Entertainment Stories from February 25, 2020
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'Criminal Minds,' 'Fresh Off the Boat' end on ratings high
Feb 26, 2020 12:01 PM - Two long-running television series said goodbye last week with modest ratings increases
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Obsession, ill fate and tragedy in Lyric Opera's The Queen of SpadesFeb 26, 2020 11:34 AM - Lyric Opera of Chicago, one of the most reputable cultural institutions in the country, is happy to present a new-to-Chicago production of The Queen of Spades. Two more performances are left, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 1.
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McHenry High grad and author encourages students to be persistentFeb 25, 2020 6:38 PM - Jessica Stilling Sticklor, 2001 McHenry High School graduate and author, traces her early interest in writing back to being a student at Riverwood Elementary School in McHenry. It was from her success in a Young Authors Competition that the writing seed was planted.
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Women of Bethel United Church of Christ to host annual Spring Tea April 25 in ElmhurstFeb 25, 2020 5:50 PM - Tickets will go on sale March 23 for the Women of Bethel's 22nd annual Spring Tea. The event, featuring a full-tea menu in an elegant setting followed by dramatic book reviewer Jenny Riddle's one-woman show, Sally Field's memoir, "In Pieces," will be Saturday, April 25, at Bethel United Church of Christ in Elmhurst.
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Tituss Burgess concert canceled at Genesee TheatreFeb 25, 2020 5:13 PM - Tituss Burgess ("Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt," "Dolemite Is My Name") has canceled his upcoming concert at the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan on Friday, March 13. Scheduling conflicts were cited as the reason.
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Review: Wayne does good job building suspense in `Apartment'
Feb 25, 2020 3:09 PM - In a review of 'Apartment,' Ann Levin writes that author Teddy Wayne does a good job of building suspense and complicating predictable narratives in the campus novel, set in the MFA program of Columbia's School of the Arts
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Review: Little's 'Pretty as a Picture' is captivating novel
Feb 25, 2020 2:55 PM - In a review of 'Pretty as a Picture,' reviewer Oline H
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Review: `Broken Faith' looks inside Word of Faith Fellowship
Feb 25, 2020 1:40 PM - In a review of 'Broken Faith: Inside the Word of Faith Fellowship," Jeff Rowe writes that the book by Mitch Weiss and Holbrook Mohr offers an important and carefully sourced rendering of how founders of religious sects can become tyrants, ruling by fear and threats of eternal hellfire for those who disobey
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Review: 'Driving While Black' opens road to civil rights
Feb 25, 2020 11:45 AM - In a review of 'Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights,' Russell Contreras writes that the book is a riveting story on how the automobile opened up opportunities for blacks in the United States
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`The Warsaw Protocol' is thrilling, timely novel
Feb 25, 2020 11:11 AM - In a review of 'The Warsaw Project" by Steve Berry, Jeff Ayers writes that Berry blends a fascinating history of Poland and its neighbors and tweaks it a bit to deliver a novel that is both thrilling and timely
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