Entertainment
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New Hale Family Education Pavilion opens at Cosley ZooOct 08, 2025 12:28 am - Cosley Zoo’s new Hale Family Education Pavilion allows for expanded educational programming, events, and private rentals, as well as serving as a duck shelter.
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Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library to host Fall Book Sale Nov. 7-9Oct 07, 2025 10:46 pm - The Friends of the Arlington Heights Memorial Library will be holding their Fall Used Book Sale on Friday to Sunday, Nov. 7-9.
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Glen Ellyn Historical Society to host monument dedicationOct 07, 2025 8:37 pm - The Glen Ellyn Historical Society will host a program to honor the Hill Monument dedication on Friday, Oct. 10, at Forest Hill Cemetery.
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Spotlight: Dive into Marriott Theatre’s ‘Finding Nemo’Oct 07, 2025 5:27 pm - Openings this week include “Finding Nemo” for young audiences at Marriott Theatre, several world premieres, spooky shows suitable for Halloween and more.
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Dining out: Eat, drink to support breast cancer charities, Big City Burger collab and new fall menusOct 07, 2025 4:55 pm - There are plenty of opportunities in the suburbs to support breast cancer charities while enjoying food and drink in October. We’ve also got some new fall menu offerings, a burger collab with chef Bill Kim at The Graceful Ordinary and more.
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No, Taylor Swift did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show
Oct 07, 2025 1:24 pm - Taylor Swift says she did not turn down the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, which will be headlined by Bad Bunny.
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‘It’s going to dress it up’: Zesty mural proposed for Cinergy Cinemas building in WheelingOct 07, 2025 12:15 pm - Wheeling officials and Cinergy Cinemas are teaming up to add some spice — and more than a little color — to the Wheeling Town Center complex.
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Bob Ross paintings to be auctioned to support public TV stations after federal funding cuts
Oct 07, 2025 9:45 am - Thirty paintings created by the bushy-haired, soft-spoken Bob Ross will soon be up for auction to defray the costs of programming for small and rural public television stations suffering under cuts in federal funding.
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Concerts Oct. 10-16: Lee DeWyze, Chance the Rapper, Elvis Costello and moreOct 07, 2025 8:38 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Lee DeWyze at Hey Nonny, Chance The Rapper at Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island, Elvis Costello and The Imposters at the Chicago Theatre and more.
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This writer visited 21 graveyards — and dug up some deep truths
Oct 07, 2025 7:08 am - I bet I know what you’re thinking: Essays about cemeteries? It would be a mistake, however, to write off Mariana Enriquez’s “Somebody Is Walking on Your Grave.”