Entertainment
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Steppenwolf's basketball drama 'The Great Leap' impresses, though script misses a few shotsSep 16, 2019 7:00 pm - “The Great Leap” - ★ ★ ★ The personal becomes very political in Lauren Yee's 2018 basketball drama “The Great Leap,” now receiving a strong Chicago premiere by Steppenwo...
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Major-league talent makes for Paramount's winning 'Newsies'Sep 16, 2019 9:00 am - “Newsies” - ★ ★ ★ ½ It's getting a bit late in the season for a baseball reference, but it applies in the case of Paramount Theatre's “Newsies,” the ever-timely tuner th...
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Plan ahead: Branford Marsalis at College of DuPage, Mother Truckin' Booze Fest in Hoffman EstatesSep 16, 2019 6:00 am - Skewering show tunes Emmy Award-nominated political satirist and online sensation Randy Rainbow performs in concert on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Ge...
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Row houses added to plans for Schaumburg's massive north-side projectSep 16, 2019 5:30 am - Significant progress continues to be made on the simultaneous redevelopment of the former 322-acre Motorola Solutions campus in Schaumburg and the planned transformation...
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Best bets: Fiesta Ravinia in Highland Park, Salman Rushdie discusses new book in NapervilleSep 15, 2019 7:00 am - Mexican commemoration Celebrate Mexican Independence Day early with Fiesta Ravinia. The Sunday event at the Ravinia Festival concludes with a live Chicago Philharmonic p...
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The premise of 'Tall Girl' was widely mocked, and the actual movie doesn't help mattersSep 14, 2019 7:27 am - There's a new movie on Netflix called "Tall Girl," which, as you might have guessed, is about a girl who is tall. Jodi (Ava Michelle) is just over 6-foot-1 and often rem...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsSep 13, 2019 9:00 am - Mary J. Blige, Morrisey and Interpol close out Ravinia's outdoor season this weekend, “The Color Purple” begins previews at Drury Lane Theatre and the Elgin Fringe Festi...
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Itasca's Springbrook Nature Center offers chance to quietly reconnect with natureSep 13, 2019 6:00 am - It's not exactly Atlantic City, but Itasca's Springbrook Nature Center features plenty of boardwalks and other paths that wind their way through marshes, prairies and wo...
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Theater events: Metropolis hosts 'An Evening With Kevin Farley and Guests' SaturdaySep 13, 2019 6:00 am - • Performances continue for Bring Your Own Theatre Productions' "Aces & Eights," a farce rooted in film noir by Ross Childs that evolved from a 10-minute scene written f...
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O'Donnell: Broadcast giant Dennis Swanson once again helping to boost Illini athleticsSep 13, 2019 1:00 am - AS A BROADCAST EXECUTIVE, Dennis Swanson has moved Olympics. Literally. He was also the critical accelerant in the rise of Oprah Winfrey. In Chicago, his masterwork was ...