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Best Bets: Light Up the Lake at Navy Pier, ESO brass in Schaumburg

By Barbara Vitello
Nov 25, 2024 3:51 pm - Light Up the Lake opens Friday at Chicago’s Navy Pier, the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s brass and percussion sections perform a holiday concert and the Driehaus Museum presents an adaptation of Langston Hughes’ “Black Nativity.”
Gregorys Coffee opens first Illinois location at Woodfield

By Eric Peterson
Nov 25, 2024 2:49 pm - Gregorys Coffee, specializing in quality coffee, baked goods and breakfast sandwiches, opened its first Illinois location and 50th nationwide at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg this week.
Naperville Parade of Lights to honor Special Olympians

Submitted by Rotary Club of Naperville
Nov 25, 2024 12:28 pm - The Rotary Club of Naperville will be honoring local Special Olympians from the Naperville area as the grand marshals for this year’s Parade of Lights on Friday, Nov. 29.
Book Review: British novelist Naomi Wood is out with an astonishingly good short story collection

By ANN LEVIN
Nov 25, 2024 12:12 pm - Naomi Wood, an English author not yet well known in the U.S., has written three historical novels, including the well-regarded “Mrs. Hemingway,” about the four wives of E...
‘So excited’: Long days, big dreams go into ballerina’s ‘Nutcracker’ debut

By Marni Pyke
Nov 25, 2024 10:53 am - When she was 8, Sia Erter played a guest at the magnificent party Clara’s parents throw in Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker.” This week, the Glen Ellyn dancer will be at the center of the action as Princess Clara in several Salt Creek Ballet productions.
Where to see ‘The Nutcracker’ in the city and suburbs

By Susan Klovstad
Nov 25, 2024 9:36 am - There are many opportunities to see “The Nutcracker” over the holiday season. Here are a few of them.
What to stream: Michael Fassbender spies, yacht rock doc, Ben Stiller, the Beatles and Lindsay Lohan

Nov 25, 2024 5:30 am - The Oscar-nominated animated charmer “Robot Dreams” and Lindsay Lohan starring in the Christmas romantic comedy “Our Little Secret” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
‘Wicked’ and ‘Gladiator’ make gravity-defying theater debuts

By JAKE COYLE
Nov 24, 2024 3:05 pm - With a combined $270 million in worldwide ticket sales, “Wicked” and “Gladiator II” breathed fresh life into a box office that has struggled lately, leading to one of the busiest moviegoing weekends of the year.
Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 24, 2024 2:58 pm - Chuck Woolery, the affable, smooth-talking game show host of “Wheel of Fortune,” “Love Connection” and “Scrabble” who later became a right-wing podcaster, skewering liberals and accusing the government of lying about COVID-19, has died. He was 83.
Electric Christmas Parade to light up St. Charles Holiday Homecoming

By Nicholas Lowe, St. Charles Business Alliance
Nov 24, 2024 9:30 am - St. Charles Holiday Homecoming, a two-day community event with an array of family-friendly activities, returns on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 29-30.

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