Entertainment
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Weekend picks: Loverboy works for the weekend at the Genesee SaturdayJan 25, 2020 6:00 am - Snow dogs The annual Husky Heroes event returns this weekend with demonstrations of sled-pulling, “skijoring” and more. Families can take photos with Siberian huskies an...
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Marriott's snarky 'Grease' suggests nostalgia's always in styleJan 24, 2020 1:00 pm - “Grease” - ★ ★ ½ Nostalgia never goes out of style, as evidenced by Marriott Theatre's revival of “Grease,” the stage/screen hybrid rooted in Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey...
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Ron Onesti: The 'Raging Bull,' a sweet guyJan 24, 2020 5:00 am - Each week, so many of you turn to Page 6 of the Daily Herald's Time Out! section to see which rock 'n' roller backstage story I will have. But my behind-the-scenes escap...
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On stage: Porchlight & Windy City revive classics, Chicago Shakes premieres Jane Austen-inspired tunerJan 24, 2020 5:00 am - • The popularity of its winter opera series prompted the New Philharmonic to add an additional performance of "The Merry Widow," Franz Lehar's operetta based on an 1861 ...
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Weekend at play: Husky Heroes at Morton Arboretum, Loverboy at the GeneseeJan 24, 2020 5:00 am - Husky Heroes race into the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, more than 450 pianists perform during American Grands 25 in Elgin and Canadian rockers Loverboy headline Waukegan's...
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O'Donnell: More spin around Arlington Park - Track may open earlier than ever for 'leased' trainingJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - NO WORDS HAD TO BE SPOKEN for it to be understood at last Tuesday's monthly meeting of the flaccid Illinois Racing Board: When it comes to any aspect about the operation...
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Feder: Former ABC 7 reporter Paul Meincke recovering from heart surgeryJan 24, 2020 12:00 am - Paul Meincke, the legendary former Chicago television newsman, is on the mend in Los Angeles after undergoing emergency surgery for a torn aorta, Robert Feder writes. "T...
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Gurnee students meet author, study about the HolocaustJan 23, 2020 10:00 pm - Author and former reporter for the Chicago Tribune and Forbes magazine Fern Schumer Chapman visited Viking Middle School in Gurnee recently. She has written five Junior...
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Race drones with DDC Chicago Quad in SchaumburgJan 23, 2020 10:00 pm - DDC Chicago Quad will hold drone races from 5-10 p.m. Thursdays at Drink Nightclub, 871 E. Algonquin Road in Schaumburg. Races are held on a specially constructed course...
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'Once On This Island' is a Caribbean cornucopia of theatricalityJan 23, 2020 8:00 am - “Once On This Island” - ★ ★ ★ ½ You can get a sense of the intimate theatrical magic that must have sprung from director Michael Arden's 2017 Broadway revival of the 199...