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Geneva creator of Finn the Frog to sign copies of new children’s book Saturday

By David Petesch
Aug 01, 2025 9:55 am - Young readers of Kane County can meet a local author, get their books signed and possibly hear a live reading this Saturday in the Geneva Commons.
Return to Club Med: All-inclusive pioneer evolves in its 75th year

By Katherine Rodeghier
Aug 01, 2025 9:38 am - Eager to rediscover Club Med, my husbad and I flew to Turks and Caicos last spring for a few days at the adults-only Club Med Turkoise. Would it be the old Club Med I remembered from decades ago? Or had it changed?
Des Plaines Theatre turns 100 as ‘important connection’ between city’s past and present

By Russell Lissau
Aug 01, 2025 9:33 am - The Des Plaines Theatre will mark its centennial Aug. 9 with a parade, 25-cent movie tickets, musical performances and more.
Julia Whelan has narrated 600 audiobooks and counting. So why isn’t she paid like it?

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Aug 01, 2025 8:06 am - Chances are, you’ve heard Julia Whelan’s voice. She’s the award-winning narrator behind more than 600 audiobooks by a long list of bestselling authors. Whelan’s first novel, 2018’s “My Oxford Year,” has been adapted to a Netflix film starring Sofia Carson.
Enjoy ‘The Princess Bride’ under the stars at Fine Line Creative Arts Center

Submitted by Fine Line
Jul 31, 2025 6:51 pm - Last year, the Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles partnered with AfterImage Film Festival to create Best of Fest 2024, an outdoor evening featuring a selectio...
Celebrate Mexican Independence Day with La Fiesta de Elgin Sept. 13

By Jeff Knox, City of Elgin
Jul 31, 2025 4:35 pm - The city of Elgin will celebrate Mexican Independence Day with La Fiesta de Elgin on Saturday, Sept. 13, featuring a full day of festivities, including a new parade, live music, a vendor market, art installations, food vendors and fireworks.
Book Review: ‘The Sleep Room’ is the harrowing story of psychiatric care in the 1960s

By FERNANDA FIGUEROA
Jul 31, 2025 3:03 pm - In “The Sleep Room: A Sadistic Psychiatrist and the Women Who Survived Him,” Jon Stock tells the harrowing history of the British doctor who subjected a ward full of women with mental disorders to medical abuse and gives voice to those who survived him.
Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatus

By Dave Oberhelman
Jul 31, 2025 2:48 pm - New leadership and West Chicago Alderman Julieta Alcántar-Garcia are planning the return of the city’s Mexican Independence Day Festival in September.
Thinking of traveling solo? Tracee Ellis Ross has suggestions on how to do it well.

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Jul 31, 2025 2:31 pm - Tracee Ellis Ross relishes traveling solo in a new three-part docuseries streaming on The Roku Channel. In “Solo Traveling With Tracee Ellis Ross,” a camera crew follows the actor on solo trips to Marrakech, Morocco; Cancún, Mexico; and Marbella, Spain.
Only banjos in the building: Steve Martin will co-host the 2025 IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards

By MARIA SHERMAN
Jul 31, 2025 1:59 pm - Get those banjos ready, because this isn’t a joke: Actor and comedy legend Steve Martin will co-host the IBMA Bluegrass Music Awards for the first time, alongside Grammy-award-winning roots musician Alison Brown.

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