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Concerts Nov. 28 to Dec. 4: Pentatonix, Micky Dolenz, Burna Boy, Erykah Badu and more

By Luke Zurawski
Nov 25, 2025 8:40 am - Upcoming concerts include Pentatonix at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Micky Dolenz at the Arcada Theatre and Des Plaines Theatre, Burna Boy at the United Center, Erykah Badu at the Chicago Theatre and more.
Spotlight: Northlight Theatre spices up the season with suspense thriller ‘Gaslight’

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 25, 2025 7:45 am - Northlight Theatre’s psychological thriller “Gaslight” is an alternative to the holiday shows beginning performances this week at Strawdog, Lifeline, Tuta, Theater Wit and Broadway in Chicago.
Eddie Murphy to receive life achievement award from the American Film Institute

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 25, 2025 7:33 am - Eddie Murphy is being celebrated with a life achievement award from the American Film Institute, AFI’s board of trustees said recently. The award will be handed out at a gala tribute in Los Angeles on April 18.
Udo Kier, German actor from ‘My Own Private Idaho’ and ‘Ace Ventura,’ dies at 81

Nov 25, 2025 7:04 am - Udo Kier, the German actor whose icy gaze and strange, scene-stealing screen presence made him a favorite of filmmakers including Andy Warhol, Gus Van Sant and Lars von Trier, has died at 81.
Elizabeth Olsen, Callum Turner and Miles Teller lead clever, charming ‘Eternity’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Nov 25, 2025 5:00 am - Joan Cutler has an impossible decision to make in “Eternity.” The newly deceased character, played by Elizabeth Olsen, has one week to decide who she wants to spend her afterlife with and two husbands (Callum Turner and Miles Teller) hoping that she’ll choose them.
Jessie Buckley startles and shimmers in ‘Hamnet,’ a meditation on love, loss and art

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Nov 25, 2025 5:00 am - Volcanic is the best way to describe Jessie Buckley’s startling performance in “Hamnet,” Chloe Zhao’s unabashedly emotional adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel. Also starring a magnetic Paul Mescal as Will, it’s a story that imagines the early life of the young couple from Stratford.
Illinois Brass Band presents ‘Holiday Classics’

Submitted by Illinois Brass Band
Nov 24, 2025 11:45 pm - On Saturday, Dec. 20, the Illinois Brass Band holiday concert will feature Christmas fanfares, popular favorites, sacred carols, and vocalist Amy Bearden.
‘Incredible opportunity’: Wheaton native Sleeping At Last to perform holiday show with Chicago Philharmonic at The Auditorium

By Ryan Cole
Nov 24, 2025 5:28 pm - “I’m a nervous person,” says musician Sleeping At Last, aka Ryan O’Neal. “So playing live is an act of vulnerability that has scared me for a long time.” But the Wheaton native is not letting that hold him back from performing with the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra Saturday, Nov. 29, at The Auditorium.
Best Bets: Broadway vet Levi Kreis returns to Metropolis, and holiday music fills the air

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 24, 2025 4:52 pm - Tony Award-winner Levi Kreis returns to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre, Santa’s Village opens its holiday lights display, “Dr. Who” fans convene in Lombard and holiday music is in the air in the suburbs.
Photos Hotdogs serves up holiday generosity with gift card deal that gives back

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 24, 2025 3:24 pm - A Palatine restaurant is getting into the holiday spirit with a gift card promotion to benefit organizations serving people with special needs.

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