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Things to Do
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Two generations of a wine-loving family have purchased and reopened the Geneva Wine Cellar and Tasting Room in downtown Geneva. “Wine has always been our passion,” says co-owner Angela Moore. “... And we really can’t wait to share it.”
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Paramount Theatre’s lush, well-sung revival of “South Pacific” celebrates Rodgers and Hammerstein’s lovely score while also examining the implicit bias of its characters.
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Mark your calendar for the Long Grove Chocolate Fest, Aurora Food Truck Fest, D.L. Hughley at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, Lake Zurich Water Lantern Festival and more.
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The Spring Fun Fest and Anime Central convention take over Rosemont, “Veep” alum Matt Walsh performs with Bluebird Improv at the Studebaker Theatre, and Chicago’s Intuit Art Museum showcases a former Aurora sculptor’s new exhibit.
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Don’t read too much into the “bloom ’o’ meter” dial, the official gauge for Lilac Time, turned past fully blooming. The Palibin lilacs are holding court now. And Lilac Time is a marathon not a sprint, topped off by a parade down Main Street this Sunday.
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Friday is National Slider Day and National Pizza Party Day, and there are special deals for both. Plus, Lucca Osteria in Oak Brook is celebrating its fifth anniversary and you can dine outdoors at Cantigny during the Red Oaks Farm Table dinner series.
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As playwright Aleshea Harris tells it, something felt missing when she first sat down to write her searing play “Is God Is.” She was writing an epic story of Black female revenge, one that drew on Greek tragedy, spaghetti westerns and Quentin Tarantino. That’s when she realized it should be a story of twin sisters.
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Amy Grant’s new album, “The Me That Remains,” out last Friday, was in part a way of processing a serious bicycle accident in 2022, which resulted in a traumatic brain injury. She recently reflected on how the accident changed her, her willingness to go dark in her music, and why she keeps turning back to her faith.
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Upcoming concerts include Bruno Mars at Soldier Field, Bring Me The Horizon at Rosemont’s Allstate Arena, Soul Asylum at SPACE in Evanston, Ari Lennox at the Chicago Theatre, Toronzo Cannon at SPACE and more.
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“Spamalot” returns to Chicago, Metropolis Performing Arts Centre inaugurates new kids’ series, and Trap Door Theatre concludes its season with a stage adaptation of the 1983 film “Le Bal.”
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