McHenry County Entertainment
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Good or evil?: How owls have been depicted in folklore and historyOct 31, 2024 6:00 am - Nature columnist and owl enthusiast Mark Spreyer takes a look at how owls have fascinated humans for centuries, and how they’ve been depicted in folklore, fiction and history.
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Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra explores music through the lens of art in 2024-25 seasonOct 30, 2024 4:39 pm - How do you paint a symphony? That is the question the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra explores in its 2024-25 season. The theme for the 49th season is “Soundscapes.”
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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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Get in the spirit: Halloween-themed specials on tap at suburban bars, restaurantsOct 23, 2024 2:32 pm - Halloween falls on a Thursday, which means there’s an opportunity for an extra long week of celebrating. Suburban bars and restaurants are offering spooky events and specials to get you in the spirit.
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Get a free sandwich at Dave’s Hot Chicken for Drake’s birthday ThursdayOct 22, 2024 1:49 pm - In celebration of Drake’s birthday, Dave's Hot Chicken is giving out free hot chicken sliders to in-store guests who use their app on Thursday, Oct. 24. Drake was an early investor in the company.
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Best Bets: Rosemont welcomes ‘Battlestar Galactica’ fansOct 21, 2024 12:39 pm - The Salute to Battlestar Galactica event fetes 20 years of the TV show in Rosemont, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art debuts a new exhibition devoted to classic arcade games, and Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park hosts a Crawl-o-ween Bar Crawl.
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Restoration project steadily bringing Barrington’s Catlow Theatre back to lifeOct 20, 2024 9:00 pm - Two years in, restoration of the historic Catlow Theatre in downtown Barrington is going according to plan and on schedule for a 2026 reopening.
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Trick-or-treat times in the suburbsOct 18, 2024 8:21 pm - Happy Halloween! Here’s a list of trick-or-treating hours throughout the suburbs.
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Mitzi Gaynor: Superstar, one-time Elgin girlOct 17, 2024 4:15 pm - Editor’s note: Actor-dancer Mitzi Gaynor died Thursday at age 93. This story was originally published on March 19, 2013. “Oh, honey,” Mitzi Gaynor told us, “it's hard to...
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Lambs Farm celebrates Halloween Oct. 26Oct 17, 2024 1:18 pm - Lambs Farm is celebrating Halloween with its spooktacular Trick or Treat on the Farm event from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 26.