Entertainment
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‘Beautiful’ is lovely: Feel the earth move with vibrant take on Carole King’s life at ParamountMay 08, 2024 3:29 pm - It might be an oxymoron to call a toe-tapping and funny musical gripping, but “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” playing at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is just that.
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Travis Kelce joins FX’s ‘American Horror Story: Grotesquerie’ season
May 08, 2024 3:29 pm - While his superstar girlfriend Taylor Swift resumes her world Eras tour, Travis Kelce is keeping busy. The NFL player has joined the cast of “American Horror Story: Grot...
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Chicagoan Steve Albini, legendary producer for Nirvana and an alternative rock pioneer, dies at 61
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The Bienemanns to take the stage at Highland Avenue Coffeehouse May 19May 08, 2024 11:57 am - The cutting-edge acoustic duo Robin and Jenny Bienemann will take center stage at the Highland Avenue Coffeehouse on Sunday, May 19. A husband-and-wife duo, the Bieneman...
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Shrewd satire: Earnest performances, canny direction animate Steppenwolf’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’May 08, 2024 9:30 am - Playwright Larissa FastHorse packs a lot of satire into the 90-minute “The Thanksgiving Play,” which skewers Indigenous stereotypes, liberal guilt, sanitized history, theater and wokeness. Steppenwolf Theatre’s Chicago premiere runs through June 2.
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Dining out: Make Art, Drink Beer Fest, Aurora Taco Crawl, Meet the Winemaker and moreMay 08, 2024 8:56 am - Mikerphone Brewing in Elk Grove Village will showcase its two favorite things, beer and music, during the Make Art, Drink Beer Fest Saturday, May 11.
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Drake and Kendrick Lamar’s feud — the biggest beef in recent rap history — explained
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Things to do May 10-16: Northbrook-On-Ice, Portugal. The Man, Mother’s Day events and moreMay 08, 2024 6:13 am - Mark your calendars for Lombard Lilac Time and Northbrook-On-Ice, performances by Portugal. The Man, Henry Cho and Nazereth, and several Mother’s Day events and more happening this week.
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Voices Unlimited chorus presents their spring concert May 19May 07, 2024 9:57 pm - The Voices Unlimited chorus will be presenting their spring concert, “Reflections of Hope,” on Sunday, May 19, in the sanctuary of Immanuel Lutheran Church, 310 E. Main ...
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Best Bets: Chicago Cabaret Week and Bad Momz at ZaniesMay 07, 2024 6:55 pm - Chicago Cabaret Week starts Friday, a new photo exhibit opens at the Morton Arboretum and, in honor of Mother’s Day, Bad Momz comedians take the stage at Zanies in Rosemont and Chicago.