Entertainment
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#MeToo advocates vow the reckoning will continue after Weinstein's conviction is overturnedApr 26, 2024 1:34 pm - NEW YORK — #MeToo founder Tarana Burke has heard it before. Every time there’s a legal setback, the movement is declared dead in the water. A legal success, and presto, i...
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Big wheels: Wheaton gears up for Touch-A-Truck eventApr 26, 2024 12:00 pm - A fleet of municipal vehicles will go on display for the Downtown Wheaton Association’s kid-friendly Touch-A-Truck event Saturday, April 27. Youngsters will get a chance ...
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Andretti Indoor Karting, Schaumburg eye summer groundbreaking for entertainment districtApr 26, 2024 11:47 am - Officials anticipate a summer groundbreaking for the first Midwest location of Andretti Indoor Karting & Games and a six-level public parking deck that would anchor the f...
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Here we go again! Streamwood High alumna headlines ‘Mamma Mia!’ for 25th anniversary national tourApr 26, 2024 11:11 am - Streamwood High School alumna Christine Sherrill is having many full-circle moments during the 25th anniversary tour of “Mamma Mia!” She’s starring as leading lady Donna Sheridan in the jukebox musical returning to Chicago's James M. Nederlander Theatre for a three weeks beginning Tuesday, April 30.
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‘Boy Kills World’ offers bare-knuckle yuks
Apr 26, 2024 9:47 am - What happens when a movie’s unreliable narrator turns out to be the movie itself? “Boy Kills World,” a cheeky and extremely bloody action extravaganza, keeps an audience so off-balance for so long that you may throw in the towel well before the final bad guy falls.
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Batavia Depot Museum debuts new exhibit on history of grocery shoppingApr 26, 2024 5:00 am - Learn about the history of local food shopping at “Markets and Meals: Batavia Goes Grocery Shopping,” a spring exhibit on display through July 21 at the Batavia Depot Museum.
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With ‘Alien’ back in theaters, ‘Alien: Romulus’ director teases how the new film connects
Apr 25, 2024 3:47 pm - Ridley Scott’s “Alien” is back in theaters Friday for its 45th anniversary and to get audiences excited about the new installment coming in August.
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Epic Burger now open in BarringtonApr 25, 2024 3:25 pm - Epic Burger, now open at 500 Hough St., in Barrington, invites the community to celebrate with a day of specials on Saturday. From 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., the restaurant ...
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Tickets for Chicago stop of ‘Harry Potter and the Cursed Child’ go on sale May 13Apr 25, 2024 3:15 pm - Tickets for the Chicago leg of the national tour of Tony Award-winning “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” go on sale Monday, May 13. The tuner begins performances at the James M. Nederlander Theatre Sept. 10.
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Bringing music to the community: DuPage Symphony celebrates 70 yearsApr 25, 2024 11:44 am - In its 70th year, the DuPage Symphony Orchestra is still finding ways to go “above and beyond” to share its love for music with the community. For its season finale on Ma...