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RH Rooftop Restaurant features a year-round rooftop restaurant and bar.

Drink under the stars at these 6 rooftop bars

Whether you’re craving a casual after-work drink with friends or an upscale romantic evening under the stars, these suburban rooftops cater to every mood.

Effervescent Aurora Penepacker, center, plays the titular sprite in Kokandy Productions’ Chicago-area premiere of the whimsical tuner “Amélie.”

Kokandy revival of ‘Amélie’ a lovely tribute to kindness, human connection and simple pleasures

Kokandy Productions’ delicious Chicago-area premiere of the musical “Amélie” stars the beguiling Aurora Penepacker, a Glenview native, as the titular pixie girl and Arlington Heights native Joe Giovannetti as the quirky loner who happens to be her soulmate.

Aurora's Paramount Theatre announced this week it will suspend the Copley Theatre's Bold series after the final Aug. 31 performance of its stellar revival of Sam Shepard's classic “True West” starring Ben Page, right, as the grifter Lee and Jack Ball as his straight-arrow screenwriter brother Austin.

‘We're all a little heartbroken’: Aurora’s Copley Theatre will go dark

When the curtain falls on Paramount Theatre's stellar revival of “True West” later this month, the Copley Theatre in Aurora, home of Paramount's Bold series, goes dark.

Modern Day Romeos will perform Saturday, Aug. 9, during Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, which runs Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 7-10, in downtown Hampshire.

Things to do Aug. 8-14: Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Gurnee Days, Taste of Glen Ellyn and more

Mark your calendar for Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days, Smoke and Irons Music Fest, Burr Ridge Art Fair, Gurnee Days, Taste of Glen Ellyn, Midwest Classic Supershow and more happening this week.

Rod Stewart will bring his “One Last Time” tour to Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre in Tinley Park Friday, Aug. 8.

Concerts Aug. 8-14: Rod Stewart, Linkin Park, Nelly, Billy Idol, Toto and more

Upcoming concerts this week include Rod Stewart, The Goo Goo Dolls with Dashboard Confessional, Linkin Park, Nelly with Ja Rule and Eve, Billy Idol, Laurie Berkner, Toto, Christopher Cross and Men At Work and more.

Rock band The King of Mars performs at last year’s Smoke & Irons Music Fest in Bartlett.

Bartlett firefighters’ Smoke & Irons Music Fest for charity returns Aug. 7-9

Bartlett firefighters’ annual Smoke & Irons Music Fest to raise money for local assistance of those in need returns with the introduction of a kickoff party on a third day this Thursday.

The annual Fest for Beatles Fans, emceed by Chicago radio legend Teri Hemmert, takes place this weekend in Rosemont.

Best Bets: Rosemont welcomes Beatles fans, the MAC hosts second Japan fest

Beatles fans gather in Rosemont for the annual Fest for Beatles Fans, the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the McAninch Arts Center host a second Hokusai Japan Fest, and Broadway in Chicago hosts a free summer concert at Jay Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park.