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Review: ‘Jekyll & Hyde’ proves itself more than ready to fill the Broadway PlayhouseSep 18, 2026 3:13 pm - Great roars of appreciation accompanied the downtown re-opening of Kokandy Productions’ new Chicago production of the Frank Wildhorn, Steve Cuden and Leslie Bricusse musical “Jekyll & Hyde” at the Broadway Playhouse, replete with its full orchestra, power ballads and a happily campy sensibility that proves an entertaining and ebullient match for the fan-favorite material itself.
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Carpentersville board OKs contract for new 911 dispatching serviceSep 18, 2026 2:44 pm - Despite concerns from union leaders and dispatchers, the Carpentersville Village Board took another step toward leaving QuadCom, the 911 emergency dispatch center it helped co-found, for Southeast Emergency Communication.
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After multiple deer die from disease, East Dundee paying company to remove themSep 18, 2026 1:28 pm - East Dundee is budgeting $8,000 for the removal of deer dying on private and public property from a disease spread through insects.
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MOM’s Organic Market now eyeing spring 2027 opening for Naperville storeSep 18, 2026 10:52 am - MOM’s Organic Market, a grocery store chain focused on organic produce and ingredients, has pushed back the opening of its new Naperville location to spring 2027.
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Halsted Street to be the focus of a (third) documentarySep 18, 2026 10:17 am - A number of Chicago thoroughfares have been immortalized in song over the years, from State Street to Lake Shore Drive. But it is Halsted Street that has been the subject of not one but two documentaries. Soon enough, a third will be set in motion.
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Ravinia announces major renovation of historic Martin TheatreSep 18, 2026 8:17 am - The 122-year-old Martin Theatre at Ravinia in Highland Park will be getting “significant enhancements” thanks to a $38 million gift from the Negaunee Foundation — the largest in Ravinia’s history — Ravinia Festival announced Wednesday.
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Fans say trading cards are ‘boiling hot’ right nowSep 17, 2026 4:23 pm - Dylan Rader, 13, of Geneva said his interest in sports trading cards these days is running pretty high. “I have been collecting sports cards since third grade. I started with Pokemon and then went to sports cards,” he said on a recent Saturday morning during a six-hour show featuring trading cards at the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
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Film director Kevin Smith’s bringing his unique comedy view to Hemmens in ElginSep 17, 2026 1:20 pm - Filmmaker and mega-multitasker Kevin Smith’s bringing his stand-up comedy/Q&A show to The Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin on Friday, in part because he wanted to visit a...
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East Dundee weighing 30% hike in water rates to fund projectsSep 17, 2026 1:02 pm - East Dundee may hike its water rate by 20% in 2027 to help the village pay for $19 million in capital improvement projects over the next five years.
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Illinois and Chicago sue Trump over looming rule making it harder for immigrants to get green cardsSep 17, 2026 12:42 pm - Chicago and Illinois are filing legal challenges to a Trump administration rule set to take effect Friday that would give the federal government broader power to deny green cards to immigrants who receive welfare benefits — the latest legal clash between the White House and Democratic leaders Gov. JB Pritzker and Mayor Brandon Johnson.