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CSO performs suburban composer’s concerto at Ravinia

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 22, 2025 11:03 am - This weekend in the suburbs: CSO performs Schaumburg High School grad Tim Corpus’ “The Great Lake Concerto” at Ravinia; dance ensemble The Seldoms performs “Superbloom” at the Chicago Botanic Garden; Joan Jett and Stone Temple Pilots headline a charity concert in Woodstock.
Venice Film Festival lineup features Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone and Dwayne Johnson

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jul 22, 2025 9:19 am - Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Emma Stone, Dwayne Johnson, Adam Sandler and Idris Elba are just some of the celebrities headlining films at this year’s Venice International Film Festival. Organizers on Tuesday unveiled the starry lineup for its 82nd edition, which kicks off a busy fall film festival season in August.
Sweet Basil Cafe in Hanover Park abruptly closes, leaving chain’s last location in Skokie

By Eric Peterson
Jul 21, 2025 4:31 pm - Sweet Basil Cafe opened its seventh Illinois location in Hanover Park 15 months ago, but with its recent abrupt closure only one in Skokie remains.
Billy Joel says he's 'OK' after receiving brain disorder diagnosis

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jul 21, 2025 4:16 pm - Billy Joel is doing much better, the “Piano Man” singer wants fans to know. In May, Joel canceled all his upcoming concerts across North America and England after being diagnosed with fluid buildup in his brain that has affected his “hearing, vision and balance.”
Evanston theater revives unflinchingly authentic ‘Pass Over’

By Barbara Vitello
Jul 21, 2025 4:09 pm - Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre revives “Pass Over,” Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s drama about two young men trying to survive their crime-ridden neighborhood. On a lighter note, Highland Park’s Uptown Music Theater revives “Hairspray.”
Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel are married

By MARIA SHERMAN and SIAN WATSON
Jul 21, 2025 3:46 pm - Charli XCX and The 1975 drummer George Daniel have tied the knot. A representative for Daniel confirmed to The Associated Press that the pair married over the weekend.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, ‘Cosby Show’ actor, dies at 54 in Costa Rica drowning

Associated Press
Jul 21, 2025 1:25 pm - SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who as teenage son Theo Huxtable on “The Cosby Show,” was central to a cultural phenomenon that helped define the 1980s, died...
Lombard Historical Society hosting Victorian-themed garden party

By Rae Slowik, Lombard Historical Society
Jul 21, 2025 1:05 pm - The Lombard Historical Society is hosting a Victorian Garden Tea Party on July 26 featuring summertime refreshments, Victorian games, and crafts.
The ‘best breakfast burritos’: Guzman y Gomez plans second Naperville restaurant, opens latest in Des Plaines

By Katlyn Smith
Jul 21, 2025 11:26 am - With a mission to “reinvent fast food,” Guzman y Gomez continues to introduce suburbanites to its version of made-to-order burritos and bowls with a new restaurant in Des Plaines and another planned for Naperville’s Route 59 corridor.
Geneva artist gifts mosaic to the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in Chicago

Submitted by Archdiocese of Chicago
Jul 21, 2025 11:19 am - On Wednesday, July 23, Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in Chicago will unveil a 1,000-piece mosaic of the first millennial saint by Geneva artist Johnny Vrba who gifted similar artwork to the Vatican.

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