Entertainment
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Casa Tequilas brings real flavors of Mexico to ElginSep 25, 2024 1:51 pm - Casa Tequilas recently opened on Randall Road in Elgin in a space that used to be a Denny’s. Owner Luis Pacheco said the restaurant specializes in real Mexican food like his mother used to make.
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A very fable genius: Coppola’s crazy, baffling film still a pure cinematic delightSep 25, 2024 1:39 pm - Francis Ford Coppola poured four decades of frustration, compromise, stress and hope into every frame of “Megalopolis.” The result is a joyous, artistic mess.
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Bartlett's 3rd annual Oktoberfest set for Sept. 27-28Sep 25, 2024 12:00 pm - Bartlett is hosting the third annual Oktoberfest on Friday, Sept. 27 and Saturday, Sept. 28, at Leiseberg Park, 325 E. Devon Ave.
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Music @ Bethel series begins its 26th year Sept. 28Sep 25, 2024 11:33 am - Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst opens its 26th “Music @ Bethel” concert series with a performance by vocalist extraordinaire Tatum Langley.
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‘We had to get cool’: Adelle’s reintroduces itself to Wheaton with new name, new vibeSep 25, 2024 9:37 am - After 20 years in business, Adelle’s Modern Kitchen + Bar recently completed a makeover of the Wheaton restaurant.
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Concerts Sept. 27 to Oct. 3: Gracie Abrams, Charli XCX, Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age and moreSep 25, 2024 9:34 am - Upcoming concerts include Charli XCX and Troye Sivan, Gracie Abrams, Heart By Heart, Kings of Leon, Shawn Mullins and more.
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Ferociously funny: Comic mayhem is marvelously managed in Steppenwolf’s ‘Noises Off’Sep 25, 2024 9:33 am - If you’ve never seen Michael Frayn’s classic backstage farce “Noises Off” — or even if you have — do yourself a favor and check out Steppenwolf Theatre’s first-class, funny revival.
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Happy New Year! Suburban restaurants ready to help diners celebrate Rosh HashanahSep 25, 2024 9:31 am - Suburban restaurants are offering dine-in and to-go specials to help you celebrate the Jewish New Year holiday.
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A day in the life of a serverSep 25, 2024 9:21 am - These days we dine outside the home more than we dine in the home. Because of this I think we take our servers for granted and don’t appreciate the extremely hard job they have.
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Rapper Fatman Scoop died of heart disease, medical examiner says
Sep 25, 2024 8:44 am - Hip-hop artist Fatman Scoop, who collapsed onstage while performing in Connecticut last month, died of heart disease, the state medical examiner’s office has determined.