Entertainment
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Theater spotlight: Improv Playhouse gathers the faithful, Steppenwolf stages 'The Children'Apr 12, 2019 6:00 am - 'Gathering' returns For the 11th year, Improv Playhouse remounts its production of “The Gathering,” Josephine Raciti and Rolf Forsberg's contemporary take on the last ho...
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Was 'Game of Thrones' supposed to mean anything? Only if you wanted it toApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - It's too big now to just be a TV show, a diversion. Every couple of decades a great story comes along and grips us more tightly than all the rest, as HBO's "Game of Thro...
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Feder: WLS Radio celebrates 95 years on the airApr 12, 2019 1:00 am - On April 12, 1924, Sears, Roebuck and Company officially began broadcasting its new radio station from the Sherman House Hotel in Chicago, naming it WLS (for "World's La...
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Feder: 'Crazy' Howard McGee is back, this time on V103Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - It's the biggest radio comeback of the year: "Crazy" Howard McGee, who was one of Chicago's most popular morning stars before he lost his job to Steve Harvey, is about j...
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'It absolutely broke my heart': What it's like to die on 'Game of Thrones'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - Ian Beattie fell to the floor and lay there. He felt conflicted about what would come next. On one hand, he was exhausted. Filming the death scene of Meryn Trant, the lo...
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St. Theresa's Production of Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast Jr.'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - St. Theresa School students have been working diligently for the past few months after school and during music class to prepare for this year's annual production of Disn...
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Star Wars Celebration: Tears, cheers and awe for 'Episode IX'Apr 12, 2019 1:00 am - For a lifelong, 40-year-old fan of "Star Wars," Friday's event presenting the first footage of "Episode IX" - now known as "The Rise of Skywalker" - felt like the beginn...
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Cambridge Lakes students to star in school musical April 15-16Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Cambridge Lakes Charter School, 900 Wester Blvd. in Pingree Grove, will present a musical "We Are Monsters," featuring students in first to fourth grade. It is directed ...
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Elgin's Bethlehem Lutheran to host 46th annual Strawberry Festival May 4Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Elgin will host its 46th annual Strawberry Festival from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 4. Strawberry shortcake, strawberry sundaes, choco...
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Waukegan Middle School Students Perform at Genesee Theatre April 10 - 11Apr 11, 2019 11:00 pm - For music students, there's something magical about performing in front of an audience, and on April 10 - 11, students of Waukegan's five District 60 middle schools had ...