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Bruno Mars will bring “The Romantic Tour” to Chicago’s Soldier Field Saturday and Sunday, May 16-17.

Concerts May 15-21: Bruno Mars, Soul Asylum, Ari Lennox and more

Upcoming concerts include Bruno Mars at Soldier Field, Bring Me The Horizon at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Soul Asylum at SPACE in Evanston, Ari Lennox at the Chicago Theatre, Toronzo Cannon at SPACE and more.

Food truck festivals offer an easy way to try new foods or indulge in an old favorite.

Food truck festivals in the suburbs offer tasty options

Food truck season is rolling back into the suburbs, bringing with it a full lineup of outdoor festivals packed with bold flavors and local favorites.

Parkway Bank Park in Rosemont hosts its annual Spring Fun Fest Saturday, May 16.

Best Bets: Rosemont hosts Spring Fun Fest and Anime Central

The Spring Fun Fest and Anime Central convention take over Rosemont, “Veep” alum Matt Walsh performs with Bluebird Improv at the Studebaker Theatre, and Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum showcases a former Aurora sculptor’s new exhibit.

Chocolate-covered strawberries provide a dash of color and sweetness during last year’s Long Grove Chocolate Fest, which this year runs Friday through Sunday, May 15-17.

Things to do May 15-21: Long Grove Chocolate Fest, D.L. Hughley, Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival and more

Mark your calendar for the Long Grove Chocolate Fest, Aurora Food Truck Fest, D.L. Hughley at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival and more.

Lombard Historical Society Volunteer Kim White reaches in to smell the flowers as she leads a guided tour of Lilacia Park on Tuesday. The scent of lilacs is still in the air.

‘It’s like the Super Bowl’: Lilac Time in Lombard culminates in parade on Sunday

Don’t read too much into the “bloom ’o’ meter” dial, the official gauge for Lilac Time, turned past fully blooming. The Palibin lilacs are holding court now. And Lilac Time is a marathon not a sprint, topped off by a parade down Main Street this Sunday.

Emile De Becque (Devin Archer), left, sweeps Nellie Forbush (Allsun O’Malley) off her feet in Paramount Theatre’s lush production of “South Pacific.”

Paramount delivers lush revival of timeless ‘South Pacific’

Paramount Theatre’s lush, well-sung revival of “South Pacific” celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lovely score while also examining the implicit bias of its characters.

At first, Hannah (Ella Bright) and Graham (Belmont Cameli) just pretend to be something more, until they actually are, in “Off Campus.”

Can ‘Off Campus’ capture the hockey romance hole left by ‘Heated Rivalry’?

Thanks to “Heated Rivalry,” hockey hunks — and their love stories — are having a moment. Prime Video’s “Off Campus” is the next show hoping to score with viewers.