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Things to do March 21-27: Jay Pharoah, Lake County RV Outlet Show, DuPage Comic Con and more

By Luke Zurawski
Mar 17, 2025 9:16 am - Mark your calendar for Jay Pharoah, the Lake County RV Outlet Show, Center Stage at Ruth Page, the DuPage Comic Con, the Lyric Opera’s production of “La Boheme,” comedian Tom Green and more happening this week.
Conan O’Brien will return as Oscars host in 2026

By LINDSEY BAHR
Mar 17, 2025 7:46 am - Conan O’Brien is returning to the Oscars stage in 2026. The late-night host and comedian will preside over the 98th Academy Awards, set for March 15, the film academy’s leadership said Monday.
What to stream: ‘Wicked’ at home, Selena Gomez in love and Ellen Pompeo out of scrubs

Mar 17, 2025 5:30 am - “Wicked” landing on Peacock for home sing-alongs and Ellen Pompeo starring in her first big role since stepping back from ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” are some of this week’s new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Novocaine’ leads numbingly slow weekend at domestic box office

By LINDSEY BAHR
Mar 16, 2025 1:34 pm - Five new movies opened wide in theaters this weekend including a starry spy picture from Steven Soderbergh, an A24 thriller, a Looney Tunes movie and a high concept action-comedy with “The Boys” star Jack Quaid. But it’s likely going be the lowest-grossing weekend of the year to date.
Polish leader offers actor Jesse Eisenberg military training to ‘land the new James Bond role’

Mar 16, 2025 9:40 am - Poland’s prime minister has made a tongue-in-cheek offer to U.S. actor and director Jesse Eisenberg, who recently gained Polish citizenship, to give him military training that would land him “the new James Bond role.”
The Biz Week That Was: Celebrity chef opening restaurant, new meat store, and bird flu vaccines to curb soaring egg prices

Daily Herald report
Mar 15, 2025 2:20 pm - Celebrity chef Giada De Laurentiis opening restaurants at Hollywood Casino in Aurora and Joliet Befitting its name, Hollywood Casino Aurora is pulling in some star p...
Alfresco dining: A onetime lifeline turned summer mainstay for suburban eateries

By Barbara Vitello
Mar 15, 2025 1:50 pm - Embraced out of necessity amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a way for restaurants to operate safely, alfresco dining offered a lifeline for many suburban eateries. Now, what started as a means of survival has become a summer mainstay, and a profitable one at that.
Holocaust museum in Skokie to close for renovations this summer

By Russell Lissau
Mar 14, 2025 1:12 pm - The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center will temporarily close this summer for extensive renovations.
A new restaurant could replace long-shuttered Oliveti’s in Des Plaines

By Russell Lissau
Mar 14, 2025 11:10 am - The brick building that years ago housed Oliveti’s Italian Ristorante in downtown Des Plaines soon could make way for a new eatery.
Book Review: A memoir of rescuing a baby hare shows how to live gently with the wildlife around us

By JULIA RUBIN
Mar 14, 2025 10:57 am - Unexpected connections with other species, as recounted in Chloe Dalton’s “Raising Hare,” can feel comforting and important at a time when wildlife is so besieged.

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