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Agathe (Camille Rutherford) immerses herself in her book instead of life in “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life.”

Romance and writer’s block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’

Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by Austen as she has been made acutely aware of her own limitations in both romance and literature.

Wonder Woods Mini Golf returns to The Morton Arboretum for the summer.

Best Bets: Mini golf, music return to Morton Arboretum for the summer

Wonder Woods Mini Golf and Arbor Evenings return to the Morton Arboretum, baseball and fireworks resume at Schaumburg’s Wintrust Field and butterflies abound at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Fat Rosie’s, opening Friday in Oak Brook, offers a wide variety of margaritas. Pictured clockwise from the bottom are the mango, strawberry jalepeňo, Jamaica and the margarita de la casa.

‘Fiesta aficionados’: Fat Rosie’s bringing the party to Oak Brook when seventh location opens Friday

Fat Rosie’s is bringing the fiesta to Oak Brook. The high-energy, local Mexican chain will open its seventh suburban location at 3011 Butterfield Road on Friday, May 23.

Veterans from VFW Post 981 — Rush Rowly, right, Bob Rokus and Frank Plimr — wave to the crowd during last year’s Arlington Heights Memorial Day Parade.

Things to do May 23-29: Memorial Day events, Prairie Arts Festival, Gilberts Community Days and more

Mark your calendar for Memorial Day events throughout the suburbs, Barrington Art Festival, Bluesmobile Cruise Nights, Antioch Taste of Summer, Gilberts Community Days and more happening this week.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is still hanging on — but for how long — in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”

Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’

Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is getting a bit of a god complex. It’s not exactly his fault after defying death and completing impossible missions time and time again. But in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” there’s a breathlessness to the naive trust from his growing band of disciples.

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

Rosemont kicks off 18-show summer concert series Sunday

Rosemont’s annual free summer concert series Rockin’ in the Park — featuring 18 bands plus fireworks — begins this weekend at Parkway Bank Park.

Meetch's Wings & Things, which serves chicken, burgers and other fare, is now open at 1911 W. Algonquin Road in Rolling Meadows.

New eateries spice up Rolling Meadows food scene

New restaurants in Rolling Meadows include Meetch’s Wings and Things, Parlor Doughnuts and Michoacana Express RM, as well as coming attractions IZI Lounge and the rebranded Uyghur Lagman House.