McHenry County Entertainment
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Meet your local first responders at National Night Out eventsJul 25, 2025 3:17 pm - Towns across the suburbs are hosting National Night Out celebrations with family activities, food and emergency vehicle displays.
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Algonquin’s Cucina Bella celebrates 20 years of serving up Italian family recipesJul 24, 2025 1:11 pm - For the past two decades, Cucina Bella has been bringing a piece of Italy to downtown Algonquin. On Thursday, the restaurant celebrated its 20th birthday.
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Heat doesn’t stifle fun at the Lake County FairJul 23, 2025 6:12 pm - Despite the heat, crowds gathered Wednesday to get a taste of Americana with a long lineup of colorful and fun activities for the whole family at the Lake County Fair in Grayslake.
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‘Harry Potter’ magic comes to InglesideJul 23, 2025 10:09 am - Tickets for a new interactive Harry Potter-themed hike in Ingleside go on sale at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 30.
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‘The Khayat touch’: Former Gurnee Holiday Inn being renovated and converted to apartments, boutique roomsJul 23, 2025 9:15 am - Khayat Enterprises, well known in Lake County, is in the midst of its of largest venture yet — the renovation and conversion of the former Holiday Inn in Gurnee to Ten Hotel Convention Center and Residences.
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Not ‘just another boring burger and fries’: Jack in the Box returning to Chicago areaJul 22, 2025 1:37 pm - Jack in the Box is back. What set its apart? In general, all-day breakfast, low price points and “pretty much a broad or varied menu of items,” one analyst said.
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CSO performs suburban composer’s concerto at RaviniaJul 22, 2025 11:03 am - This weekend in the suburbs: CSO performs Schaumburg High School grad Tim Corpus’ “The Great Lake Concerto” at Ravinia; dance ensemble The Seldoms performs “Superbloom” at the Chicago Botanic Garden; Joan Jett and Stone Temple Pilots headline a charity concert in Woodstock.
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Sweet Basil Cafe in Hanover Park abruptly closes, leaving chain’s last location in SkokieJul 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Sweet Basil Cafe opened its seventh Illinois location in Hanover Park 15 months ago, but with its recent abrupt closure only one in Skokie remains.
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Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
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Lambs Farm annual car showJul 18, 2025 5:13 pm - Lambs Farm is hosting its annual car show from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 27.