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There Goes the Neighborhood Mobster Tour

Bring your Godfather (and your Godmother) to the “There Goes the Neighborhood” Tour of Gangster History, on Sunday, October 19, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Join Mob historian and author John Binder for a bus tour of Oak Park and River Forest houses of famous gangsters […]

First Folio Theatre: The Gravedigger

If Halloween is your favorite season and ghouls are your cup of tea, don’t miss “The Gravedigger: A Frankenstein Play,” at the First Folio Theatre in Oakbrook and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! “The Gravedigger: A Frankenstein Play,” is a gothic drama set in the 1700’s, in […]

Brookfield Zoo “Boo! at the Zoo.”

Come for the boos and stay for the animals at the Brookfield Zoo’s Boo! at the Zoo, October 18-19 or 25-26, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Boo at the Zoo invites the spooks and monsters at your house to howl with the monkeys and yowl with […]

Cher

Share Cher, cheri, with your loved ones, when the fabulous one and her D2K Tour, featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo, appear at the United Center on October 24, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Cher has been farewell touring for years, yet: “she is in exceptional […]

Bruce Springsteen Birthday Bash

For a dreamy weekend, see Dream of a Life: A Springsteen 65th Birthday Bash on Saturday September 27 at Fitzgerald’s Nightclub in Oak Park, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Dream of a Life: A Springsteen 65th Birthday Bash is an all acoustic show presented by folk […]

“The Game’s Afoot”

Leave your home to see some funny Sherlock Holmes at Drury Lane Theatre’s production of the hilarious farce, “The Game’s Afoot,” August 28-October 29, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! The Plot: Broadway star William Gillette, world famous for his interpretation of Sherlock Holmes, is shot onstage […]

Cherry Poppin’ Daddies

Find out who your daddies are at the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Salute the Music of the Rat Pack concert, at the McAninch Arts Center, College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, September 12, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! If you like your music 1960s-era Vegas style, you […]

Disney on Ice

Bring the kids to see Disney on Ice: Princesses & Heroes September 10-14 at the United Center and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Disney on Ice: Princesses & Heroes is a spectacular ice show—surprise!—featuring Disney characters Snow White, Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Tiana, Aurora, Mulan and Ariel, performing […]

First Folio Theatre

Bring the wife to see First Folio Theatre’s outdoor production of “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” at the historic Mayslake Peabody Estate in Oak Brook, and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! In “The Merry Wives of Windsor,” Sir John Falstaff, Shakespeare’s most comic character, sets out to […]

Graue Mill

Bring the civilians in your house to the Civil War Encampment at historic Graue Mill and Museum August 30-31 and stay at the nearby and affordable Best Western Plus Chicago Hotel at Hillside! Re-enactors from the 10th Illinois Volunteer Regiment and their families will spend the weekend at Graue Mill, camping out as Union soldiers […]