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On The Border, located within Algonquin Commons at 1512 S. Randall Road, has closed.

On The Border permanently closes in Algonquin 1 year after bankruptcy filing

The Tex-Mex chain restaurant On The Border in Algonquin permanently closed one year after filing for bankruptcy.

Ken (Ryan Gosling) and Barbie (Margot Robbie) sing together in “Barbie.”

In a low period for comedy films, these were the best of the last decade

In the past decade, comedies have largely become the stuff of cult: little seen at release but rediscovered on streaming or elsewhere. So here are our picks for the best of the last 10 years.

“You’re Killing Me,” left, “The Chi” and “The Boroughs” come to streaming this week.

What to stream: John Krasinski, ‘Ladies First,’ Rod Stewart, Brooke Shields and a ‘Lego Batman’ game

John Krasinski returning as Jack Ryan in “Jack Ryan: Ghost War” for Prime Video and “Stranger Things” masterminds the Duffer Brothers producing a Netflix show in which a retirement community teams up to battle monsters are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

Nightly prayers become intense for Violet (Felicia Oduh), left, her sister Avery (Jaeda LaVonne) and their mother, Mama (Anji White), in Goodman Theatre’s Chicago-area premiere of “Covenant” by York Walker.

Goodman’s scary good ‘Covenant’ animated by desire, faith and repression

Goodman Theatre’s Chicago-area premiere of York Walker’s supernatural thriller “Covenant” is a scary good time.

Angela and Jordan Moore, center, along with their parents, Dale and Lynn Engebretson, left, and Fatima and Tim Moore, right, have purchased and reopened Geneva Wine Cellar & Tasting Room.

‘A shared experience’: Two generations of wine lovers reopen Geneva Wine Cellar & Tasting Room

Two generations of a wine-loving family have purchased and reopened the Geneva Wine Cellar and Tasting Room in downtown Geneva. “Wine has always been our passion,” says co-owner Angela Moore. “... And we really can’t wait to share it.”

Connie Canaday Howard, left, stars as birthday girl Ernestine Ashworth in Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s lovely revival of Noah Haidle’s “Birthday Candles.” Robert Jordan Bailey plays Kenneth, her longtime admirer and next-door neighbor.

A true gift: Connie Canaday Howard delivers exceptional performance in BTE’s ‘Birthday Candles’

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble’s Connie Canaday Howard delivers a praiseworthy performance in Noah Haidle’s “Birthday Candles.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson this week released the book “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”

Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on aliens and how we should greet them in ‘Take Me to Your Leader’

Neil deGrasse Tyson has had a lifelong fantasy of being abducted by aliens. That’s right, he actually wants to be taken. America’s favorite astrophysicist has turned that lifelong fascination into a book, “Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter.”