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The marquee piece of a long-planned transformation of Recreation Park in Arlington Heights is restoration of a historic Works Progress Administration field house and replacement of the outdoor pool.

Officials: $32 million Arlington Heights park refresh won’t disrupt Frontier Days

The Arlington Heights Park District is embarking on the final phases of a $32 million renovation of Recreation Park, but work is timed not to disrupt the annual Frontier Days festival held at the park.

Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) returns in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”

Cannes readies for 78th edition with new challenges on the horizon

Nowhere is the border-crossing nature of cinema more evident than the Cannes Film Festival, which kicks off Tuesday in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s vow to enact tariffs on international films.

“Home of the American Circus” by Allison Larkin.

Book Review: Allison Larkin’s latest is a heartfelt story of small-town America, set in her hometown

A heartfelt presentation of small-town American life and the joys and struggles that go with it, “Home of the American Circus” centers on Freya who, at 30, must move back home and deal with the house her parents left her.

Southside Cocktail

‘Sour’ cocktails are more varied — and familiar — than you might think

It’s long baffled me how two of the most essential flavors — sour and salty — came to be associated with bad moods. A sour person is someone to avoid. A sour in the cocktail world, though, is something to embrace.

Orly KG performs with the Bad Momz of Comedy at City Winery in Chicago on May 7. The Highland Park mother of two kicked off a comedy career just a few years ago.

Bad Momz of Comedy takes on motherhood in ’the burbs and beyond

Bad Momz of Comedy got its start in the suburbs and now includes 90 moms from across the country.

A group of Loyola University theologians had dinner with the future Pope Leo XIV, second from right, last August at Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton. Pictured, from left, are Peter Jones, dean for the Institute of Pastoral Studies; Michael Murphy, director of the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage; Professor Felipe Legarreta; and Miguel Díaz, a former U.S. ambassador to the Holy See who now works at Loyola.

Supper with the pope: Wheaton restaurant hosted the future pontiff

A group of theologians from Loyola University Chicago met with then-Cardinal Robert Prevost, now Pope Leo XIV, last August at Ivy Restaurant in Wheaton.

From “28 Years Later” to " Ballerina” to “Elio” to “F1" to “How to Train Your Dragon” to “Jurassic World Rebirth,” there’s no shortage of movie choices this summer.

Summer Movie Guide 2025: Here’s what’s coming to theaters and streaming from May to August

Ethan Hunt’s last mission? A new Superman? Happy Gilmore as a dad? Three genre-spanning Pedro Pascal movies, including a romance, a superhero movie and an A24 Ari Aster thriller? Hollywood is pulling out the stops this summer movie season.