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Things to Do
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A celebrity chef from India has tabbed Schaumburg as the location for her first restaurant in America. Chef Aanal Kotak’s The Secret Kitchen opens Sunday, April 19.
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Two hours of gags and meltdowns in “Father of the Bride” comes down to that one moment when dad Stanley Banks (Joe Dempsey) and his just-wed daughter Kay (Aurora Penepacker) exchange a look, which is a lovely and poignant coda to the bouncy comedy playing at Drury Lane Theatre though May 31.
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Tony Award-winner Jessie Mueller headlines Schaumburg’s Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts, Doug E. Fresh joins hip-hop artists in “Masters of the Mic” at Chicago’s The Auditorium, and Lyric Opera concludes its season with the premiere of “safronia.”
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Stan’s Donuts and the Girl Scouts have teamed up on a Samoa-inspired doughnut available through May 12. Plus, Kebab Bey opens Friday in Lombard and, thanks to readers, there are more suggestions for where to get a legit Chicago-style hot dog.
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Add these to your calendar this week: Rick Springfield at the Genesee Theatre, the Central States Numismatic Society Convention at the Schaumburg Convention Center, Earth Day events in several suburbs and more.
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More than one million vibrant blooms will be on display at the Midwest Tulip Fest when it opens at Kuipers Family Farm in Maple Park.
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Over the years, we’ve seen countless characters wander into corrupt small towns and become entrapped by the locals. But in Ben Wheatley’s “Normal,” the good guy drifting into town IS the sheriff (Bob Odenkirk). This hyperviolent Midwestern Western that cleverly inverts some genre standards has a pleasingly loose hold on reality.
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Upcoming concerts include Los Lonely Boys at the Genesee Theatre, Soulja Boy at The Vixen, The Boys 4 Life Tour at Chicago’s United Center and more.
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Jason Alexander directs Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s premiere of “Fault” starring Enrico Colantoni, Strawdog Theatre stages a play about Shakespeare’s Ophelia, and the national tour of “The Great Gatsby” stops at Chicago’s Cadillac Palace Theatre.
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Upcoming Earth Day and Arbor Day events in the suburbs feature tree plantings, nature walks, cleanups, recycling and more.
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