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We’re all getting used to cutting loose and having fun again. We've got you covered with the best things to eat, drink and do in Chicago.

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Review: ‘King Hedley II’ at City Lit is August Wilson’s drama, intense and up close in a storefront theater chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: ‘King Hedley II’ at City Lit is August Wilson’s drama, intense and up close in a storefront...

Under Manny Buckley’s direction, rage relentlessly simmers in this “Century Cycle” play about a formerly incarcerated man trying to make a fresh start.

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Halloween 2026: 40 Chicago restaurants and bars with family-friendly bashes, dance parties, drag brunches and more chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Halloween 2026: 40 Chicago restaurants and bars with family-friendly bashes, dance parties, drag...

Chicago’s bars and restaurants go all out for Halloween, so no matter what your favorite part of the holiday is, there’s a treat in store for you.

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‘You Can See Everything’ surges with $19.5M at box office; ‘Clayface’ takes No. 1 chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

‘You Can See Everything’ surges with $19.5M at box office; ‘Clayface’ takes No. 1

DC Studios scored a modest, R-rated win with ‘Clayface,’ landing a $24 million opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday. But the biggest success story in theaters remained A24’s Elizab...

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Geisen Funeral Home team captures Crown Point’s inaugural Coffin Cup chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Geisen Funeral Home team captures Crown Point’s inaugural Coffin Cup

With their ghost driver inside, the four-person Geisen Funeral Home crew sprinted their “Corpse Bride” coffin 100 yards south on Main Street in downtown Crown Point, collecting $2,500 to donate to...

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Review: ‘Omar’ at Lyric Opera tells the extraordinary story of an enslaved scholar chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: ‘Omar’ at Lyric Opera tells the extraordinary story of an enslaved scholar

This Pulitzer-winning opera by Rhiannon Giddens and Michael Abels is inspired by the memoir of 19th-century Islamic scholar Omar ibn Said.

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Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Requiem for the American Dream: A nation in search of its past, with fragile hopes for its future

There are a lot of ghosts here, but they’re the kinds of hauntings that we live with, day by day. They’re the ghosts who remind us the past really is prologue. But the future is unwritten.

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Don’t let fallen leaves go to waste chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Don’t let fallen leaves go to waste

Nature never wastes a leaf.

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Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Halloween candy sales are off to a slow start amid high chocolate prices and affordability concerns

Halloween candy sales fell 6.7% in the month ending Oct. 17 compared to the same period last year, according to NielsenIQ, a market research firm.

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Peak fall color in Chicago area now on display chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Peak fall color in Chicago area now on display

When you understand the basics of fall color and monitor the weather, you will be able to formulate your own forecast for peak color.

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Biblioracle: ‘Chain Reaction’ is a terrific Jack Reacher book. But is he a sociopath? chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Biblioracle: ‘Chain Reaction’ is a terrific Jack Reacher book. But is he a sociopath?

“Chain Reaction” is a deeply satisfying read about justice being served, and the world being saved by very brave people. But also, we must remember, it’s a fantasy.

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Outdoor art gallery featuring lives impacted by steel opens Saturday in Gary chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Outdoor art gallery featuring lives impacted by steel opens Saturday in Gary

Local organizations are partnering to showcase an exhibit feature 20 portraits of those who live and work in steel communities.

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Franklin Park seeks voter input on potential fruit tree ban to combat rodents chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Franklin Park seeks voter input on potential fruit tree ban to combat rodents

Franklin Park voters are being asked in an advisory referendum if the village should ban fruit trees as part of its rodent abatement program.

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Evergreen Park library offers free glimpse of Obama Presidential Center activities chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Evergreen Park library offers free glimpse of Obama Presidential Center activities

The Evergreen Park Public Library is offering a look at Obama Presidential Center in Chicago through a photo exhibit.

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V.V. Lightbody returns to the spotlight with new album ‘Period Piece’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

V.V. Lightbody returns to the spotlight with new album ‘Period Piece’

“Period Piece,” out Oct. 9 on Egghunt Records, is a testament to the importance of unclenching, of loosening the grip we hold on ourselves and on life in general.

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Blue Island mural depicts city’s connection to Pullman strikes chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Blue Island mural depicts city’s connection to Pullman strikes

A mural by Ricardo Gonzalez in Blue Island transformed a wall into at 200-foot wide piece of art depicting the 1894 Pullman strike.

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This hearty meal comes together quickly with mostly pantry-friendly ingredients chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

This hearty meal comes together quickly with mostly pantry-friendly ingredients

The hours on the stove that are so essential to turning beef chuck roast tender are hours that I can’t always spare. Instead of giving up on a dinner that I love, I figured out a way to serve the...

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Review: In ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway, Bill Irwin clowns it up as Molière’s hypochondriac chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: In ‘The Imaginary Invalid’ on Broadway, Bill Irwin clowns it up as Molière’s hypochondriac

Had an enema recently? Did it leave you laughing? Medical humor is at the core of the 1673 Molière comedy, on Broadway by the Roundabout Theatre Company.

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American, United in stalemate at O’Hare, but rivalry keeps growing chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

American, United in stalemate at O’Hare, but rivalry keeps growing

With the rivalry at an imposed stalemate, both airlines turned to making underhanded barbs against each other as they talked to investors this week about their latest earnings.

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Ghost riders in the square: First Coffin Cup race to rally spirited competition for NWI charities chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Ghost riders in the square: First Coffin Cup race to rally spirited competition for NWI charities

When building a coffin, one normally does not have to account for aerodynamics and speed.

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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to get life-size bronze tribute near Millennium Park chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to get life-size bronze tribute near Millennium Park

A life-size bronze sculpture of dueling film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert will soon be unveiled at the One Two Pru office complex near Millennium Park and The Magnificent Mile.

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