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Good or evil?: How owls have been depicted in folklore and history

By Mark Spreyer, Stillman Nature Center
Oct 31, 2024 6:00 am - Nature columnist and owl enthusiast Mark Spreyer takes a look at how owls have fascinated humans for centuries, and how they’ve been depicted in folklore, fiction and history.
A musical, pulpy crime thriller, ‘Emilia Pérez’ swings for the fences

By LINDSEY BAHR
Oct 31, 2024 5:30 am - There is so much going on in “Emilia Pérez,” the audacious musical/melodrama/crime-thriller from filmmaker Jacques Audiard, it’s impossible not to appreciate the sheer ambition of it all.
‘Here’ isn’t there: Conceptually daring visuals blunt empathy, emotions in tiresome gimmick movie

By Dann Gire
Oct 31, 2024 5:30 am - “Here” is a conceptually daring, but tiresome gimmick movie, a virtually plotless, visually busy anthology of nonintersecting stories spanning zillions of years, and we feel as if we’ve seen most of them already.
Celebrate Día de los Muertos during Aurora Downtown’s First Friday Nov. 1

Submitted by Christina "Tina" de Chaud
Oct 30, 2024 11:43 pm - Aurora Downtown is inviting the community to a special Día de los Muertos celebration on Friday, Nov. 1, as part of its popular First Fridays event series.
Fox Valley Credit Union partners with The Venue on free music concerts

By Marissa Amoni, The Venue
Oct 30, 2024 11:36 pm - Fox Valley Credit Union will sponsor free First Fridays open house concerts at The Venue in Aurora this fall and beyond.
Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra explores music through the lens of art in 2024-25 season

By Daniel Meyers, Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestras
Oct 30, 2024 4:39 pm - How do you paint a symphony? That is the question the Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra explores in its 2024-25 season. The theme for the 49th season is “Soundscapes.”
‘Dad Man Walking’: Seth Meyers is trading politics for parenting in new standup special

By BROOKE LEFFERTS
Oct 30, 2024 3:52 pm - Seth Meyers admits there are times when he’s in a disagreement with his wife or absurd situation with his kids and he can’t help immediately thinking about making it into a bit. He’s morphed several of those into his HBO/Max standup special “Dad Man Walking.”
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev are engaged. He faked a dinner invite with Anna Wintour to propose.

By ALICIA RANCILIO
Oct 30, 2024 2:57 pm - Former skateboarder and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White and actor Nina Dobrev are getting married.
Rosary High School to present ‘Mamma Mia! The Musical’

Submitted by Rosary High School
Oct 30, 2024 11:44 am - Take a musical adventure to the isles of Greece with the songs of Abba in “Mamma Mia! The Musical” at Rosary High School in Aurora.
Beer cocktails are fun. Don’t overthink them.

By M. Carrie Allan
Oct 30, 2024 10:40 am - I thought about Tequiza recently when I was contemplating the overall poor reputation of beer cocktails. Don’t knock them, though. From Spaghett to Piña-chelada to Lime Shandy, these drinks can be low fuss and high reward.

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