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Carol Stream unveils new village tree at Holiday Extravaganza

By Eileen Tibble, Village of Carol Stream
Dec 11, 2024 6:11 pm - Carol Stream kicks off holiday season with magical tree lighting event featuring choir performances, cookies, pony rides, petting zoo, and Santa visits.
Portrait of sisterhood: Beloved classic still resonates in Northlight’s spirited ‘Little Women’

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 11, 2024 5:00 pm - Northlight Theatre premieres Lauren Gunderson’s ebullient “Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women,” adapted from the beloved novel about four sisters living in 19th century New England.
The Sundance Film Festival unveils its lineup including Jennifer Lopez, Questlove and more

By LINDSEY BAHR
Dec 11, 2024 2:54 pm - Next year's Sundance Film Festival will feature Jennifer Lopez singing and dancing in Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” Questlove exploring the legacy of Sly & Th...
Late Rosemont mayor’s Hummels collection moving to new museum

By Christopher Placek
Dec 11, 2024 10:45 am - Boasting the largest public display of M.I. Hummel figurines in the world, the Donald E. Stephens Museum of Hummels in Rosemont is set to close by the end of the year. But some of the collection will be incorporated into a new museum that will showcase the Northwest suburb’s history and also bear the late mayor’s name.
George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2024 10:03 am - NEW YORK — George Joseph Kresge Jr., who was known to generations of TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89. Kre...
No sacrificing: Cooper’s Hawk makes eating out easier for gluten-sensitive diners

By Rick West
Dec 10, 2024 3:46 pm - Cooper’s Hawk has rolled out an extensive new gluten-free menu with appetizers, entrées, sides and desserts to accommodate guests with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity.
‘Dimensions’ art show, concert this week at Maine West HS

Daily Herald report
Dec 10, 2024 2:49 pm - Students in Maine West High School’s band, choir and orchestra classes, as well as music production students, will be featured during the “Dimensions” concerts at 5:30 p....
Movie Review: A ‘Lord of the Rings’ tradition turns small-scale in the anime ‘Rohirrim’

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 10, 2024 1:55 pm - It’s a discombobulating experience, after a “Lord of the Rings” trilogy that was built, down to every frame and hobbit hair, for the big screen, to see something so comparatively minor, small-scaled and TV-sized as “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
New York-style pizza in the suburbs? Yes, you can find it

By Aimee Barrows
Dec 10, 2024 1:22 pm - It almost seems blasphemous to talk about New York-style pizza in Illinois. While the deep-dish pizza the Chicago area is known for around the world certainly is delectab...
Ang Lee to receive DGA Lifetime Achievement Award

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 10, 2024 11:55 am - Ang Lee, the protean filmmaker of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Brokeback Mountain,” will receive the Directors Guild of America’s lifetime achievement award. The guild announced Tuesday that Lee, 70, will be given the award at the 77th DGA Awards on Feb. 8.

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