Entertainment
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Memorial Day will be different this year, but the true meaning remainsMay 22, 2020 6:00 am - There will be no parades this year. No rifle salutes, no large gatherings to remember and honor the fallen. It will be a Memorial Day unlike any other. But maybe that's...
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Ron Onesti: Another king is goneMay 22, 2020 6:00 am - We lost one of the very last founders of rock 'n' roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was ...
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Feder: Stuck at home, viewers shift TV news habits in MayMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - Local news viewership is down in mornings but up significantly in afternoons, as Chicago area audiences adjust to life at home during the coronavirus pandemic, Robert Fe...
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O'Donnell: Fate of summer at Arlington Park still unknownMay 22, 2020 1:00 am - "THE LITTLE RASCALS" always seemed to have one surefire plan: Spanky, Alfalfa and Darla would put on a show - and the whole gang would come. Apparently, that's how manag...
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Happy hour helpers: Suburban restaurants sell cocktail kits to-goMay 21, 2020 12:00 pm - When the coronavirus quarantine hit, Melanie Pasillas of Schaumburg and five of her friends agreed to regularly meet online over Zoom for a Margarita Friday happy hour. ...
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Stream on: Four ideas for theater lovers missing live productions
May 21, 2020 6:00 am - Theater critics are entertainment first responders: We tend to get to the scene of the art before most other folks. But having had my access pass nullified these past mo...
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'Frozen' musical's Chicago run rescheduled for 2021May 21, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago run of "Frozen," the musical adaptation of Disney's blockbuster 2013 animated film, has been rescheduled for Nov. 18, 2021, through Jan. 23, 2022, Broadway i...
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Feder: 'Lucky guy' Bob Stroud marks 40 years of 'Rock 'n Roll Roots'May 21, 2020 1:00 am - A hearty high-five to Bob Stroud, top-rated midday star at Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM, on celebrating 40 years as host of "Rock 'n Roll Roots," Robert Feder...
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May 31 deadline for New Philharmonic's Young People's CompetitionMay 20, 2020 11:00 pm - For the first time, New Philharmonic will conduct the annual New Philharmonic Young People's Competition online. Applications can be downloaded from www.atthemac.org/ne...
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Widescreen tidbits: When Captain America rode the 'Snowpiercer,' plus 'Ghost' resurrectedMay 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Six years before “Snowpiercer” was a TNT series (Episode 2 airs at 8 p.m. Sunday) starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, it was an audacious film co-written and di...