Entertainment Stories from October 3, 2024 (Change date)
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Six films vie for honors at Elgin Short Film Festival SaturdayOct 03, 2024 7:04 pm - Six films will vie for top honors on Saturday during the 16th annual Elgin Short Film Festival at the Hemmens Cultural Center.
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North Shore restaurants put best dishes forward at annual Auction & TasteOct 03, 2024 4:21 pm - Discover Delicious! is the theme of Northbrook Chamber’s 29th annual Auction and Taste of the North Shore at the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel — because that is what you will do.
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Spinning its wheels: ‘Folie à Deux’ reckons with ‘The Joker’Oct 03, 2024 12:56 pm - If there’s one undeniably compelling thing about both Todd Phillips’ divisive 2019 original “Joker” and his new follow-up, it’s that these movies are best when they dance.
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‘We figured it was a good spot’: Location is key for coffee shop successOct 03, 2024 10:13 am - It takes careful thought to determine where you might want to open a coffee shop these days, and Jackie Anonales and her partners Maya Nieves and Violet A. Galindo did just that in opening Café del Sol two months ago in North Aurora.
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Gibson’s crusty cop highlights a flawed but fun pre-Halloween treat in ‘Monster Summer’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - The visually slick indie movie “Monster Summer” meets its modest aspirations as a fun, end-of-summer romp targeting a tweener demographic anxious for another “Goonies” knockoff.
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Committed, fearless Ronan triumphs in nonfiction addiction drama ‘The Outrun’Oct 03, 2024 5:30 am - Nora Fingscheidt’s contemplative and cluttered biographical drama “The Outrun” adds a little bit of individuality to the cinematic canon of struggling substance abusers bottoming out until finally clawing their way out of addiction to face a brighter tomorrow.
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