Entertainment
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Gen Z kids are the stars of their parents' social media - and they have opinions about thatJun 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Alison Santighian flicks her finger over her smartphone screen, and her Facebook profile scrolls past in a blur. She is looking for a particular photo from a few days ag...
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Children's Theatre of Elgin's 'Godspell' opens June 13-16 at ECC Arts CenterJun 02, 2019 11:00 pm - This season, Children's Theatre of Elgin/Fox Valley Theatre Company celebrates 30 years of presenting family-oriented musicals performed by local youth, ages 8 to 20. T...
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Northbrook's Morrison-Shearer Foundation Safeguards Photo Legacy with Donation to the Newberry Library ArchivesJun 02, 2019 11:00 pm - The Morrison-Shearer Foundation is pleased to announce it has made a major gift of photos and negatives by the late 20th Century photographer Helen Balfour Morrison to t...
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Free Outdoor Teen Movie Night to Feature Avengers: Infinity WarJun 02, 2019 11:00 pm - Enjoy a blockbuster movie under the stars as Palatine Park District and Partners for Our Community (POC) Teen Advisory Board present Marvel Studios Avengers Infinity War...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Chris Porter plays Improv Comedy Showcase in SchaumburgJun 02, 2019 7:23 am - K.C. comedian Catch up with comedian and Kansas City native Chris Porter ("Last Comic Standing," "Ugly & Angry") when he closes out a weekend of standup at the Impr...
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Weekend picks: Chicago Gospel Music Festival raises a joyful noise at Millennium ParkJun 01, 2019 7:23 am - Voices raised Take pride in a homegrown musical form at the 34th annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival this weekend at venues in and near Millennium Park, 201 E. Ran...
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'Falsettos' soars in powerful national tour in ChicagoMay 31, 2019 10:00 am - “Falsettos” - ★ ★ ★ ★ Neurotic New Yorkers sing about their complicated lives in the trailblazing 1992 Broadway musical “Falsettos.” A tour of Lincoln Center Theater's ...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsMay 31, 2019 9:00 am - Be blown away by illusionist Criss Angel, stop by Comic Con Revolution Chicago or hear Warrant's 30th anniversary tour. It's all happening this weekend in the suburbs. F...
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'When They See Us' is a powerful, overdue telling of the injustices endured by the Central Park FiveMay 31, 2019 6:00 am - "When They See Us," premiering Friday on Netflix, is the kind of miniseries you get when the right showrunner assembles the right team and right performers with the uneq...
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Theater events: Second City hosts 5th annual Break Out Comedy FestMay 31, 2019 6:00 am - • Premieres by playwright Seth Bockley and Chicago Fringe Opera and BraveSoul Movement and other artists are on tap for the seventh annual Pivot Arts Festival, a celebra...