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How suburban families can become drive-in influencers

Submitted by Cynthia Wolf
Apr 28, 2025 12:25 pm - McHenry Outdoor Theater is launching an Influencer Family program to highlight the family-friendly experience of the drive-in through user-generated content shared on social media.
Book Review: Debut novel ‘Fireweed’ explores the danger in complacency

By RACHEL S. HUNT
Apr 28, 2025 12:16 pm - Poverty, misogyny and racism take a front seat in Lauren Haddad’s “Fireweed,” which reflects themes of self-discovery and disenfranchisement through a fictional medium. A feeling of women’s powerlessness invades the book, overwhelming and inescapable.
Tradition milestone: Northbrook-On-Ice brings 344 skaters together for 55th edition

Submitted by the Northbrook Park District
Apr 28, 2025 11:53 am - The annual Northbrook-On-Ice skating extravaganza returns over Mother’s Day weekend for its 55th edition, a special show featuring multiple generations of ice skaters.
Book Review: ‘Awakened’ is a breath of fresh air in the world of modern magic novels

By DONNA EDWARDS
Apr 28, 2025 10:58 am - Wilder wakes up one day suddenly able to speak and understand every language. But what seems like a wicked-cool ability turns out to be overwhelming in the endless stream...
Book Review: From incels to trad wives, culture critic probes 21st-century backlash against feminism

By ANN LEVIN
Apr 28, 2025 10:52 am - Sophie Gilbert, a London-based staff writer for the Atlantic magazine, has taken a survey of the Anglo-American pop culture landscape, and her findings aren’t pretty. In ...
Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Bad Company, Cyndi Lauper and Outkast get into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 28, 2025 8:23 am - First-time nominees Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker and Bad Company will be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, a class that also includes pop star Cyndi Lauper, the hip-hop pioneers Outkast, the rock duo the White Stripes and grunge masters Soundgarden.
‘Sinners’ bites off a phenomenal 2nd weekend as a 20-year-old Star Wars movie takes 2nd place

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 28, 2025 6:56 am - Horror movies are often one-week wonders at the box office, but Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” is defying the odds and proving to be true event cinema.
What to Stream: Tina Fey and Steve Carell, Martha Stewart and José Andrés, and Maddie & Tae

Apr 28, 2025 5:30 am - Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick going to Italy for a wedding and some mafia intrigue in “Another Simple Favor” and Tina Fey and Steve Carell reuniting for the Netflix series “The Four Seasons” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Dining destination: Naperville’s Block 59 district to bring ‘very prominent’ restaurants to Route 59 corridor

By Katlyn Smith
Apr 27, 2025 9:00 pm - Yard House and Ruth’s Chris Steak House are just a few of the restaurants slated to open at Block 59, a new dining and entertainment district on the edge of Naperville.
Woodfield Mall offers pre-Mother’s Day activities on May 4

Submitted by Woodfield Mall
Apr 27, 2025 8:45 pm - Woodfield Mall invites Chicago-area families to celebrate Mother’s Day with two opportunities to spoil their moms on Sunday, May 4.

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