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Mandrake in Geneva is celebrating its grand opening on Oct. 16-17.

Mandrake Restaurant to celebrate official grand opening in Geneva

It’s been one year since Mandrake opened its doors in downtown Geneva, but now the restaurant is ready to officially celebrate the momentous occasion. The celebrations, w...

A killer infiltrates a Midwest haunted house in the upcoming horror film “Haunt Season,” from Gurnee writer/director Jake Jarvi. Realm of Terror haunted house owner Stephen Kristof, center, plays a haunted house owner in the film which premiered Friday in Los Angeles and begins streaming via video-on-demand Oct. 8.

Suburban scares: Round Lake Beach haunted house, Gurnee director team for ‘Haunt Season’

Gurnee filmmaker Jake Jarvi says fainthearted horror film fans only have to close their eyes once or twice during “Haunt Season” his new movie filmed at Realm of Terror, a longtime haunted house in Round Lake Beach.

Fall flavors have joined the Table at Crate menu, including a butternut squash hummus appetizer.

Seasonal sustenance: New fall dishes, drinks arrive at suburban restaurants

As the leaves change with the onset of fall, so do menus at many suburban restaurants as they embrace a new crop of seasonal ingredients.

Lorne Michaels (Gabriel LaBelle), left, tries to convince Jacqueline Carlin (Kaia Gerber) and Chevy Chase (Cory Michael Smith) that he knows what he’s doing in “Saturday Night.”

‘Saturday Night’ is thinly sketched but satisfying

We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. So it’s maybe appropriate that Jason Reitman’s big-screen ode, “Saturday Night,” should arrive, amid all of the tributes, to remind us of the show’s original revolutionary force.

Famous artist Sara Blum (Helen Mirren) opens up to her grandson Julian (Bryce Gheisar) one evening over dinner about what she went through during the war in “White Bird.”

Helen Mirren tells a story of evil and hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’

It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness. In the new film “White Bird,” the act is quite significant: A family in Nazi-occupied France shelters a young Jewish girl, whose friends and family have all been taken away.

Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix) finds romance, and possibly love, with fellow inmate Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga) in “Joker: Folie à Deux.”

Spinning its wheels: ‘Folie à Deux’ reckons with ‘The Joker’

If there’s one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips’ divisive 2019 original “Joker” and his new follow-up, it’s that these movies are best when they dance.

The Polkaholics rouse the crowd during last year's Oktoberfest at Naper Settlement in Naperville.

Festivals Oct. 4-10: Oktoberfests, Jumptoberfest, Boo at the Zoo and more

Mark your calendar for the Oktoberfest at Naper Settlement, Norge Ski Club’s Jumptoberfest, Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Boo at the Zoo and more happening this week.