Entertainment
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Spotify Wrapped 2025: Bad Bunny has dethroned Taylor Swift as most-streamed artist
Dec 03, 2025 7:40 am - Spotify Wrapped is here! And Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny has been named its most-played artist for a fourth time, dethroning Taylor Swift.
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Holiday movies, and moms, deserve better than ‘Oh. What. Fun.’
Dec 03, 2025 6:59 am - Michelle Pfeiffer plays a mom on the edge at Christmas time in the new movie “Oh. What. Fun.” If the sarcastic punctuation wasn’t enough of a tip off, Pfeiffer’s character Claire is not having the best time.
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Dining out: New spicy sub at Jersey Mike’s, themed dinners, shiitake mushroom tacos and moreDec 03, 2025 6:34 am - Jersey Mike’s Subs has deemed Chicago as a test market for the new “Mike’s Hot Italian.” Plus, there’s a wine dinner at Mockingbird in East Dundee, a 1960s-dinner-party-themed gathering at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights and more.
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Gary UMC in Wheaton to present ‘Lessons & Carols’ on Dec. 14Dec 03, 2025 12:41 am - Gary United Methodist Church in Wheaton will host a special "Lessons & Carols" service on Dec. 14, featuring music, Scripture readings, and reflections on the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Elmhurst Choral Union presents two December performances of Handel’s ‘Messiah’Dec 02, 2025 11:51 pm - The Elmhurst Choral Union is hosting two performances of Handel's "Messiah" in December, featuring the famous "Hallelujah Chorus."
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‘From Stillness to Song’: United Methodist Church of Geneva hosts Christmas cantataDec 02, 2025 4:41 pm - The United Methodist Church of Geneva invites the community to its annual Christmas cantata on Dec. 14. The cantata, "From Stillness to Song: The Journey to Christmas," features classic carols accompanied by a 10-piece chamber orchestra.
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Cheers! Holiday experiences popping up at bars, restaurants around the suburbsDec 02, 2025 3:55 pm - If you’re looking to get in the holiday spirit, check out these creative pop-ups bringing cheer to the suburbs.
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‘Lightbreakers’ is a moving, inventive novel about physics, time and love
Dec 02, 2025 2:52 pm - The term “scientific fiction,” a subtle adjustment to science fiction, is often used to describe weighty literary novels about cutting-edge technologies and big ideas, and it’s an apt way to describe Aja Gabel’s riveting second novel, “Lightbreakers.”
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Handbell concert Dec. 12 at Des Plaines libraryDec 02, 2025 2:37 pm - A group called the Random Ringers will perform a holiday concert with handbells Dec. 12 at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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CPKC Holiday Train returns to Viking Park in GurneeDec 02, 2025 2:28 pm - The CPKC Holiday Train returns to Gurnee Tuesday, Dec. 9, as part of a free event from 4 to 6 p.m. on Depot Road, east of the railroad tracks.