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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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Column: Another Kennedy book? Yes, all about the bold Ethel Kennedy, as written by her daughter chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Column: Another Kennedy book? Yes, all about the bold Ethel Kennedy, as written by her daughter

Column: Another Kennedy book? Yes, all about the bold Ethel Kennedy, as written by her daughter

Kerry Kennedy spoke about her new book “Ethel Kennedy: The Extraordinary Life and Bold Legacy” at a recent event at City Winery.

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Cocktails for cold nights: Chicago bars reimagine classic warm drinks like hot toddies, mulled wine and more chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Cocktails for cold nights: Chicago bars reimagine classic warm drinks like hot toddies, mulled wine...

Cocktails for cold nights: Chicago bars reimagine classic warm drinks like hot toddies, mulled wine...

Consider this your guide to the city’s best steaming, spiced, butter‑rich, bourbon‑laced cold-weather cocktails.

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Shedd completes examinations into quick succession of beluga deaths chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Shedd completes examinations into quick succession of beluga deaths

Shedd completes examinations into quick succession of beluga deaths

Shedd Aquarium officials this week revealed that examinations found no singular cause of death in the cases of two beluga whales.

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‘Illumination’ at Morton Arboretum vies for the top spot in a national holiday lights contest chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
‘Illumination’ at Morton Arboretum vies for the top spot in a national holiday lights contest

‘Illumination’ at Morton Arboretum vies for the top spot in a national holiday lights contest

Just when you thought the election was over, organizers at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle are hoping supporters will take to the (online) polls one more time to help them score some national recogni...

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Chicago Theater Report: Puppet Festival shows, Idina Menzel at the Lyric and other upcoming hot tickets chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Chicago Theater Report: Puppet Festival shows, Idina Menzel at the Lyric and other upcoming hot...

Chicago Theater Report: Puppet Festival shows, Idina Menzel at the Lyric and other upcoming hot...

Along with a sneak peek at this year’s Puppet Festival, we have news about a new outreach program by Definition Theatre, plus all the Chris Jones Recommends.

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Flights across Europe hit by bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Flights across Europe hit by bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes

Flights across Europe hit by bomb threats that turned out to be hoaxes

several flights across Europe received alleged bomb threats Tuesday that ultimately turned out to be hoaxes but prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian Air Force...

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La Grange’s LATTE Theater takes ‘Charlotte’s Web’ production on the road chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
La Grange’s LATTE Theater takes ‘Charlotte’s Web’ production on the road

La Grange’s LATTE Theater takes ‘Charlotte’s Web’ production on the road

LATTE Theater Company of La Grange is introducing a new wrinkle to its fall production of “Charlotte’s Web,” taking the show on the road.

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Column: First Friday Club of Chicago goes into its fourth enlightening decade chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Column: First Friday Club of Chicago goes into its fourth enlightening decade

Column: First Friday Club of Chicago goes into its fourth enlightening decade

The First Friday Club of Chicago continues to offer an oasis of lively conversation, and often wisdom and wit, in this frenetic planet.

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With the help of a new book, searching for Art Deco style in Chicago, a century after it emerged chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
With the help of a new book, searching for Art Deco style in Chicago, a century after it emerged

With the help of a new book, searching for Art Deco style in Chicago, a century after it emerged

The luxe style can be found everywhere from the Chicago Board of Trade to the NBC Tower, but it used to adorn your neighborhood gas station too, says architectural historian Max Chavez in his new...

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Restaurant review: Tafari’s Kitchen and the Mahalia Jackson Café at the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Restaurant review: Tafari’s Kitchen and the Mahalia Jackson Café at the Obama Presidential Center...

Restaurant review: Tafari’s Kitchen and the Mahalia Jackson Café at the Obama Presidential Center...

They serve beautiful bountiful food and — despite long lines and struggling service — a sense of wondrousness and unwavering hope.

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‘Absolutely astonishing’: Pastry fans line up 40-deep after Triton culinary class opens pop-up bakery chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
‘Absolutely astonishing’: Pastry fans line up 40-deep after Triton culinary class opens pop-up...

‘Absolutely astonishing’: Pastry fans line up 40-deep after Triton culinary class opens pop-up...

Culinary students at Triton College in River Grove are selling bakery items on Fridays through Dec. 11 and customers are lining up.

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Campton Hills spruce selected as Chicago’s 113th official Christmas tree chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Campton Hills spruce selected as Chicago’s 113th official Christmas tree

Campton Hills spruce selected as Chicago’s 113th official Christmas tree

The Norway Spruce is expected to arrive in Chicago on Wednesday ahead of the city’s annual tree lighting ceremony on Nov. 20.

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Lambs Farm presenting the story of Buddy the Elf in “Elf Jr.” as a play at Lake Forest High School chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Lambs Farm presenting the story of Buddy the Elf in “Elf Jr.” as a play at Lake Forest High School

Lambs Farm presenting the story of Buddy the Elf in “Elf Jr.” as a play at Lake Forest High School

The North Pole is home to Buddy the Elf. That’s where he was raised by Santa Claus and the Elves. But when Buddy discovers that he is actually human, he heads to New York to find his birth father in...

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Michael Wilbon, longtime journalist and ESPN commentator, taking leave of absence for ‘multiple health issues’ chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Michael Wilbon, longtime journalist and ESPN commentator, taking leave of absence for ‘multiple...

Michael Wilbon, longtime journalist and ESPN commentator, taking leave of absence for ‘multiple...

Michael Wilbon, the longtime ESPN commentator and co-host of the network’s popular “Pardon the Interruption” talk show alongside good friend Tony Kornheiser announced Monday he is taking a leave of...

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Review: Stacked decks in ‘Adirondack Chair Circle’ at Steppenwolf Theatre chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Review: Stacked decks in ‘Adirondack Chair Circle’ at Steppenwolf Theatre

Review: Stacked decks in ‘Adirondack Chair Circle’ at Steppenwolf Theatre

Steppenwolf is staging the world premiere of a predictable moral satire that’s mostly designed to agree with its audience. I’d venture a guess that the book-banning faction of the crowd on Sunday...

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Kennedy Center names 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves show offsite chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Kennedy Center names 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves show offsite

Kennedy Center names 2026 honorees as Trump renovation battle moves show offsite

The Kennedy Center said Monday that Paul Anka, David Foster, Andy Garcia, David Mamet and Barbara Mandrell would be recognized at this year’s Kennedy Center Honors.

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KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico

KFC and Taco Bell restaurants close across Puerto Rico

All KFC and Taco Bell restaurants in Puerto Rico have temporarily closed after Yum! Brands ended its relationship with an island-based operator, officials announced Monday.

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Column: Geese plays Salt Shed, with no fake fans in sight chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Column: Geese plays Salt Shed, with no fake fans in sight

Column: Geese plays Salt Shed, with no fake fans in sight

The rumor that’s been chasing Cameron Winter and the Brooklyn indie band Geese is that their popularity “actually was a psyop.” The truth is a lot more interesting.

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‘Heat’ director Michael Mann sustains ‘superficial injury’ at gun range chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
‘Heat’ director Michael Mann sustains ‘superficial injury’ at gun range

‘Heat’ director Michael Mann sustains ‘superficial injury’ at gun range

Filmmaker Michael Mann was injured at a gun range on Saturday in Los Angeles.

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Selma Blair breaks silence after alleged violent episode, says she never ‘intended to hurt’ anyone chicagotribune.com/2026/11/0…
Selma Blair breaks silence after alleged violent episode, says she never ‘intended to hurt’ anyone

Selma Blair breaks silence after alleged violent episode, says she never ‘intended to hurt’ anyone

Selma Blair is apologizing following an alleged violent medical episode that unfolded on a Delta airlines flight earlier this month.

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