Entertainment
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Naperville addresses food and beverage tax ‘loophole’Nov 07, 2025 5:53 pm - With an eye toward fairness, Naperville city council members have agreed to apply the city’s food and beverage tax to drive-through-only businesses and food trucks.
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Music’s biggest night is finally changing its tune on rap
Nov 07, 2025 4:12 pm - Clutching his lustrous new hardware on the dais at the Grammys back in February, hip-hop colossus Kendrick Lamar delivered a few words in a serious voice: “At the end of the day, [there’s] nothing more powerful than rap music.” Was he speaking truth or prophecy?
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Sweet memories: St. Charles Colonial Cafe’s mini-museum shares ice cream history spanning 125 yearsNov 07, 2025 3:57 pm - Next year will mark 125 years the Anderson name has been involved in milk or ice cream production, distribution and sales throughout the region, with many of those years as a St. Charles icon in the Colonial name.
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Get ‘Wicked’ at Des Plaines libraryNov 07, 2025 2:54 pm - Fans of Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West” with gather to discuss the book Nov. 12 at the Des Plaines Public Library.
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Elmhurst University to host ‘Festival of Lessons & Carols’Nov 07, 2025 2:20 pm - The Elmhurst University "Festival of Lessons and Carols" is an annual event that celebrates the Christmas season with Scriptural readings and choir performances.
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2026 Grammy Awards nominations announced
Nov 07, 2025 11:17 am - The Grammy Awards nominations were announced. Topping the list of nominees are Kendrick Lamar (9), Cirkut (7), Jack Antonoff (7), Lady Gaga (7), Bad Bunny (6), Leon Thomas (6) and Sabrina Carpenter (6).
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‘A beloved holiday tradition’: Morton Arboretum’s ‘Illumination’ returns for a 13th year of immersive displaysNov 07, 2025 10:34 am - The Morton Arboretum’s “Illumination” presentation incorporates several large-scale sculptures from the arboretum’s “Vivid Creatures” exhibition -- and offers three days for dogs to attend.
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Santa makes late-announced arrival at Woodfield Mall for Christmas seasonNov 06, 2025 8:32 pm - At short notice Thursday evening, Santa made his traditional arrival parade around Woodfield Mall to usher in the holidays.
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Jennifer Lawrence goes for broke in ‘Die, My Love’
Nov 06, 2025 5:15 pm - A primal punk spirit rages through Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” a jagged, go-for-broke psychodrama starring Jennifer Lawrence as an increasingly unhinged new mother and Robert Pattinson as her husband. In this cauldron of marital nightmare, there are fires, real and imagined.
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Artists to be inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this weekend
Nov 06, 2025 4:31 pm - Chappell Roan will induct Cyndi Lauper, Donald Glover will induct Outkast and Elton John will perform a tribute to the late Brian Wilson at Saturday’s induction ceremony for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.