Entertainment Stories from October 4, 2024 (Change date)
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Schaumburg P.E.O. to host Trivia Night fundraiser Nov. 2Oct 04, 2024 3:07 pm - Trivia lovers get ready: Schaumburg P.E.O. Chapter P-LK is hosting its annual Trivia Night fundraiser Nov. 2 at the Bartlett Fire Barn, 218 S. Main St., Bartlett.
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Suburban scares: Round Lake Beach haunted house, Gurnee director team for ‘Haunt Season’Oct 04, 2024 2:59 pm - Gurnee filmmaker Jake Jarvi says fainthearted horror film fans only have to close their eyes once or twice during “Haunt Season” his new movie filmed at Realm of Terror, a longtime haunted house in Round Lake Beach.
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Mandrake Restaurant to celebrate official grand opening in GenevaOct 04, 2024 12:26 pm - It’s been one year since Mandrake opened its doors in downtown Geneva, but now the restaurant is ready to officially celebrate the momentous occasion.
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Slick City Action Park now open in North AuroraOct 04, 2024 12:25 pm - Slick City Action Park is now open in North Aurora. This first Illinois location, at 1830 Towne Center Drive, is an indoor slide and air court park designed for all ages....
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Not for the faint of heart: Haunted houses deliver scares in the suburbsOct 04, 2024 10:19 am - With the temperature chilling and the leaves dropping, children aren’t the only ones awaiting the thrills of Halloween. For those who have moved on from trick-or-treating, chances to be frightened at a haunted house are opening up in several suburbs.
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Ina Garten, the Barefoot Contessa, looks back in memoir ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’Oct 04, 2024 9:36 am - Long before Ina Garten’s Barefoot Contessa mini-empire of bestselling cookbooks and TV shows ever took off, she found herself at an airport, wanting to learn to fly. The story of how she refused to budge is included in her memoir, "Be Ready When the Luck Happens."
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Book Review: ‘Revenge of the Tipping Point’ is fan service for readers of Gladwell’s 2000 bookOct 04, 2024 9:23 am - In “Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering,” Malcolm Gladwell is rehashing and rebuilding on the concepts that he first wrote about in 2000. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it wasn’t really necessary either.
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Mundelein Arts Commission's auditions for ‘A Christmas Carol’Oct 04, 2024 8:54 am - As the year rolls down to winter, it’s time once again for the Mundelein Arts Commission’s annual presentation of the original musical “A Christmas Carol.”
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‘Saturday Night’ is thinly sketched but satisfyingOct 04, 2024 8:19 am - We are at the apex of “Saturday Night Live” appreciation. So it’s maybe appropriate that Jason Reitman’s big-screen ode, “Saturday Night,” should arrive, amid all of the tributes, to remind us of the show’s original revolutionary force.
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Helen Mirren tells a story of evil and hope during WWII in ‘White Bird’Oct 04, 2024 6:27 am - It’s never a bad time for stories celebrating acts of kindness. In the new film “White Bird,” the act is quite significant: A family in Nazi-occupied France shelters a young Jewish girl, whose friends and family have all been taken away.
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