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Things to Do
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Mockingbird Bar + Garden in East Dundee is in the middle of an expansion that will see the footprint nearly triple. The restaurant specializes in shareables, small plates and pizzas all cooked in a wood-fired oven while offering a robust wine and cocktail program.
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Veteran rock band Everclear comes to one of its favorite spots, Chicago, for what promises to be a packed concert Oct. 31 at The Vixen in McHenry and a sold-out show Nov. 2 at Thalia Hall in the city.
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Make plans now for Nightmare on Chicago Street in Elgin, Wheeling’s Taste of the Town, the last weekend of Night of 1,000 Jack-o’-Lanterns, Penn and Teller at the Chicago Theatre, Halloween events and trick-or-treating throughout the suburbs and more.
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Giordano’s is adding tavern-style pizza to its menu starting this week. Plus, Halloween-themed dining events are haunting the suburbs and Truluck’s in Rosemont is celebrating Florida stone crab season.
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It’s a jam-packed weekend, with Howlin’ at the Moon in Naperville, master impressionist and comedian Frank Caliendo at the Paramount, Sons of the Never Wrong in Evanston and Ailey II at The Mac.
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BrightSide Theatre artistic director Jeffrey Cass fulfills his longtime ambition to stage the cult classic “The Rocky Horror Show,” a campy 1973 tuner that celebrates living one’s truth and living it fearlessly.
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Guillermo del Toro has been telling monster stories for as long as he’s been making films. His version of “Frankenstein” is a story about stories, about fathers and sons, innocents and monsters, and the madness of creation.
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Upcoming concerts this week include My Morning Jacket at the Salt Shed, An Evening With David Byrne at The Auditorium, Playboi Carti at the United Center, The War and Treaty at Space in Evanston and more.
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The first authorized biopic of his life — “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” — delves deep into the inner turmoil The Boss was dealing with during the recording of “Nebraska,” with the soulful Jeremy Allen White giving an endearing, humbling portrait of the icon.
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Janus Theatre concludes its long tenure at the Elgin Art Showcase with a 90-minute adaptation of William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice” and Writers Theatre stages “As You Like It.”
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