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Drury Lane Theatre announces its 2026-2027 season lineup

By Barbara Vitello
Sep 05, 2025 4:05 pm - Drury Lane Theatre announced its 77th season which includes the company’s first revival of “Annie” in 20 years as well as the 1951 comedy, “Father of the Bride.”
MTV Video Music Awards get ready to rock with star-studded lineup

By ITZEL LUNA
Sep 05, 2025 3:25 pm - Lady Gaga is extending her dominance of this year’s MTV Video Music Awards and has been added as a performer, show organizers recently announced.
Tore & Luke’s in Palatine to close Sunday for reported move, next location still unknown

By Eric Peterson
Sep 05, 2025 2:56 pm - A suddenly announced move from its 2-year-old current location in Palatine suggests another chapter on the way in the more than 40-year history of Tore & Luke’s Italian Beef & Pizza in the area.
Trump’s National Guard threats upend Mexican parade plans in Lake County, Chicago

By Anumita Kaur
Sep 05, 2025 1:33 pm - One Mexican Independence Day parade in the Chicago area is postponed. Another doubled its volunteer staff to ensure celebrators’ safety. A third parade’s organizers are watching closely, poised to pivot if the political climate worsens.
Elgin organ tour finale canceled; tour to resume Sept. 28

Submitted by Jeff Neufeld
Sep 05, 2025 12:39 pm - The Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour “Finale Concert” planned for Sept. 12, featuring players from the Elgin Symphony, was canceled due to a severe funding shortfall.
‘Tina’ is uplifted by a powerhouse performance

By Ty Burr
Sep 05, 2025 8:51 am - “Tina” features a unique central character, a powerhouse star performance and some truly uplifting choral singing. Those are the good parts. The less good part is a script that pummels audiences with melodrama, manipulation and sentimental clichés.
Sometimes, the price of fame is a fan like Matthew in ‘Lurker’

By Ty Burr
Sep 05, 2025 8:46 am - Of the two indie films about male-friendship stalkers now in theaters, “Lurker” is the creepy, better one. Better because beyond its immediate dramatic suspense, Alex Russell’s debut feature film arrives bearing uncomfortable truths about the symbiotic relationship between celebrities and hangers-on.
Family tales: Huntley writer publishes mom’s memoir of Chicago childhood, wartime love story

By Dave Heun
Sep 05, 2025 4:28 am - A Huntley man has published his mother’s memoir about growing up in Chicago in the 1920s and 30s and marrying a World War II veteran.
Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour finale set for Sept. 12 has been canceled

By Jeff Neufeld, Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour
Sep 04, 2025 3:52 pm - First Congregational United Church of Christ in Elgin recently announced that the grand finale concert for the Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour set for Sept. 12 has been canceled. It will be rescheduled soon.
Fall movie guide: Here are the films coming out from September to Christmas

Sep 04, 2025 1:50 pm - Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big roles this fall at the movies.

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