Mia was diagnosed with the rare genetic condition Trisomy 18. Now 7, she’s defied the odds. And her family has been able to stay close to her throughout her 400-plus days in Chicago-area hospitals because of local Ronald McDonald Houses.
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Best Bets: Howl-O-Ween at Morton, Day of the Dead celebrations and comedian Gabriel Rutledge at ZaniesOct 28, 2026 11:02 am - The Howl-O-Ween dog costume parade and contest strolls into The Morton Arboretum, Day of the Dead celebrations take over the suburbs, and comedian Gabriel Rutledge gets real at Zanies in Rosemont.
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Sit and stay a while: Nisi Greek Grill brings modern take on Greek cuisine to RosemontOct 28, 2026 10:47 am - Nisi Greek Grill, which recently opened in the Parkway Bank Park Entertainment District in Rosemont, is bringing a modern and refined take on Greek cuisine to the suburbs. “In Greek culture, sitting down for a meal takes three hours. I’d love for that to come back,” Forte Hospitality founder and CEO Kosti Demos says.
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Something borrowed, something blue: Bride-to-be helps bring closure to heartbroken strangerOct 28, 2026 10:46 am - When she was in fifth grade, Lexie Ippolito watched her mother get married in a stunning Michelangelo-style strapless wedding dress. Ippolito, now 28, always imagined that she, too, would one day wear that same beaded gown and matching sheer veil. Once she got engaged, she wanted her mother’s to be the first wedding dress she tried on. But that childhood dream is more elusive than the 2027 bride once thought. This summer, when she and her mom unboxed the preserved gown the family had stored for more than a decade, they instead found a stranger’s dress.
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Dining out: Holiday specials at Andy’s Frozen Custard and STK, wine dinner at Violi and moreOct 28, 2026 9:13 am - Halloween is just around the corner and Andy’s Frozen Custard has a limited-time treat with a pair of favorite candies. And STK is celebrating Día de los Muertos with specialty drinks, while Violi will host a Greek wine pairing dinner on Nov. 5.
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Naperville teen’s passion for lights grows into Halloween, Christmas spectacleOct 27, 2026 2:38 pm - Elliott Berck’s first Halloween decorations for his Naperville home only featured blinking lights. Now, six years later, the 18-year-old controls an elaborate display with talking pumpkins singing along to music, all from the comfort of his dorm room at the University of Cincinnati.
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Gary UMC offers class on medicine and care in the medieval churchOct 27, 2026 12:24 pm - On Nov. 1, Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will host “Works of Healing: Medicine and Care in the Medieval Church,” exploring how medieval monasteries became centers of medical care despite plague, famine and war.
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Naperville’s Alleluia! Lutheran Church hosts Enneagram workshop Nov. 7Oct 26, 2026 6:11 pm - On Saturday, Nov. 7, Alleluia! Lutheran Church in Naperville will host a workshop on the “Wisdom of the Enneagram: Part 2,” led by Amy Jackson from The Perch in Aurora.
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