Entertainment
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DuPage Chorale to present ‘Night at the Opera’ May 5Apr 26, 2024 2:21 pm - On Sunday, May 5, the DuPage Chorale presents “Night at the Opera,” an evening of opera chorus and aria favorites, at the McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn. The concert...
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COD music program presents spring student ensemble performancesApr 26, 2024 1:52 pm - The Concert Choir and Chamber Singers to perform “Hymn to Time,” by former COD Music Program Chair Lee Kesselman, based on a text by Ursula K. LeGuin. Five College...
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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 ...