Entertainment
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Enjoy the flavors of 77 neighborhoods as Taste of Chicago opens FridaySep 04, 2024 10:43 am - Taste of Chicago is back for its second fall iteration this weekend, bringing 40 food vendors, more than a dozen food trucks and a lineup of live music headlined by CeeLo Green, Yahritza y Su Esencia and Atlas Genius.
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Dirty Dough’s stuffed cookies coming to Buffalo GroveSep 04, 2024 9:09 am - A mother-daughter duo from Gurnee hopes to clean up financially by opening a shop in Buffalo Grove specializing in messy cookies. Dirty Dough Cookies is opening soon at 127 McHenry Road in The Grove shopping center.
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Dining out: Local pizzaiolo wins big, restaurant anniversaries and moreSep 04, 2024 8:52 am - A local pizza maker will represent the U.S. at the World Pizza Championship next year, and we’ve got a couple of very recognizable names celebrating anniversaries this month.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst exhibitions celebrate movie houses, public artSep 04, 2024 8:49 am - New exhibitions honoring historic movie houses and public art open at two Elmhurst museums; the Fiestas Patrias Festival returns to Aurora’s RiverEdge Park; and blues rocker Kenny Wayne Shepherd plays the suburbs this week.
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Silver Screen time for local screenwriterSep 04, 2024 8:42 am - Self-taught screenwriter James Ziolkowski has waited for this moment for a while.
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Elton John recovering from vision loss in one eye after severe infectionSep 04, 2024 8:40 am - Elton John has been suffering from a severe eye infection over the summer that has left him with “only limited vision in one eye,” the British musician said Tuesday in a social media post.
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Deer Path Art League’s 69th annual Art Fair on the Square breaks attendance records in Lake ForestSep 04, 2024 8:25 am - The Deer Path Art League (DPAL) proudly celebrated the 69th annual Art Fair on the Square this past Labor Day weekend, marking a monumental return to the historic Market Square in downtown Lake Forest.
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‘Fake heiress’ Anna Sorokin will compete on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ amid deportation battle
Sep 04, 2024 7:54 am - Anna Sorokin, the con artist who was convicted of swindling banks, hotels and friends in 2019 after falsely building a reputation as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, has found her newest venture: “Dancing With the Stars.”
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Elgin Symphony, Mariachi Herencia de México to open ECC Arts Center fall seasonSep 03, 2024 10:51 pm - To open the ECC Arts Center fall season, Elgin Symphony Orchestra will share a stage for the first time with Mariachi Herencia de México, the two-time Latin Grammy-nominated band.
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Bestselling author Stephanie Land to speak at ‘COD Presents’ Oct. 10Sep 03, 2024 10:09 pm - Join New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Land as she recounts her powerful story of resilience as a single mother navigating poverty after fleeing a violent home, as part of the "COD Presents" series on Thursday, Oct. 10.