Entertainment
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Tiki meets aperitivo in the Jungle Bird, a tropical drink with an edge
Sep 10, 2025 9:12 am - Bridging Tiki and Italian aperitivo cultures, the Jungle Bird is a classic tropical cocktail made with rum, pineapple juice, Campari and lime. “We've riffed on the Jungle Bird in every possible way,” says Kevin Beary, beverage director at Three Dots and a Dash in Chicago.
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Best Bets: Monster Jam, Halloween scares, craft beers and Joffrey premieres ‘Carmen’Sep 10, 2025 9:08 am - Monster Jam rolls into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, the new immersive haunted house Duchess Manor opens at The Arboretum, Elmhurst hosts the 10th Elmhurst Craft Beer Fest and The Joffrey Ballet premieres “Carmen.”
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Heritage Fest features music, crafts fair, car show and moreSep 09, 2025 10:36 pm - Heritage Fest, West Dundee’s three-day community festival, features live music, arts and crafts fair, car show, food, 5K run, and more on Sept. 12-14.
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Willie Nelson keeps living life he loves at 92, including touring with Bob Dylan as part of Outlaw Fest at Alpine Valley
Sep 09, 2025 8:49 pm - Willie Nelson’s 90th birthday celebration at the Hollywood Bowl could have been mistaken for a retirement party. But two years later, at 92, he’s working as much as ever. And touring with Bob Dylan as part of Outlaw Fest, which stops Friday, Sept. 19, at Alpine Valley in East Troy, Wisconsin.
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Book Review: ‘High Season’ is a twisty thriller about the murder of a teenage girl in paradise
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Things to do Sept. 12-18: Fright Fest, Des Plaines Fall Fest, Heritage Fest and moreSep 09, 2025 4:36 pm - Mark your calendar for Des Plaines Fall Fest, Fright Fest at Six Flags Great America, St. Charles Jazz Weekend, West Dundee Heritage Fest, Glow in the Park Lantern Walk, Revolutionary War Reenactment at Cantigny and more happening this week.
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KidsMatter to host Volunteer Fair at Naperville’s Fort Hill Activity CenterSep 09, 2025 2:07 pm - Naperville-based KidsMatter will help young people find ways to give back during a free event next week.
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Hanover Township’s Fall Food Truck Festival returning to Bartlett Sept. 18Sep 09, 2025 1:19 pm - Hanover Township will host its annual Fall Food Truck Festival Thursday, Sept. 18, at the township’s William Tiknis Campus in Bartlett.
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Will anything stop ‘The Studio’ and ‘Severance’ at the Emmys? AP writers make their predictions
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What to stream: ‘Only Murders in the Building,’ ‘The Girlfriend,’ Charlie Sheen doc and Borderlands 4