Entertainment
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African American Film Critics group celebrates Black Hollywood and beyond while building its stature
Mar 02, 2024 8:51 am - Filmmaker Ava DuVernay remembered working as a publicist years ago, struggling to draw major traffic to star-studded events for the African American Film Critics Association. Now, two decades later, AAFCA has grown in size and scope and built an admirable reputation in Hollywood.
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Downtown Batavia’s Restaurant Guide features 35 businessesMar 01, 2024 11:12 pm - What’s for dinner? Eat local year-round with the help of Batavia MainStreet’s Downtown Restaurant Guide! It features 35 businesses including “Bars & Breweries,” “Coffee...
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The Venue celebrates women in music this monthMar 01, 2024 9:52 pm - The Venue, a live music performance room in downtown Aurora, will celebrate women in music throughout March as part of Women’s History Month. The Venue’s free Songwriter ...
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Celebrate National Meatball Day Swedish styleMar 01, 2024 8:36 pm - Celebrate National Meatball Day Swedish style with a benefit dinner for the Swedish American Children’s Choir on Saturday, March 9, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Batavia...
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Black Film Summit returns to NIU Naperville March 20-23Mar 01, 2024 6:51 pm - The Black Film Summit returns to the Northern Illinois University-Naperville Conference Center March 20-23. It is a celebration of Pan African achievement in the cinema...
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Harper College welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to campusMar 01, 2024 3:10 pm - It’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes to Harper College, but Beth Henley will be in the audience when the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents her award-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart.”
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St. Pat’s Shindig at Buffalo Creek BrewingMar 01, 2024 12:25 pm - Buffalo Creek Brewing goes green all weekend for its annual St. Pat’s Shindig. Guests each day are invited to sport their favorite Irish threads and celebrate in the taproom or outside in the biergarten alongside the roaring firepits
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We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence
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Kate Winslet’s ‘Regime’ is not a dictatorship — behind the scenes, at least
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Once doomed to cult status, the animated satire ‘Clone High’ finds a new life on MaxMar 01, 2024 8:16 am - In one of the weirdest high schools in history, Cleopatra is dating class president Frida Kahlo and John F. Kennedy's best friend is Abraham Lincoln. This is “Clone High,...