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Dining out: Pair of longtime restaurants close, while new spots open

By Rick West
Dec 23, 2024 4:41 pm - The end of 2024 brought with it the end of longtime runs for a pair of suburban restaurants. But we also have a couple of new spots opening up.
Cheers! 5 things to know about champagne

By Dave McIntyre
Dec 23, 2024 4:40 pm - The vast majority of champagne sold in the United States this year will be purchased in December, and much of it will be consumed in the year’s waning hours on New Year’s Eve.
Boxer Claressa Shields’ story is told in ‘The Fire Inside’

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 23, 2024 4:03 pm - “The Fire Inside,” about boxer Claressa “T-Rex” Shields, is not your standard inspirational sports drama, even if it feels like it for the first half of the movie.
Kane Brown ‘gave everything’ on his new album, ‘The High Road.’ The journey home meant experimenting.

By MARIA SHERMAN
Dec 23, 2024 3:52 pm - Kane Brown is in his new home studio just outside Nashville, preparing to have the first sit-down conversation about his fourth studio album, “The High Road.” It’s a fitting title, because pounding the pavement is something he’s more than familiar with.
Concerts Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: The BoDeans, American English, Jay & The Americans and more

By Luke Zurawski
Dec 23, 2024 3:18 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include The BoDeans, American English, Pino Farina Band, Jay and The Americans and more.
Things to do Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: Blue Man Group, New Year’s Eve, holiday light shows and more

By Luke Zurawski
Dec 23, 2024 1:30 pm - Mark your calendar for the final Blue Man Group shows in Chicago, the Harlem Globetrotters at Allstate Arena, New Year’s Eve events, holiday light shows and more happening this week.
Bob Dylan biopic ‘A Complete Unknown’ is electric in more ways than one

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 23, 2024 12:08 pm - “A Complete Unknown” certainly lives up to its title. You are hardly closer to understanding the soul of Bob Dylan after watching more than two hours of this moody look at America’s most enigmatic troubadour.
Sinfonietta Bel Canto celebrates Holst's 150th anniversary at New Year’s concert

Submitted by Stephen Thurlow
Dec 23, 2024 12:05 pm - Sinfonietta Bel Canto is hosting a New Year's benefit concert featuring Strauss waltzes, vocal and instrumental solos, and other classics to celebrate the new year and raise funds.
Former Aurora hospital building reopens as café

Daily Herald report
Dec 23, 2024 11:41 am - The 136-year-old original Copley Hospital building in Aurora has reopened as a neighborhood eatery.
Book Review: Pip Drysdale’s new Hollywood thriller ‘The Close-Up’ weighs legacy against love

By DONNA EDWARDS
Dec 23, 2024 11:30 am - “The Close-Up” is Australian author Pip Drysdale’s fifth book. In this fictional world, it’s written as author Zoe’s overdue sophomore book, inspired by the things she sees and experiences now that she has access to celebrity life via an old flame who’s now an action star.

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