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The McHenry Outdoor Theater is everything a drive-in should be

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July 1, 2026

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It’s easy to be a cinephile in a city like Chicago. Here, movie-lovers are spoiled with an embarrassment of filmhouse riches like the historic Music Box Theatre, the Siskel Film Center, the beloved Davis Theater, back-to-back Dolby cinemas, multiple dine-in venues, and even a (truly bizarre) seat-rattling, face-spritzing, amusement park ride-like 4DX. But when it [] The post The McHenry Outdoor Theater is everything a drive-in should be appeared first on Chicago Reader.

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