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Navy Pier in Chicago features fireworks Saturdays and Wednesdays during the summer, including June 28 and July 2 and 5.

Where you can see Fourth of July fireworks displays in the suburbs

Here are some of the fireworks displays planned to celebrate the Fourth of July in the area.

Kathleen Chalfant, as Ruth, is able to evoke an entire life history with a gesture or a look in “Familiar Touch.”

‘Familiar Touch’ takes audiences gently into that good night

Sarah Friedland’s “Familiar Touch” is gentle and mysterious, presenting the narrowing days of an elderly woman’s life as a kind of lucid dreaming. Patient, observant and slow, the film benefits immeasurably from the presence of Kathleen Chalfant as the woman, Ruth Goldman.

Work on Blufish Sushi continues Friday in Schaumburg. The full-service Japanese restaurant is expected to open on McConnor Parkway in August as the suburban chain's fourth location.

Blufish Sushi aiming for August opening of its fourth suburban location in Schaumburg

A long-awaited Blufish Sushi restaurant is expected to open in Schaumburg in August, with time left this summer to take advantage of the building’s outdoor patio.

Lorde performs at the Glastonbury Festival in Worthy Farm, Somerset, England, Monday, June 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Scott Garfitt)

Music review: Lorde enters ‘Virgin’ territory on her liberated, physical pop album

Fans of the New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde have long commended the artist for her visceral pop craft. Her music, to certain ears, sounds like freedom. On her new album, “Virgin,” it is as though Lorde is able to hear it, too.

Visitors to an immersive art space set to open this fall in Rosemont will don virtual reality glasses to experience settings such as ancient Egypt.

Ancient Egypt and evolution will come to life in Rosemont’s first immersive art shows

“Horizon of Khufu” and “Life Chronicles” have been announced as the first two immersive art experiences of Rosemont’s new EXP venue scheduled to open this fall.

Roasted Amish chicken from Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights is served with carrot puree, English peas and poached apricot. It’s part of a new menu devised by Chef Tim Vidrio, formerly of the Michelin-starred North Pond in Chicago.

Hey Nonny brings in chef with Michelin pedigree to show they’re serious about food

Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights wants people to know they’re as serious about food as they are about music. So much so that they’ve brought in a chef with Michelin-star pedigree to prove it.

Heidi Kettenring, top row center, plays an unhappily married 40-something whose birthday wish transports her back in time to her teenage self (Christina Priestner, center, wearing a white sweater) in Marriott Theatre's premiere of the 1980s jukebox tuner “Always Something There …”

Marriott’s ‘Always Something There …’ needs a little something more

Marriott Theatre’s new “mixtape musical” “Always Something There ...” works best when you let yourself be carried off by nostalgia and string of 1980s dance pop tunes.