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Pete Maccaro plays taps during last year’s Memorial Day program at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin.

Memorial Day parades, services, events in the suburbs

Memorial Day parades, services and observances throughout the suburbs will pay tribute to those U.S. military personnel who gave their lives in service of their country.

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.

Shaw’s Crab House in Schaumburg is kicking off the Second Annual Shrimp Festival Friday and will celebrate Memorial Day with live music in the Oyster Bar from 4-7 p.m. Monday.

Dining out: Memorial Day dining specials, new eateries in Schaumburg, Aurora, Oak Brook

Many restaurants around the suburbs will be serving specials for Memorial Day, plus the anticipated Hopscotch Pub recently opened in Schaumburg.

Sade (Naomi Ackie), left, Mariah (Taylour Paige) and Corvette (Keke Palmer) try to figure out how to get out of their predicament in “I Love Boosters.”

Boots Riley’s ‘I Love Boosters’ is a wild, surrealist social satire

Boots Riley holds nothing back in his audacious, surrealist social satire “I Love Boosters.” The film is a go-for-broke expression of wild imagination and social consciousness that’s impossible not to admire for its wacky, bold vision, with teleporting, high-fashion snobbery and pyramid schemes.

The Kid LAROI will perform Friday, May 22, at the Salt Shed in Chicago.

Concerts May 22-28: The Kid LAROI, Kid Cudi, A$AP Rocky and more

Upcoming concerts include The Kid LAROI at The Salt Shed, Kid Cudi at Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre, A$AP Rocky at the United Center and more.

The American Legion Post 57 Honor Guard fires a rifle salute during last year’s Memorial Day program at Bluff City Cemetery in Elgin. This year’s service takes place Monday, May 25.

Things to do May 22-28: Memorial Day events, Lake County Food Truck Festival, Prairie Arts Festival and more

Mark your calendar for Memorial Day ceremonies and parades, Lake County Food Truck Festival, Barrington Art Festival, Prairie Arts Festival in Schaumburg, Arbor Evenings at Morton Arboretum, Finesse Mitchell at the Chicago Improv and more.