Entertainment
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'A Christmas Carol': A staple of Christmas Past remains present
Dec 19, 2020 6:29 am - This year, you can have "A Christmas Carol" any way you want it. Almost. You'd like to see it in real time on your laptop? You can do that. Want to gather around the rad...
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Been there, done that: A new TV version of 'The Stand' pits good against evil after a deadly pandemic
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Schaumburg Library offers 'Tech Bytes' to middle school studentsDec 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Middle school students will learn to solve problems with the coding language Python during the Schaumburg Library's "Tech Bytes" programs in January and February taught ...
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Schaumburg Library invites teens to hackathonDec 18, 2020 10:00 pm - Teens ages 12-19 are welcome to "Hack the Library" in a hackathon taking place from 11 a.m., Monday, Jan. 4, through 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 7, online with the Schaumburg ...
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Batavia High School to put on 'The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon' Dec. 23Dec 18, 2020 10:00 pm - The Batavia High School Drama Program will put on “The Holiday Channel Christmas Movie Wonderthon.” The play was written by Don Zolidis and is directed by Joshua Casburn...
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2020 was a big year in birdingDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - You probably heard about "Rocky," the saw-whet owl discovered last month inside the huge Christmas tree on Rockefeller Plaza in New York. The adorable stowaway became an...
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Ron Onesti: 'Simple Pleasures' during complex timesDec 18, 2020 5:00 am - Nine months … 36 weeks … 252 days … 6,048 hours … and counting! That's how long we have been on this crazy lockdown thing! Yet I still maintain a positive outlook, knowi...
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Morton Arboretum 'Illumination' extends to Jan. 10Dec 18, 2020 12:00 am - There's more time for tiny tots to have "their eyes all aglow." The Morton Arboretum in Lisle is extending "Illumination: Tree Lights" through Sunday, Jan. 10. Tickets t...
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Netflix's Shea McGee on creating the house of your dreams
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Widescreen: Another holiday tradition taken away by 2020Dec 17, 2020 5:00 am - Ten years ago this weekend, I spent Friday morning seeing "TRON: Legacy" twice - once just after midnight, once just before noon - both times sitting in the front row of...