Entertainment
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Celebrate Summer’s Last Hurrah! with Elgin Rotary ClubAug 18, 2025 1:59 am - The Rotary Club of Elgin hosts a free, family-friendly end-of-summer celebration on Sept. 6 featuring live music, kids activities, craft fair, pet parade, food trucks, and raffle.
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Heirloom varieties take center stage at Garfield Farm Museum’s annual showAug 17, 2025 10:28 pm - Garfield Farm Museum's Heirloom Garden Show on Sunday, Aug. 24, will feature tours, prairie plot, and growers of antique produce varieties working to preserve genetic diversity.
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‘Bigger and more beautiful’: Wheaton coffee house owner opens The Kilns downtownAug 17, 2025 9:00 pm - The owner of a bustling coffee shop in downtown Wheaton has unveiled The Kilns, a new co-working and social house named after the home of “The Chronicles of Narnia” author C.S. Lewis.
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‘Weapons’ maintains top spot during second weekend, scaring off newcomer ‘Nobody 2’
Aug 17, 2025 2:43 pm - “Weapons” scared its way to the top of the box office in its debut and managed to stay there during its second box office weekend, beating out “Freakier Friday” and newcomer “Nobody 2.”
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Cybersecurity expert turned restaurateur brings Culture Shock to dinersAug 17, 2025 8:42 am - Culture Shock, a restaurant featuring a variety of cuisines, is planning to open in Glen Ellyn in October.
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Fan Expo Chicago returns to Rosemont with cosplay, characters, comicsAug 16, 2025 5:44 pm - Lovers of cosplay, sci-fi, horror, anime, comics, gaming and pop culture descended upon the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center in Rosemont this weekend for Fan Expo Chicago 2025.
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Classic Albums Live brings Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Rumours’ to the HemmensAug 15, 2025 4:51 pm - On Oct. 4, Classic Albums Live will perform Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours" album in its entirety, followed by a second set of the band's greatest hits, at Elgin's Hemmens Cultural Center.
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St. Charles Singers explore new works alongside familiar favorites in 41st seasonAug 15, 2025 3:35 pm - St. Charles Singers launches its 2025-26 season with little-known pieces, international Christmas tunes, and sacred songs for its first-ever Italian concert tour.
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A lyrical ode to the real cowgirls of the new West in ‘East of Wall’
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Book Review: A private eye investigates whether her husband sent an innocent man to prisonAug 15, 2025 10:57 am - “Gone in the Night” is Joanna Schaffhausen’s fifth novel featuring Annalisa, and fans of the series already know that the protagonist’s family life is complicated.