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Enjoy lobster Benedict at Di Pescara’s Easter brunch.

Easter 2024: Make reservations now at these suburban eateries

Easter is just over a week away, which means it’s time to start making plans for brunch, lunch or dinner on Sunday, March 31. And if you’d rather dine at home, many restaurants are offering special takeout packages that will make entertaining a breeze.

Blues woman Ivy Ford performs at The Venue in Aurora this weekend.

Best Bets: Waukegan blues woman Ivy Ford at Aurora’s Venue, Herbie Hancock in Chicago

Chicago musicians come home: blues singer/guitarist Ivy Ford headlines Aurora’s The Venue, jazz great Herbie Hancock returns to Symphony Center and award winner Jonathan McReynolds joins fellow gospel artists at the Auditorium Theatre.

Maria Morales holds the Tievoli pizza at Tievoli Pizza Bar on Tuesday in Palatine.

At local pizza places, costs are taking a larger share of the pie

The price of nearly everything that goes into making a pizza — from cheese, tomatoes and flour to boxes and wages — has gone up since the pandemic, making it a challenge for local restaurateurs to find that profit margin sweet spot.

Shakira celebrates the official release of her new album, “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran.”

How Shakira turned pain into art on her first album in seven years, ‘Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran’

Shakira, the boundary-breaking Colombian performer, has been remarkably consistent since beginning her career in the early ’90s. In reality, the last few years haven’t been kind to her. On “Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran,” her first new album in seven years, she transforms her pain into art.

Watch out world: Beyoncé’s “Act II: Cowboy Carter” will be released Friday, March 29.

What to stream this week: BeyoncĂ©, Steve Martin, J-Hope, Mike Birbiglia, Bill Nighy and ‘Madu’

Beyoncé's country album and a documentary about a Nigerian boy who dreams of being a professional ballet dancer are some of the new television, movies, music and games he...

‘Why only TikTok’: Suburbanites weigh in on potential ban of popular app

With a bill that could potentially ban TikTok from the United States hanging in the balance in Washington, many suburbanites aren’t convinced the measure is good one. Tha...

Amanda Drinkall is luminous as fading Southern belle Blanche DuBois in Paramount Theatre's “A Streetcar Named Desire.”

Paramount Theatre’s long-delayed revival of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ is stellar

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced Paramount Theatre to postpone its revival of Tennessee Williams’ “A Streetcar Named Desire,” audiences will find that this taut, smoldering production was worth the wait.