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Fourteen-year-old Dylan Toader of Niles works on a painting during the Barrington Art Festival Saturday. The 17th annual festival, which features the work of at least 125 artists, along with live painting classes, a kids’ art zone, music, food and more, continues from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at South Cook and East Station streets in Barrington. Admission is free.

Live painting classes part of Barrington Art Festival

Create your own painting or check out the work of other artists at the 17th annual Barrington Art Festival.

The Bourbon Monk Stout burger from The Lucky Monk features Tillamook cheddar, caramelized onions, bourbon stout glaze, tomato, pickles and lettuce on a sesame seed bun.

Now that’s a tasty burger: 10 good places to dine on National Hamburger Day

Thursday, May 28, is National Hamburger Day, and here are 10 places around the suburbs where you can enjoy a tasty burger.

Guzman y Gomez closes all suburban locations

Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen announced Friday that it was closing all of its U.S. restaurants ― all of which were in the suburbs and Chicago.

Artist Rich Lo works outside the McAninch Arts Center on the College of DuPage campus in Glen Ellyn. On Thursday, the Naperville resident painted a silhouette sculpture for the upcoming “Walking With Giants” exhibition.

‘Walking With Giants’ exhibition to bring larger-than-life art to COD campus

Artists are working to paint silhouette sculptures that will be part of the upcoming “Walking With Giants” exhibition at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.

The Rockin' in the Park summer concert series kicks off Sunday, May 24, at Parkway Bank Park in Rosemont.

Best Bets: Rosemont’s Rockin’ in the Park and Morton’s Wonder Woods Mini Golf return

Summer will be rocking with outdoor concerts at Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park and the Elmhurst History Museum, mini golf resumes at the Morton Arboretum, and Brookfield Zoo Chicago debuts its larger-than-life Dinos! experience.

Whistleblower Dr. Thomas Stockmann (Will Allan), center, tries to warn his community about a contaminated local spa in TimeLine Theatre Company’s revival of Amy Herzog’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s “An Enemy of the People.” Charles Andrew Gardner, left, plays Captain Horster and Grayson Kennedy plays newspaper publisher Hovstad.

Timely as ever: TimeLine Theatre inaugurates new home with superb ‘Enemy of the People’

A superb revival of the ever-resonant “An Enemy of the People” inaugurates TimeLine Theatre Company’s new home.

Former President Barack Obama recently toured the re-creation of the Oval Office at the Obama Presidential Center, which is scheduled to open June 19 on Chicago’s South Side.

Starting with the Obama Presidential Center opening, Chicago and suburban museums unveil ambitious summer exhibitions

The biggest cultural event in the Chicago area this year promises to be the opening of the Obama Presidential Center in June. But other suburban and Chicago museums have significant exhibitions planned too.