Entertainment
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Eclipse featured at Local Author Showcase April 3 at Anderson’s Bookshop-NapervilleMar 28, 2024 6:25 pm - Did you know eclipses have a season? “Eclipse seasons” happen less than six months apart when the lunar orbit is perfect for Sun, Earth, and Moon eclipse alignments to ...
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Hail not farewell for longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble artistic directorMar 28, 2024 4:15 pm - Longtime Buffalo Theatre Ensemble artistic director Connie Canaday Howard will step down from her leadership position in June but will not step away from the theater.
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Flowers coming into bloom in late April for Midwest Tulip FestMar 28, 2024 3:21 pm - The Midwest Tulip Fest is set to open April 27 at Kuipers Family Farm on Watson Road in Maple Park. Over the past few years, they have planted nearly 500,000 tulip bulbs ...
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The AfterImage Film Festival announces its 2024 lineupMar 28, 2024 1:27 pm - The fourth edition of the festival includes the Illinois premiere of Ethan Hawke’s film “Wildcat” The AfterImage Film Festival recently announced the first seven sel...
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Interactive children’s theater ‘Across the Sand’ coming back in AprilMar 28, 2024 1:11 pm - After rave reviews from the community last year, “Across the Sand: A Passover Theatrical Experience” by Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences will be back next month.
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Q&A: James Taylor on his 2024 U.S. tour, the possibility of new music and his legacy
Mar 28, 2024 12:33 pm - Not long after his 76th birthday, James Taylor & His All-Star Band will take their show on the road in the U.S., hitting 24 cities for 31 shows in five months, including two shows June 8-9 at Ravinia Festival in Highland Park.
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‘STEVE! (martin)’ is a smart and charming portrait of a smart and charming man
Mar 28, 2024 12:00 pm - “STEVE! (martin): A Documentary in Two Pieces” is directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville. And if sheer quantity is any marker, the decision to break the film into two feature-length installments gives you some idea just how seriously Neville takes the comedian.
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Monster mishmash: Godzilla reverts to a less scary, pinker version in hodgepodge action sequel ‘x’Mar 28, 2024 11:00 am - In Adam Wingard’s “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” the beast with fiery halitosis reverts to the quasi-heroic, less fearsome persona from “Godzilla vs. King Kong.” Both movies feature a hodgepodge of sci-fi expository technobabble, strange mysticism, convoluted mythologies and strained replications of human emotions.
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Martin Scorsese will dive into the journey to sainthood with an 8-part Fox Nation docuseries
Mar 28, 2024 7:10 am - Martin Scorsese has already said he's working on a film about Jesus, and now he's making a project about saints. He will host, narrate and produce an eight-part docudrama called “Martin Scorsese Presents: The Saints” for the streaming service Fox Nation, it was announced Wednesday.
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Bill Nighy, Michael Ward shine in Netflix’s Homeless World Cup crowd-pleaser
Mar 28, 2024 5:30 am - “The Beautiful Game,” a new Netflix movie starring Bill Nighy and Michael Ward, is about a real international soccer tournament called the Homeless World Cup. Don’t go in expecting documentary realness or grit, however. This is a movie-movie, tidily constructed to leave audiences feeling inspired and uplifted.