Entertainment
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Weekend picks: The fun of Wizard World continues in RosemontAug 24, 2019 7:32 am - Wizard World tunes As the annual pop culture convention pops into Rosemont this weekend, the focus will be on celebrities, artists, comics, vendors and panel discussions...
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Revived 'Designated Survivor' shows how TV world has changedAug 24, 2019 7:26 am - NEW YORK - Anthony Edwards walks briskly through the White House in the opening scene of Netflix's "Designated Survivor," spraying comments and commands to the people he...
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Writers Theatre's 'Into the Woods' casts emotional, enchanting spellAug 24, 2019 7:00 am - “Into the Woods” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Late in Writers Theatre's enchanting, emotionally satisfying revival of “Into the Woods,” the fairy tale characters blame each other for their...
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Theater events: Patti Vasquez headlines 8th Annual Chicago Women's Funny FestivalAug 23, 2019 1:10 pm - • Steel Beam Theatre hosts its next Night Moose Comedy Jam featuring the improv team 4 of Diamonds at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 23, at 111 W. Main St., St. Charles. Admission ...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsAug 23, 2019 9:00 am - Grammy Award-winning star Sting brings his “My Songs” tour to Ravinia for two nights and actor and comedian Jon Lovitz does standup at the Arcada in St. Charles. Good ti...
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Widescreen: A celebration and a history lesson, 'Pose' was the show of summerAug 23, 2019 6:00 am - The best TV show in the immediate post-Targaryen era is not “Stranger Things” or “Orange is the New Black,” though Netflix's big guns did make this deathly hot summer a ...
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Ron Onesti: Making 'em laugh at The ArcadaAug 23, 2019 6:00 am - Man, I love my music! So many people say they "love ALL music." But then they say, "but I don't like country," or something like that. I can truly say I love all music, ...
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14 for fall: Premier picks for Chicago, suburban theater productionsAug 23, 2019 5:58 am - On Chicago-area stages this fall, theatergoers will encounter fairy tales and literary adaptations, historical events re-imagined and true stories retold - including a r...
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Feder: NBC 5 to launch new lifestyle show 'Chicago Today' Sept. 6Aug 23, 2019 1:00 am - It's official: “Chicago Today,” a new lifestyle and entertainment show, will premiere September 6 on NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, Robert Feder writes. Initially it will ai...
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Santa Springs water play area opening today at Santa's Village in East DundeeAug 23, 2019 1:00 am - Santa Springs, an interactive water play attraction within the Santa's Village amusement park in East Dundee, opens 11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 24. Santa's Village's largest ...