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Uniformed federal agents patrol near a pub at North Clark and West Erie streets in Chicago’s River North neighborhood Sept. 28. Restaurateurs say the immigration crackdown in the Chicago area is causing staffing shortages and scaring away customers.

‘The deployments create fear’: Immigration crackdown hurting restaurant staffing, reservations

Now in its second month, the Operation Midway Blitz immigration crackdown is causing problems at Chicago-area restaurants, industry insiders say.

See hundreds of handblown glass pumpkins in varying sizes and shapes at the Glass Pumpkin Patch at the Morton Arboretum Friday through Sunday, Oct. 10-12.

Things to do Oct. 10-16: Glass Pumpkin Patch, St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, Lumenaura and more

Mark your calendar for Glass Pumpkin Patch at The Morton Arboretum, St. Charles Scarecrow Fest, Lumenaura in Aurora, “Harry Potter: A Forbidden Forest Experience” in Ingleside, Fall Festival at Danada, Boo at the Zoo at Brookfield Zoo Chicago and more.

Andy’s Frozen Custard has a Naperville shop at 450 E. Ogden Ave. The chain is slated to grow with a new shop planned for Bloomingdale.

Andy’s Frozen Custard slated to open in Bloomingdale next year

An Andy’s Frozen Custard plans to open on Lake Street in Bloomingdale, the village has announced amid peak pumpkin pie concrete season.

Jeffrey Manchester (Channing Tatum) woos single mom Leigh (Kirsten Dunst) in “Roofman.”

Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst bring humanity to true-crime tale ‘Roofman’

“Roofman” isn’t just some fun, eccentric caper starring Channing Tatum. It’s based on a wild true story involving a prison escape, a six-month secret stay inside Toys “R” Us and a local girlfriend who was none-the-wiser to his criminal ways.

The Capitol Fools perform two shows Sunday, Oct. 12, at the College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center.

Best bets: MAC welcomes Capitol Fools comedy and ESO opens its season

The Capitol Fools send up politicians and politics at the McAninch Arts Center, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra opens its 76th season, and Berwyn native Sondra Radvanovsky plays the scorned sorceress in Lyric Opera of Chicago’s season-opening production of “Medea.”

“Orwell: 2+2=5” is loosely structured around Orwell’s time on the Isle of Jura, in Scotland, where he wrote what would be his last novel, “1984,” while his health was deteriorating from tuberculosis.

In ‘Orwell: 2+2=5,’ a powerful portrait of the author and his still relevant writings

Filmmaker Raoul Peck uses George Orwell’s writings to weave together a biographical portrait of the author and a dispiriting picture of power and truth in the modern world in “Orwell: 2+2=5.”

Antico Posto in Oak Brook will donate $1 from the sale of each strawberry cheesecake gelato in October to Chicago’s In Good Taste, part of the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Foundation.

Dining out: Eat, drink to support breast cancer charities, Big City Burger collab and new fall menus

There are plenty of opportunities in the suburbs to support breast cancer charities while enjoying food and drink in October. We’ve also got some new fall menu offerings, a burger collab with chef Bill Kim at The Graceful Ordinary and more.