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Best bets: C2E2 is back at McCormick Place

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Fans dressed as characters from the Marvel and DC Comics universes pose to do "battle" at last year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). The event returns to McCormick Place in Chicago from Friday to Sunday, April 13-15.

John Cusack will make an appearance at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) this weekend.

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Novelist Anne Rice will appear at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) at McCormick Place in Chicago.

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See Paul Wesley, right, of "The Vampire Diaries" at The Vampire Diaries Official Convention on Sunday, April 15, at The Westin O'Hare in Rosemont.

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Adam Ferrara headlines The Improv Comedy Showcase in Schaumburg this weekend.

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Veteran Disney singer Candice Nicole appears with the New Philharmonic for "Disney in Concert: Magical Music From the Movies" this weekend at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn.

"Reinventing Radio: An Evening With Ira Glass" features the famed host of "This American Life" at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on Saturday, April 14.

The dancers of Pilobolus come to the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg on Sunday, April 15.

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Jeanne Golan performs select sonatas of Jewish Czech composer Viktor Ullmann as part of a Holocaust Remembrance Day concert called "Music and Memories" at the Spertus Institute in Chicago.

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Costumed film and comic fans invade McCormick Place in Chicago for the return of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2 for short) this weekend. Lovers of “The Vampire Diaries” won't want to miss The Vampire Diaries Fan Convention when it arrives this weekend at the Westin O'Hare in Rosemont. Looking for family entertainment? Check out the Extreme Block Party Saturday at the Libertyville Sports Complex.
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    • Fans dressed as characters from the Marvel and DC Comics universes pose to do “battle” at last year's Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2). The event returns to McCormick Place in Chicago from Friday to Sunday, April 13-15.
    • John Cusack will make an appearance at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) this weekend.
    • Novelist Anne Rice will appear at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) at McCormick Place in Chicago.
    • See Paul Wesley, right, of “The Vampire Diaries” at The Vampire Diaries Official Convention on Sunday, April 15, at The Westin O’Hare in Rosemont.
    • Adam Ferrara headlines The Improv Comedy Showcase in Schaumburg this weekend.
    • Veteran Disney singer Candice Nicole appears with the New Philharmonic for “Disney in Concert: Magical Music From the Movies” this weekend at College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn.
    • “Reinventing Radio: An Evening With Ira Glass” features the famed host of “This American Life” at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles on Saturday, April 14.
    • The dancers of Pilobolus come to the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg on Sunday, April 15.
    • Jeanne Golan performs select sonatas of Jewish Czech composer Viktor Ullmann as part of a Holocaust Remembrance Day concert called “Music and Memories” at the Spertus Institute in Chicago.
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