Entertainment Stories from January 23, 2025 (Change date)
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The secret’s out: Mentalist Joe Diamond launches ‘The Secret Show’ in WoodstockJan 23, 2025 9:44 pm - Mentalist and magician Joe Diamond captivates audiences with his intimate, eerie "Secret Show" performances at a hidden venue in the old Woodstock jail.
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Father-son duo Ryan & Ryan present ‘Going Gershwin’ at ECC Arts Feb. 8Jan 23, 2025 6:28 pm - Father-son piano duo Donald and Barron Ryan will showcase their mastery of classical, jazz and more in a Feb. 8 Elgin Community College concert featuring iconic George Gershwin works.
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ESO Presents to host the Chicago Bandura Ensemble in a concert honoring UkraineJan 23, 2025 5:28 pm - The ESO Presents’ "Melodies of Resilience" concert on Feb. 23 will feature the Chicago Bandura Ensemble playing Ukraine's national instrument to honor the country's culture and perseverance.
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‘Your Hit Parade: Global Edition’ concert launches new season of Saturday Night Lights in St. CharlesJan 23, 2025 4:16 pm - Maureen Christine and the Michael Bazan Quartet will kick off the "Saturday Night Lights" concert series on March 1 at the Baker Community Center, performing a program called "Your Hit Parade: Global Edition" featuring popular hits from around the world.
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Questlove film traces 50 years of musical history on ‘Saturday Night Live’Jan 23, 2025 3:49 pm - The startling “cold open” for a documentary about 50 years of “Saturday Night Live” music is proof that a musician — a specific kind of musician — had to put it together. “Ladies and Gentlemen ... 50 Years of SNL Music” airs Monday on NBC.
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Newest Taqueria Invicto opens in Des PlainesJan 23, 2025 11:23 am - The latest Taqueria Invicto restaurant has opened in Des Plaines.
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A tragedy reimagined: Goodman, Definition theaters combine for superb ‘Fat Ham’Jan 23, 2025 10:42 am - Goodman and Definition theaters collaborate on a stellar Chicago premiere of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize-winning “Fat Ham,” a domestic dramedy by James Ijames that reimagines Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” for the 21st century.
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‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Oscar nominations with 13, ‘Wicked’ and ‘The Brutalist’ land 10 apieceJan 23, 2025 8:19 am - In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday.
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‘The Colors Within’ is a gentle stunnerJan 23, 2025 6:31 am - Kids movies so often bear little of the actual lived-in experience of growing up, but Yamada Naoko’s luminous anime “The Colors Within” gently reverberates with the doubts and yearnings of young life.
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Paranormal inactivity: ‘Presence’ a well-cast but gimmicky ghost tale that runs short on the boosJan 23, 2025 5:15 am - In Steven Soderbergh’s gimmicky, unscary ghost story “Presence,” we the audience become the supernatural entity roaming through a large suburban house with Steadicam fluidity, seeing only what it sees, hearing only what it hears. This concept feels inspiringly fresh, for a while.
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