Entertainment
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Things to do June 20-26: Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest and moreJun 16, 2025 5:58 pm - Mark your calendar for Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest, Lake Fest, concerts and movies in the park and more happening this week.
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After Hours Film Society to show ‘John & Yoko’ filmJun 16, 2025 5:32 pm - On June 16, the After Hours Film Society will host a screening of "One to One: John & Yoko" at Tivoli Theatre, providing an immersive cinematic experience with never-before-seen footage and remastered audio of John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
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GreenMan Theatre names cast for fifth annual ‘8 to the Bar’ play festivalJun 16, 2025 4:46 pm - Elmhurst’s GreenMan Theatre Troupe has selected cast members for “8 to the Bar 2025,” its fifth annual production of 10-minute plays to be performed July 18-20.
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Why Naperville’s Last Fling is instituting new safety measuresJun 16, 2025 4:00 pm - Naperville’s Last Fling returns for its 60th year with a few changes — minors must be with an adult and only clear bags will be allowed.
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Spotlight: Writers, TimeLine theaters premiere the Chicago-set ‘Dhaba on Devon’Jun 16, 2025 3:49 pm - This week in suburban theater, Writers and TimeLine team up for the world premiere of the family dramedy “Dhaba on Devon” and MadKap Productions revives “Forever Plaid.”
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Former Rosemont village hall to be torn down for new restaurants near Rivers CasinoJun 16, 2025 12:41 pm - Rosemont’s former village hall will be demolished with an eye toward development of a restaurant campus across the street from Rivers Casino in Des Plaines.
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Book Review: An aging widow’s European river cruise turns deadly in ‘Murder Takes a Vacation’Jun 16, 2025 12:24 pm - Muriel Blossom began her fictional career as a minor character in 2008, serving as an assistant to private detective Tess Monaghan, the protagonist in 12 of Laura Lippman’s fine crime novels. In “Murder Takes a Vacation,” Mrs. Blossom, as she is always called, gets her star turn.
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Music adds to dining experience and makes the spending easierJun 16, 2025 6:44 am - When it comes to music in restaurants, most guests don’t give it much thought … or at least they don’t think they do. Music done well in restaurants makes all the difference in how long you will stay, what kind of a time you will have and, most important to the restaurant, how much money you will spend.
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What to stream: ‘The Gilded Age,’ Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs
Jun 16, 2025 5:30 am - Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone's sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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How Swede it is — Geneva celebrates Swedish Midsummer FestivalJun 15, 2025 5:04 pm - Families filled Geneva’s Good Templar Park on Sunday to celebrate a tradition that’s been part of the community for more than 110 years.