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TUE, 11/12/2019

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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The small-batch Pumpkin Pie Ale will be available at Buffalo Creek Brewing starting Wednesday, Nov. 13.

Dining out: Buffalo Creek brewing up Pumpkin Pie Ale

Buffalo Creek Brewing is releasing its limited Pumpkin Pie Ale on Wednesday, Arlington Heights' Osteria Trulli intros new dishes Friday, and Mon Ami Gabi has added a special vegan and vegetarian menu, this week on the suburban dining scene.
The Midtown Men, featuring original cast members of Broadway’s “Jersey Boys,” perform at College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn on Saturday, Nov. 16.

Best Bets: Midtown Men sing in Glen Ellyn; Rita Rudner returns to Raue Center

Best Bets: The Midtown Men perform at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, America returns to the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles and comedian Rita Rudner brings laughs to the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake.
Phat Phat Chinese Eatery, shown here in September, has opened for business in the restored century-old building at 17 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg. Easy Street Pub formerly operated in the historic structure.

Phat Phat Chinese Eatery opens in restored Schaumburg building

The long-awaited Phat Phat Chinese Eatery has opened its doors in the restored century-old building that last housed the Easy Street Pub in Schaumburg's historic district.
Yorkville native Paris Strickland (center) plays Tiny Tim in Goodman Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol.” This marks her third time playing the role and the 12th time Larry Yando (seated) has played Ebenezer Scrooge in the holiday favorite.

Spotlight: 'Christmas Carol' returns to the Goodman

Goodman stages the 42nd production of "A Christmas Carol," Drury Lane Theatre revives "Mary Poppins," and Citadel Theatre stages the family-friendly "Annie," this week in Chicago-area theater.
Tickets for Blackberry Farm’s popular Holiday Express train will go on sale Tuesday, Nov. 12.
All aboard the Holiday Express at Blackberry Farm
The Holiday Express train at Aurora's Blackberry Farm is welcoming everyone aboard throughout the month of December.
Feder: Daily Northwestern has nothing to apologize for -- except its apology
Someday the young editors of The Daily Northwestern will look back on this episode in their lives with regret. But for now, let's just think of it as a teachable moment for some misguided college students who need to learn that journalists don't apologize for doing their jobs.
New Dancecenter North studio owner Stacy Keller poses with some costumes from their production of the Nutcracker at their new location in Gurnee. Keller said the studio's move this summer “was a huge undertaking.”
Dancecenter North has new home, same family feel
When Dancenter North Director Stacy Keller considered buying the business this spring, she knew she simultaneously faced another major decision.
An undisclosed “health emergency” has forced Arlington Heights native and Broadway veteran Karen Mason to cancel her concert at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre in Arlington Heights on Thursday, Nov. 14. Ticket holders should contact the box office about refunds and to find out information about a possible rescheduled concert date.
Nov. 14 Karen Mason concert at Metropolis canceled due to health
An undisclosed "serious health situation" has forced Arlington Heights native and Broadway veteran Karen Mason to cancel her upcoming concert at the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.
In this anthem scene from the opera “The Falling and The Rising,” a chorus of veterans appear on stage at The Mary Wilson House-Beyer Auditorium in Park Ridge, while images of their younger selves are shown on the video screen.
Constable: Some suburban veterans find a way to heal, with opera
There are myriad ways to honor veterans on Veterans Day, but there's only one opera partially commissioned by the Army. It's in Park Ridge and includes local veterans.
Broadway veteran Jared Bradshaw stars in “Swingin’ on a Star, A Salute to Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters” at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Plan ahead: Jared Bradshaw salutes Bing Crosby at Marriott
Broadway veteran Jared Bradshaw performs at Lincolnshire's Marriott Theatre, spend "Christmas With the Nelsons" at Crystal Lake's Raue Center for the Arts and Moscow Ballet's "Great Russian Nutcracker" returns to Rosemont.
“Finding Chika: A Little Girl, an Earthquake, and the Making of a Family” by Mitch Albom.
Book review: Mitch Albom's 'Finding Chika' is a bittersweet memoir about family
Mitch Albom, the author of "Tuesdays With Morrie," has a new memoir in which he again shares lessons learned from someone dear to him who dies. This time, though, instead of an old professor, his teacher is a young girl from the orphanage he runs in Haiti.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: My 'Bronx Tale'
Chazz Palminteri appears live at the Arcada Theatre this Sunday at 3 p.m. performing his one-man-play that started it all, "A Bronx Tale." His 1993 motion picture of the same name became my all-time favorite film as it touched me in such a familiar, "old-school" way.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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