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Chit Chat: Club Arcada celebrates entertainment past, present

Ron Onesti, CEO and president of Onesti Entertainment, poses with Gemma Martin (left) of Joliet and Marisa Polendo of St. Charles (right) in the newly opened Club Arcada speakeasy and entertainment showroom on the third floor of the historic Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. (Sandy Bressner)

Ron Onesti, CEO and president of Onesti Entertainment, poses with Gemma Martin (left) of Joliet and Marisa Polendo of St. Charles (right) in the newly opened Club Arcada speakeasy and entertainment showroom on the third floor of the historic Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. (Sandy Bressner)

Ron Onesti, CEO and president of Onesti Entertainment, spent two years creating the new Club Arcada speakeasy and entertainment showroom on the third floor of the historic Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. (Sandy Bressner)

Charlie Chaplin's portrait and vintage cameras are among the touches in the Chaplin room at the Club Arcada speakeasy and showroom in St. Charles. (Karen Naess)

A library sets the nostalgic tone outside the secret-door entrance to the Club Arcada speakeasy and showroom, which opened March 3 in St. Charles. (Karen Naess)