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Eat. Watch. Do. Thursday, June 19, 2025 | | |
| | | | | It’s Thursday, Chicago. Happy Juneteenth, y’all! I’m so appreciative of the opportunities to commemorate this holiday across the city today and throughout the weekend. Also upcoming is a patio dining experience along The 606. Wolf & Company plans to open a 10,000-square-foot, two-story space with the first and only patio directly accessible to the elevated trail next week. Read about more Chicago restaurant openings here. Enjoy the weekend, we’ll see you back here next week. — Lauryn Azu, deputy editor | | | | Ashanti headlines the R&B Music Experience. Our picks for the 2025 Juneteenth holiday also include a silent dance party and a free edition of SupAfrique. | | | | | Plus Fire, the open flame-driven restaurant by The Alinea Group and chef Grant Achatz, will close after just seven months. | | | | | The HBO documentary features former student athletes who discuss their devastating experiences with a team physician. | | | | | Chicago added two new James Beard award winners to its list of more than 50 winners Monday night at the Lyric Opera. | | | | | Atra Asdou’s play is a sharp-elbowed satire that explores both one family’s history and the damage wrought by colonialism in the Middle East. | | | | | In Chicago, small-batch makers are producing some of our food reporter's favorite sauces right now. | | | | | The multimedia extravaganza is inspired by the art of 18th- and 19th-century Japan, and is on view through September at the Cleve Carney Museum. | | | | | LGBTQ-owned businesses in Chicago are celebrating Pride Month in style with eye-catching specials including cakes, cookies and a flight of specialty drinks. | | | | | Amy Morton and Namir Smallwood star in Noah Diaz’s rather unusual play about mortality, a sometimes confounding experience that pays off in the end. | | | |
