Entertainment
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Hanover Township senior art show runs through Aug. 28Aug 05, 2025 9:30 am - Hanover Township older adults will display works of art at the township’s 19th annual art show, “HT Creates,” which opened Aug. 1 and runs through Aug. 28.
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Oprah Winfrey picks Richard Russo’s ‘Bridge of Sighs’ for her book club
Aug 05, 2025 8:22 am - Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Richard Russo is the latest author to be welcomed into the inner circle of Oprah Winfrey book club picks. Winfrey announced Tuesday that she had selected Russo’s “Bridge of Sighs,” a 2007 novel centered in a rural New York community.
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Following the light: The Black Keys’ ‘No Rain, No Flowers’ puts a feel-good spin on a turbulent year
Aug 05, 2025 7:33 am - The Ohio alt-rock band the Black Keys are finding their way home on their 13th full-length LP, “No Rain, No Flowers.”
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Enjoy food, music and fun at Gurnee Days Aug. 9-10Aug 05, 2025 6:24 am - Gurnee Days returns Saturday and Sunday Aug. 9-10, with live music, food, vendors, fireworks, a parade and more. Most events take place at Viking Park, 4374 Old Grand Ave., Gurnee.
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Music on Maple concerts wrap up season with Relax Your EarsAug 04, 2025 1:13 pm - The Lombard Historical Society presents Relax Your Ears, a duo performing a blend of music on hammered dulcimer, cello, and piano, as the final concert of the Music on Maple Concert series.
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French bistro, event space to replace Geneva’s Graham’s 318 Coffee House after sale to new owner
Aug 04, 2025 12:47 pm - After being on the market since April 2024, Graham’s 318 Coffeehouse on Third Street in Geneva has been sold to new owners.
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In ‘Sinners’ and his music, Buddy Guy is keeping the blues alive. It hasn’t been easy.
Aug 04, 2025 12:41 pm - For Chicago musician Buddy Guy — a stalwart and staunch defender of the blues — there’s nothing more important than keeping his chosen genre at the forefront of conversation. His new album, “Ain’t Done With the Blues,” released last week on Guy’s 89th birthday.
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Kavanagh Gallery exhibit features sculptures by over 30 artistsAug 04, 2025 12:23 pm - The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St. Charles is featuring a sculpture show of over 30 artists' work, including giant koi fish sculpture, a tupelo wood pufferfish, and intertwined wire statues.
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Book Review: Jason Mott’s ‘People Like Us’ explores the struggles of semi-fame and American identity
Aug 04, 2025 10:40 am - How does one follow up writing “A Hell of a Book” that wins the National Book Award? If you’re Jason Mott, you write a sort-of, not-really, by all legal terms fictionalized — according to the forward — autobiographical story about what life is like as a semi-famous writer.
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Hank Hill returns to a changed world in new ‘King of the Hill’ episodes
Aug 04, 2025 10:27 am - Hank Hill is back and he’s the same ol’ Hank Hill, but a lot of things around him have changed. The lovable animated hero of “King of the Hill” has returned from a 15-year lull and he isn’t sure what boba tea is, how ridesharing works and more.