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—Mental insurance: Circuit Court of Cook County Clerk Mariyana Spyropoulos will host her third Mental Health Summit on Tuesday, Sept. 22, 4:30-8 p.m., at the Maywood Courthouse in partnership with Cook County Presiding Judge Geary Kull. The event will focus on discussing mental health services, emergency hospital orders, powers of attorney, guardianship, special needs trusts, crisis intervention, firearm restraining orders and Mental Health Treatment Court. To register, visit this link.

Acclaimed choreographer Brendan Fernandes tells us what his favorite restaurants are (below). Photo credit Michael Salisbury —Flower power: Rosemont is inviting residents and visitors to explore the community in a whole new way this fall with the announcement of installation locations for “Rosemont in Bloom: Where Art Takes Root,” a new public art initiative celebrating the village’s 70th anniversary.

Summer House Santa Monica’s six-layer chocolate-chip cookie cake. PR photo courtesy of Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants —Kills and chills: The controversial Serial Killer: The Exhibition has opened in Chicago at Cinespace Chicago Film Studios, 2428 W. 15th St. It’s scheduled to run through January 2027.

Photo by Stephanie McCabe on Unsplash Labor Day symbolizes several things to people, including the unofficial end of summer and beginning of fall (pumpkin spice and all), and the start of school (although it has begun almost everywhere), among other things. To mark all those momentous events, Chicagoland restaurants are offering unique specials. Here are some of them: Guests at Olio e Piu.

Drop me a line (questions, hot news, tips, thoughts, etc.) at syntax3733@gmail.com. —Art to art: Trivia Tuesday: Dolly Parton Edition will take place Sept. 1 at 9 p.m. at the Northalsted nightspot Sidetrack. Dolly Parton videos start at 8 p.m. and with Dolly Trivia starts at 9 p.m., after OUTspoken is finished. The grand prize includes Men’s Room & SWAY gift cards. —WNDR no more: The West Loop attraction WNDR Museum announced that it’s closing its doors on Monday, Sept.

—House party: The Chicago House Music Festival & Conference will take place Aug. 27-30 with free performances, dance, education and community programming at Millennium Park and across downtown Chicago.

Chicago History Museum sign. Photo by Andrew Davis —”Hair” apparent: Nothing Without a Company (NWaC) announced five performances of The Trouble With My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming Into Who I Am. They will take place Aug. 21-30 in various Chicago venues, including REM Salon and Center on Halsted.

Find out about Honey Fest below. Photo by Benyamin Bohlouli on Unsplash —Tie one on: The Tie Bar has released its first collaboration with fellow Chicago-based brandThe Center of Order and Experimentation. Located in West Town, The Center of Order and Experimentation is a coffee/consumable and retail operation designed to create community and uplift independent makers. The product assortment includes ties ($38), pocket squares ($18), socks ($16), tie bars ($20) and a lapel gift set ($40).

Married South Side couple Isaac King and Gabriel Dupree have officially started KingMe Cookies, a business that states that its offerings “wear the crown.” After sampling the goodies, it’s really hard to argue. So who are the owners and what more should you know about KingMe (which proudly states on its website that it’s “Black-owned” and “ancestor-approved”)?

Chicago’s Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan Ave., has a lot of reasons to visit it—from its architecture to performances at its Studebaker Theater to the fact that the building has some of the last remaining manually operated passenger elevators in the city. However, there is now a new jewel: the recently opened Groundswell Coffee Roasters café—a 1,000-square-foot dining spot on the first floor. It is the third of owner/founder Jason Foster’s businesses (following sites at 1168 W.