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‘They really got creative with the menu’: Elgin students compete to create burger for restaurant

By Rick West
Dec 06, 2024 6:51 pm - Elgin High School culinary students competed in a burger cook-off judged by the mayor and others Friday. Geraldo Depaz and Mario Perez won with their "Sweetness" burger featuring candied bacon and caramelized onions. It will appear on the Chicago Street Pour House menu starting in January.
New Algonquin restaurant The Chick and the Pig aims to feed night shift workers homestyle meals

By Michelle Meyer
Dec 06, 2024 1:59 pm - Algonquin restaurateur Greg Geigel opened his third restaurant in October with a goal to feed the masses and graveyard shift workers with hearty home-cooked-style meals. ...
Go with the ‘Flow’ on a magical, wordless animated adventure

By Ty Burr
Dec 06, 2024 8:24 am - “Flow” is dreamy, epic, perilous and very beautiful. Best of all, the animals are animals, wordless and concerned mostly with their own safety and their next meal. Audiences stand to be enchanted by this animated film from Latvia.
Volo Museum debuts Homer Simpson’s car for 35th anniversary of iconic show

By Shaw Local News Network
Dec 05, 2024 2:05 pm - The Volo Museum is unveiling a special Christmas display to celebrate the 35th anniversary of “The Simpsons.” This one-of-a-kind exhibit is a fan-recreated version of Homer Simpson’s iconic pink car, “The Junkola.”
From ‘Love Actually’ to ‘Black Doves,’ Keira Knightley has your Christmas covered

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Dec 05, 2024 12:32 pm - Keira Knightley starred in one of the most popular Christmas films of the 21st century, the 2003 romantic comedy “Love Actually." Her new Netflix series “Black Doves" is also set during the holidays, but in this, she plays a spy alongside Ben Whishaw’s assassin.
‘Skeleton Crew’ turns to George Lucas for that old ‘Star Wars’ magic

By Herb Scribner
Dec 05, 2024 11:34 am - Jude Law was a little taken aback when he first stepped onto the set of “Skeleton Crew,” the latest “Star Wars” television spin-off airing at 8 p.m. Tuesdays on Disney+. He was surprised to learn that “Star Wars” filmmaking had its own unique craft and style.
In ‘Unstoppable,’ an inspirational, if formulaic sports drama about a wrestler with one leg

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 05, 2024 10:45 am - Anthony Robles’ story seems almost tailor made for a Hollywood film. Born with only one leg, he overcame the prejudices of those around him and his own physical limitations to become a champion wrestler, chronicled in “Unstoppable.”
Jude Law takes on neo-Nazis in true-crime thriller ‘The Order’

By Jen Yamato
Dec 05, 2024 9:42 am - Justin Kurzel’s gripping, finely acted “The Order” pits a grizzled FBI veteran (Jude Law) against the head (Nicholas Hoult) of an extreme white supremacist terrorist cell in rural Idaho in the 1980s.
Lulu’s Ice Cream Social coming to The Clove in Buffalo Grove

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 05, 2024 8:19 am - The Clove in Buffalo Grove will see a new ice cream concept, Lulu’s Ice Cream Social.
‘Wicked’ named best film, Daniel Craig best actor by National Board of Review

Dec 05, 2024 7:41 am - The National Board of Review put its full support behind Jon M. Chu's “Wicked,” naming the lavish musical the best film of the year, Chu best director and awarding its stars, Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, a prize for their collaboration, in awards announced Wednesday.

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