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FRI, 7/30/2021

Friday, July 30, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Brady Lohmeyer, 6, left, and brother Peyton, 8, of Barrington enjoy the Baja Buggy ride during the opening day of the Lake County Fair Friday in Grayslake. Also pictured in back is 6-year-old Jack Kainz, also of Barrington.

3-day 'Micro Fair' opens in Grayslake

A retooled Lake County Fair returned for its annual run Friday at the fairgrounds at Peterson and Midlothian roads in Grayslake.
Aaron Williams, the founder and organizer of the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival in Lisle, will also be performing on the outdoor acoustic stage.

Homegrown music fest returns in person to Lisle this weekend

Homegrown's Aaron Williams had to pivot when the pandemic threatened to shut down the local music fest last summer. This weekend, it returns to Lisle with plenty of new music.
Bob Odenkirk speaks at the AMC’s “Better Call Saul” panel during the AMC Networks TCA 2020 Winter Press Tour in Pasadena, Calif.

Naperville's Bob Odenkirk tweets that he had 'small heart attack' with no surgery needed

Naperville North grad Bob Odenkirk was in stable condition Wednesday after collapsing on the set of "Better Call Saul."
Spectators wait along Broadway as marchers pass through the Financial District during a parade honoring essential workers for their efforts in getting New York City through the COVID-19 pandemic, Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in New York. The parade kicked off at Battery Park and travel up Broadway in lower Manhattan, the iconic stretch known as the Canyon of Heroes, which has hosted parades honoring world leaders, celebrities and winning sports teams. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Broadway to require vaccinations, masks for audience members

Broadway theatergoers will need to prove they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 and masks will be required when theaters reopen in the coming weeks, producers announced Friday.
Fresh Donuts opened seven years ago in Geneva. The shop at 1188 E. State St. serves up doughnuts, bagels and egg sandwiches.
Geneva doughnut shop Fresh Donuts serves up sweet treats to loyal customers
This week, columnist Dave Heun writes about Fresh Donuts, a doughnut shop in Geneva that he says is getting rave reviews from customers.
The former Tap House Grill space at 1472 Market St. in Des Plaines will serve as the future home of a restaurant called At 7. The new eatery is anticipated to open this fall.
New restaurant coming to downtown Des Plaines
A new restaurant named At 7 is coming to downtown Des Plaines, filling a vacancy in the Metropolitan Square complex.
Villa Park Trustee Jack Corkery stars as Macduff in Saint Genesius Productions’ outdoor production of Shakespeare’s tragedy “Macbeth” this weekend
Villa Park trustee appearing in community theater production of 'Macbeth'
Recently elected Villa Park Trustee Jack Corkery is in the cast of "Macbeth" by Saint Genesius Productions. The outdoor Shakespeare in the park community theater production also features the daughter of another recently elected Villa Park trustee, Deepasriya Kumar.
Fans attend the first day of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Thursday in Grant Park in Chicago.
Lollapalooza fans optimistic as 2021 festival kicks off amid COVID-19 precautions
Thousands of fans streamed into Grant Park Thursday, marking the return of Lollapalooza after COVID-19 halted last year's iteration of the 30-year-old music festival.
Bill Baker (Matt Damon) heads from Oklahoma to France to see his estranged daughter, in prison for a murder she insists she did not commit, in “Stillwater.”
'Stillwater' ripples with realism in its story of a flawed father seeking redemption
Matt Damon gives a seamless performance as a blue-collar worker from Oklahoma in France to help his imprisoned daughter in the daring drama "Stillwater."
Kyrie Courter, left, and Ciera Dawn (seen here in a 2020 photograph) play teens attending a boarding school in Ghana in Goodman Theatre’s Chicago-area premiere of “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play” by Jocelyn Bioh.
Looking for laughs? Try Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud and Chicago's Goodman Theatre
Laugh Out Loud Theater in Schaumburg invites patrons to chill out with "Hot Laugh Summer" while Goodman Theatre stages the coronavirus-interrupted Chicago premiere of "School Girls; Or, the African Mean Girls Play."
A botanist (Emily Blunt), right, hires a boat captain (Dwayne Johnson) to help her seek out a legendary plant in “Jungle Cruise.”
Disney's 'Jungle Cruise' takes viewers on predictable, pun-filled adventure
Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt set sail in the absurd but mildly entertaining "Jungle Cruise," based on the Disney amusement park ride.
Ron Onesti and Patti Page at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Sweet memories of Patti Page
In 2008, the Arcada Theatre was honored to host a historic Veterans Day tribute concert with Patti Page that wound up also being her 80th birthday celebration. I had heard she was a sweet lady, and she did not disappoint when she arrived.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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