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Fox Valley Theatre Co. presents fresh take on wizarding world with ‘Puffs’

Submitted by Lindsay Coats
Aug 23, 2025 8:59 am - Elgin’s Fox Valley Theatre Company will present "Puffs," a comedic play offering a new perspective on a famous wizarding school, told from the point of view of the overlooked students.
Naperville Heritage Society receives $200,000 grant for HVAC upgrades to historic chapel

By Denise Wilt, Naperville Heritage Society
Aug 23, 2025 12:54 am - The Naperville Heritage Society received a $200,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a new HVAC system at Naper Settlement's Century Memorial Chapel.
Downtown Palatine Street Fest returns with music, food, drinks

Submitted by village of Palatine
Aug 22, 2025 3:28 pm - Palatine Street Fest returns this week with live music, family activities, food and drinks.
Grand finale of concert season features Lara Bell at Lehmann Mansion

Daily Herald report
Aug 22, 2025 12:26 pm - The grand finale of the Lindenhurst/Lake Villa Community Partners live music in the parks concert season features singer/songwriter Lara Bell blending country and folk from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27 at the Lehmann Mansion, 485 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Lake Villa.
Riz Ahmed rises to the occasion in ‘Relay’

By Ty Burr
Aug 22, 2025 9:29 am - Until it goes kerblooey in the last 15 minutes, “Relay” is the very model of a modern genre thriller: Taut, tight, squeezing the maximum of suspense and character detail from the minimum of gestures.
Foxy Knoxy no more: Monica Lewinsky and Amanda Knox team up to reclaim Knox’s narrative

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Aug 22, 2025 8:29 am - Monica Lewinsky is keenly aware of what it feels like when your name is no longer your own and becomes attached to a character conjured by others. So, when Lewinsky read that Amanda Knox wanted to adapt her memoir for the screen, she felt she was in a unique position to help.
The star of the show is Stephen Sondheim in Oil Lamp’s ‘Side By Side By Sondheim’ revival

By Barbara Vitello
Aug 21, 2025 5:37 pm - Oil Lamp Theater’s intimate revival of “Side by Side by Sondheim” confirms the star of this musical revue is Stephen Sondheim himself.
Playing politics gets dangerous for Julie Delpy and Suranne Jones in ‘Hostage’

By HILARY FOX
Aug 21, 2025 4:10 pm - Only a few people know what it’s like to stand outside 10 Downing Street and address the world’s media. Suranne Jones and Julie Delpy aren’t politicians, but they got that opportunity playing rival stateswomen in thriller miniseries “Hostage,” released Thursday on Netflix.
St. Charles library hosts William Hazelgrove for book talk on massive Gilded Age scam

By Denise Blaszynski, St. Charles Public Library
Aug 21, 2025 3:48 pm - On Wednesday, Sept. 10, author William Hazelgrove will discuss his book "Greed in the Gilded Age: The Brilliant Con of Cassie Chadwick" at the St. Charles Public Library.
Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon, dies at 51

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 21, 2025 1:34 pm - Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.

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