Entertainment
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Parades, music, fireworks set for Elgin’s July 4 celebrationJul 01, 2024 6:58 pm - Elgin’s annual Fourth of July celebration features parades, live music, a pie-eating contest and more before culminating with a fireworks display.
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Is Camila Cabello getting weird? Or is she just getting real?
Jul 01, 2024 5:06 pm - Camila Cabello keeps telling everyone that her new music is “weird,” but that might just be code for “Florida.”
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Festivals July 5-11: Frontier Days, Dog Days of Summer, Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest and moreJul 01, 2024 3:47 pm - Mark your calendars for Frontier Days in Arlington Heights, Libertyville’s Dog Days of Summer, Lake in the Hills Rockin’ Rotary Ribfest and more happening this week.
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Where ‘The Bear’ characters would really eat in Chicago
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Fourth of July parades across the suburbsJul 01, 2024 3:06 pm - Marching bands, dance troupes, Scouts and Shriners will be marching through towns across the suburbs as part of the Fourth of July celebration. Here’s a list of where you can see them around the suburbs.
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Where to see fireworks in the suburbs this weekJul 01, 2024 2:39 pm - With the Fourth of July upon us, communities are readying their fireworks displays. Here’s where you can see them.
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Enjoy four days of fun at Mundelein Community Days July 4-7Jul 01, 2024 2:37 pm - The annual Mundelein Community Days festival returns Thursday through Sunday, July 4-7. The four-day celebration of the best of Mundelein includes carnival rides, fireworks, a parade, food, music, and more.
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Northwest Fourth-Fest to include drone light showJul 01, 2024 1:06 pm - A drone light show is a new addition to Northwest Fourth-Fest, a five-day Fourth of July celebration that also includes carnival rides, live music, fireworks, a parade, food and games.
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Book Review: ‘John Quincy Adams’ gives the sixth president’s life the sweep and scope it deservesJul 01, 2024 11:43 am - To be clear, Randall Woods’ “John Quincy Adams: A Man for the Whole People” is not a leisurely read. Clocking in at more than 700 pages, Woods’ biography of the sixth president is massive in both length and scope. But that’s the type of book Adams deserves.
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Book Review: ‘Hey, Zoey’ uses questions about AI to look at women’s autonomy in a new light
Jul 01, 2024 11:36 am - Dolores is going through the motions of life when she finds a potentially marriage-ending surprise in her garage: a high-end, lifelike sex doll imbued with artificial intelligence named Zoey. There are a lot of places that author Sarah Crossan can go from here — and “Hey, Zoey” touches on them all.