Entertainment
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Advice for restaurant owners right now: Refresh, rejuvenate, ask and investApr 02, 2025 10:04 am - The COVID pandemic is in the rearview mirror and I give restaurant owners a huge amount of credit for making it through what was the most difficult era for the hospitality industry in more than 50 years. However, it is time to look forward and set the course for success in the next decade.
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Dining out: Local breweries offer Links & Drinks, CPK celebrates 40 years and moreApr 01, 2025 3:08 pm - Play mini-golf and drink locally brewed beers with Links & Drinks, or head to CPK for the limited-time return of classic menu items as they celebrate their 40th year in business.
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Best Bets: Violinist Samuel Vargas joins Elgin Symphony Orchestra for Tchaikovsky concertoApr 01, 2025 2:00 pm - Acclaimed violinist Samuel Vargas joins the Elgin Symphony Orchestra to perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major, Giordano Dance Chicago salutes its artistic director, and the CSO collaborates with the Joffrey Ballet.
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‘I was hooked’: Arlington Heights native Annie Aiello is ‘Always Olivia’ in stage show at MetropolisApr 01, 2025 12:13 pm - When she was 7, Annie Aiello’s father bought her an Olivia Newton-John album. “I was hooked,” she said, which is apparent in her stage show, “Always Olivia — An Olivia Newton-John Tribute,” which she’ll perform at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights Saturday, April 5.
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New dining concept arriving this summer at Bell Works in Hoffman EstatesApr 01, 2025 10:46 am - A rebranding and renovation of the dining venue formerly known as World’s Fair at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates will be completed with its reopening as Bell Market this summer.
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Concerts April 4-10: Jack White, Shaq, Foghat, Jefferson Starship, Brooks & Dunn and moreApr 01, 2025 10:36 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Jack White’s “No Name Tour,” DJ Diesel aka Shaq, Foghat, Jefferson Starship, Brooks and Dunn, Judah and The Lion and more.
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‘We are gutted’: Mundelein’s Tonality Brewing to shutter this monthApr 01, 2025 9:45 am - Not even two years after its much-celebrated opening, Mundelein’s Tonality Brewing Co. & Scratch Kitchen will shut down this month.
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Things to do April 4-10: Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, WWE SmackDown, Great Midwest Train Show and moreApr 01, 2025 8:30 am - Mark your calendar for Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s “Restless Leg Tour,” WWE SmackDown, the Great Midwest Train Show, comedy from Nick Swardson and more happening this week.
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The Beatles biopics cast revealed: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson
Apr 01, 2025 8:11 am - Hollywood studio executives are making their case for theatergoing with a little help from John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr — along with the newly announced stars set to play them.
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The 100-Year-Old Cigar cocktail is an unexpected modern classic
Apr 01, 2025 7:24 am - The aromatics of the 100-Year-Old Cigar cocktail stirred an intense recollection: fruity and vegetal, spicy, a slightly leathery funk that I wanted to keep breathing in.