Entertainment
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Why decorated heads are popping up across DuPage CountyJul 05, 2024 1:12 pm - “Olmec Trails: Culture and Legacy,” running through October, offers 33 painted reproductions of Olmec heads in DuPage County and beyond.
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Bearing witness to the death of Adolf Eichmann in ‘June Zero’
Jul 05, 2024 10:24 am - Jake Paltrow’s soul-searching “June Zero” starts in 1961 Israel with reports that Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann has been sentenced to death. Paltrow makes his own case that history is built of small, individual actions that tend to be overlooked.
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Lake in the Hills Rockin’ Ribfest breaks out the barbecue July 11-14Jul 05, 2024 10:00 am - The Rotary Club of Lake in the Hills' Rockin’ Ribfest returns on July 11-14 with a dozen bands, a carnival, and business expo. Not to mention, a variety of award-winning barbecue and rib vendors.
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For ‘Love Island USA’ superfan Ariana Madix, hosting the show ‘does not feel like work’
Jul 05, 2024 9:36 am - There was a scene in Season 10 of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules" — before the real-life cheating fiasco dubbed Scandoval was revealed — where Ariana Madix and her then-boyfri...
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Jack in the Box is back: Fast-food chain returning to Chicago area starting next year
Jul 05, 2024 9:03 am - Jack in the Box plans to pop up in the Chicago area after a 40-year absence. Most locations will be in the suburbs — including Lake in the Hills, Carol Stream, Naperville and Plainfield.
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Ron Onesti: The grand old flagJul 04, 2024 8:51 pm - An old flag on a metal microphone stand helped Ron Onesti create a preshow tradition that honors our country and its hard-fought freedoms.
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Suburbs celebrate Fourth of July, including return of parade in Highland ParkJul 04, 2024 5:23 pm - Thousands of revelers clad in red, white and blue lined dozens of Fourth of July parade routes throughout the suburbs Thursday. That included Highland Park, where a community parade returned to downtown streets two years after the mass shooting that left seven people dead and 48 others wounded.
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Opened during Prohibition, Kane County bar celebrates 100th anniversaryJul 04, 2024 2:10 pm - The year was 1924, during the Prohibition era in the United States. Even though consuming alcoholic beverages was illegal, it didn’t stop Flora and Albert Mott from opening a bar in western Kane County.
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Conflicting reports of injuries after malfunction halts Wheaton fireworks displayJul 04, 2024 7:50 am - Wheaton’s annual Independence Day fireworks display came to an abrupt and unexpected halt Wednesday night when the show’s operator experienced a malfunction, city officials reported.
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Where to watch fireworks in the suburbs this weekJul 04, 2024 7:00 am - With the Fourth of July upon us, communities are readying their fireworks displays. Here’s where you can see them.