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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: ‘Wicker’ weaves a feisty feminist fable chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: ‘Wicker’ weaves a feisty feminist fable

Alexander Skarsgård stars in a randy little ditty of a film from married co-writers and co-directors Alex Houston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, who adapt the story “The Wicker Husband” by Ursula Wills...

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It’s not too early to holiday shop: 8 books for the Chicago music lover in your life chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

It’s not too early to holiday shop: 8 books for the Chicago music lover in your life

Our list includes an essential gospel music history, jazz through the eyes and ears of a former Tribune critic and an insider’s take on the CSO. Plus, even a debut music novel.

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Review: ‘Clayface’ is a doomed romance with body horror trappings chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: ‘Clayface’ is a doomed romance with body horror trappings

In order to find the best comparison to “Clayface” — the new Warner Bros. DC Universe installment — we have to go back to 1990, to Sam Raimi’s “Darkman.”

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From survivor to ‘thriver’: Beverly writer channels breast cancer diagnosis into recipes for health chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

From survivor to ‘thriver’: Beverly writer channels breast cancer diagnosis into recipes for health

Beverly resident and breast cancer survivor Ellyn Caruso detailed her efforts to eat healthy into a cookbook, “Forkfuls of Flavor.”

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What to do in Chicago: The Halloween parade, Fruit Bats and ‘Edward Scissorhands in Concert’ chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

What to do in Chicago: The Halloween parade, Fruit Bats and ‘Edward Scissorhands in Concert’

Around the area this weekend, the popular Arts in the Dark Halloween Parade returns to Columbus Drive, plus a chance to watch “Scream” with David Arquette.

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The 2-ingredient coffee cocktail that’s even better than an espresso martini chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

The 2-ingredient coffee cocktail that’s even better than an espresso martini

It’s like a perfect, fuss-free version of an espresso martini— without all the complicated steps of extra ingredients.

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Review: Home is where the memories are in Billy Crystal’s ‘860’ on Broadway chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: Home is where the memories are in Billy Crystal’s ‘860’ on Broadway

In 2025, Billy Crystal’s longtime Los Angeles home burned in the Palisades Fire. His new Broadway solo show is about both what was lost, and what remains most important.

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Tom Cruise to receive life achievement award from the American Film Institute chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Tom Cruise to receive life achievement award from the American Film Institute

Tom Cruise is being celebrated with a life achievement award from the American Film Institute. The award will be handed out at a gala tribute in Los Angeles at the Dolby Theatre on April 24 next year.

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater executive director exits chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Chicago Shakespeare Theater executive director exits

Kimberly Motes, the executive director of Chicago Shakespeare Theater since 2023, is leaving her position in mid-November to become president and CEO of Hennepin Arts in Minneapolis.

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Why Trader Joe’s parking lots are the way they are: We ranked every one in Illinois chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Why Trader Joe’s parking lots are the way they are: We ranked every one in Illinois

As Trader Joe’s expands throughout the region, it’s time to explain why parking lots are the way they are. And to visit all 22.

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Column: The Ebony and Jet headquarters still has bold and colorful stories to tell us chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Column: The Ebony and Jet headquarters still has bold and colorful stories to tell us

“820 Ebony/Jet: Visions of the Johnson Publishing Company, an American Icon” is a spectacular gathering of essays and photos that do justice to the building as well as to those who built it and...

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‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant. chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

‘Off-putting’ or ‘a fine tool’? AI slop on restaurant signage is becoming rampant and repugnant.

Walk down a commercial street in almost any Chicago neighborhood or a busy corridor in the suburbs and it’s hard to escape some form of suspect food imagery.

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Escape AI with Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Chicago Theatre chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Escape AI with Tedeschi Trucks Band at the Chicago Theatre

The band’s multi-night residency at the Chicago Theatre begins Friday.

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Today in History: Guggenheim Museum opens chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Today in History: Guggenheim Museum opens

On Oct. 21, 1959, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum opened in New York.

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Cowboy beef sliders bring big flavor to your game-day spread chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Cowboy beef sliders bring big flavor to your game-day spread

These cowboy sliders are exactly what you want on the table for football season.

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CNN threatens new legal action, saying it’s still being denied access to Air Force One chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

CNN threatens new legal action, saying it’s still being denied access to Air Force One

CNN is threatening further action in the courts if its journalists continue to be denied access to Air Force One and the “pool” of journalists who accompany President Donald Trump when he travels.

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Review: In the devastating new play ‘Hayward,’ a Black family in grief rips itself apart chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Review: In the devastating new play ‘Hayward,’ a Black family in grief rips itself apart

This world premiere play by Netta Walker is being staged by Gift Theatre in Steppenwolf’s 1700 Theater, and is not to be missed.

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New Beatles attraction is coming to Liverpool as interest in the Fab Four surges chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

New Beatles attraction is coming to Liverpool as interest in the Fab Four surges

Plans were announced Tuesday for a new Beatles visitor attraction that backers say will give Liverpool a tourist draw to rival Elvis Presley’s Graceland and Dolly Parton’s Dollywood.

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From the south suburbs to Lollapalooza: Soulful singer Sherrionn is on her way chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

From the south suburbs to Lollapalooza: Soulful singer Sherrionn is on her way

R&B artist and Crete-Monee High School graduate Sherrionn is ready for what’s next after her recent Lollapalooza performance.

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Chicago Theater Report: Jessie Mueller and Cynthia Nixon at Steppenwolf and long lines for Uptown Theatre chicagotribune.com/2026/10/2…

Chicago Theater Report: Jessie Mueller and Cynthia Nixon at Steppenwolf and long lines for Uptown...

Also in theater news this week, Monday night’s gala for the League of Chicago Theatres honored Ron OJ Parson and others. And “A Strange Loop” is all sold out at Raven Theatre.

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