Entertainment
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Indoor pickleball center coming to Randhurst Commons in Mount ProspectMay 09, 2024 12:36 pm - The Picklr, a national chain of indoor pickleball facilities, plans to open a new location later this year at Mount Prospect’s Randhurst Commons Shopping Center. Based in...
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Bien Trucha’s new Wheaton restaurant to dish up ‘homey’ style of tacosMay 09, 2024 11:43 am - New Bien Trucha Group restaurant Sweetchilango is set to open in downtown Wheaton this summer.
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Naper Settlement exhibit honors the 150th anniversary of the Naperville Fire DepartmentMay 09, 2024 11:12 am - Naper Settlement commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Naperville Fire Department with the new sitewide exhibit, “A Strong Back and A Strong Mind: 150 Years of the Na...
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Crystal Lake Brewing takes home international competition award, celebrates 10 years
May 09, 2024 9:56 am - Crystal Lake Brewing has a lot to celebrate this year as it took home an award from the World Beer Cup and marks 10 years in the business.
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Brooke Shields and Benjamin Bratt deserve more than Netflix’s ‘Mother of the Bride’
May 09, 2024 7:36 am - “Mother of the Bride,” now streaming on Netflix, wonders what might happen if you find out a few days before the wedding that your kid (Miranda Cosgrove) is marrying the offspring of the guy who broke your heart. That’s what happens to Brooke Shields’ Lana.
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ finds a new hero and will blow your mind
May 09, 2024 5:30 am - Fans of the “Planet of the Apes” franchise may still be mourning the 2017 death of Caesar, the first smart chimp and the charismatic ape leader. Not to worry: He haunts the next episode, the thrilling, visually stunning “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.”
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Nature and human nature mingle in the beguiling ‘Evil Does Not Exist’
May 09, 2024 5:30 am - The first images of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist” are looking upward at tree branches against the sky while we move slowly through the forest. It’s a sign of what’s to come in a movie that asks plenty of questions about how we interact with nature.
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Bold, audacious ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ explores fandom, identity and the way we remember
May 09, 2024 5:30 am - Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ’90s suburbia in “I Saw the TV Glow” makes you remember growing up there — even if you didn’t. But that’s the thing about memory, isn’t it? It can be distorting.
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3rd Coast Brass presents rarely-performed edition of ‘Pictures At An Exhibition’ for Chamber Music on the Fox’s season finaleMay 08, 2024 11:16 pm - 18-piece brass ensemble takes on Howarth’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s masterpiece, as well as music by Gunther Schuller and Bjork Chamber Music on the Fox closes ou...
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Music review: Kings of Leon electrify with new album that nods to the past, ‘Can We Please Have Fun’
May 08, 2024 9:25 pm - Kings of Leon pose an existential question to listeners on the first single from their new album: Are you a mustang or are you a kitty? Well, turning that around: Whi...