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Gravitea Boba expands to Batavia

By Hannah Soukup
Dec 23, 2024 7:18 am - Gravitea Boba’s new Batavia location at 2004 W. Wilson St. opened Friday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Batavia Chamber of Commerce.
Family bringing Hacienda Real restaurant to former Chili’s site in Vernon Hills

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 23, 2024 7:15 am - Hacienda Real, a family-owned Mexican-themed restaurant with locations in Geneva and Yorkville, plans to open this spring in the former Chili’s Grill and Bar in Vernon Hills.
‘Sonic 3’ bests ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ at the box office

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 23, 2024 6:50 am - In the holiday season battle of big-budget family movies, Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” sped past the Walt Disney Co.’s “Mufasa: The Lion King” to take the top spot at the box office ahead of the lucrative Christmas corridor in theaters.
One last New Year’s Eve hurrah for Chicago’s Blue Man Group

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 23, 2024 6:28 am - Chicago’s Blue Man Group celebrates one last New Year’s Eve before departing Chicago; local storefronts usher in 2025; and Lifeline Theatre presents the Midwest premiere of a hip-hop tuner by brothers formerly of Highland Park.
What to stream: ‘Squid Game’ returns, the movie ‘Bird’ and Mariah Carey teams up with the NFL

Dec 23, 2024 5:30 am - The long-awaited second season of “Squid Game” on Netflix and singing superstar Andrea Bocelli’s Christmas TV special are some of the new television, films and music headed to a device near you.
Blake Lively accuses ‘It Ends With Us’ director Justin Baldoni of harassment and smear campaign

By MALLIKA SEN
Dec 22, 2024 8:25 am - Blake Lively has accused her “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexual harassment on the set of the movie and a subsequent effort to “destroy” her reputation in a legal complaint.
The Biz Week That Was: New hemp regulations, data center boom, and car condos among the highlights

Daily Herald report
Dec 22, 2024 5:08 am - Pritzker endorses hemp regulation bill More than five years after Illinois began issuing permits for legal production of industrial hemp, Gov. JB Pritzker now favors...
Owners of Geneva’s Riganato look to open chicken eatery in town

By Brenda Schory
Dec 21, 2024 4:54 pm - An 1877 building at 427 E. State St., Geneva, formerly used as office space, will be converted into a dine-in/carry out chicken restaurant to be called HoneyBird.
Carriage rides add festive air to Long Grove Vintage Holidays

Dec 21, 2024 4:32 pm - ...
Ron Onesti: Sinatra at 109 … still ‘Ring-a-ding-dinging!’

By Ron Onesti
Dec 20, 2024 8:51 pm - Few people in modern history have been as iconic as Frank Sinatra, with as much influence on popular music as he had. His songs are timeless, and his persona was legendary. I recently came across some vintage pics of “Ol’ Blue Eyes,” and it reminded me just how much he was a part of my “inner culture.”

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