Entertainment
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St. Patrick’s Day Parade honoring Thom McNamee is celebrating its 10th anniversaryFeb 23, 2024 7:18 pm - The Thom McNamee Memorial Dundee St. Patrick's Day Parade will be marking its 10th year on March 9. It bears the name of its founder, Thom McNamee, who planned the first parade in East Dundee in 2006.
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Irish dancers, marching units, and floats to lead Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 9Feb 23, 2024 5:37 pm - Elmhurst’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade returns for its 27th year on Saturday, March 9. The parade will step off at noon at Wilson Street and Spring Road and continue north o...
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Arlington Heights Memorial Library Foundation hosts International Women’s Day eventFeb 23, 2024 3:18 pm - Join the Arlington Heights Memorial Library Foundation for its International Women’s Day event from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, March 8, at the Makerplace, 112 N. Belmont Ave., in Arlington Heights.
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A new classic: Goodman’s ‘Matchbox Magic Flute’ an enchanting re-imagining of Mozart’s beloved operaFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - For her beguiling reimagining of “The Magic Flute,” adapter/director Mary Zimmerman scaled back Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beloved 18th-century singspiel. But she did not skimp.
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Long Grove stars in three Christmas movies, thanks to small-town feel and state tax creditFeb 23, 2024 10:13 am - When filmmaker and Mundelein resident John W. Bosher first read the script for “Christmas With Felicity,” the quaint, small-town setting made picking a filming location easy. “All of these sets are already right down the street in Long Grove,” he thought.
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Book Review: New collaborative novel ‘Fourteen Days’ proves the pandemic couldn’t curb creativity
Feb 23, 2024 10:07 am - Almost four years since COVID-19 became a household term, a new work of fiction proves that even a global pandemic can’t curb creativity. “Fourteen Days” is billed as a “...
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Music review: Ex-Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley is back with another great solo album
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Music review: MGMT’s ‘Loss of Life’ is a nostalgic return full of hope and heart
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Migrant’s 3 brutal years trying to reach Italy inspired the Oscar-nominated film ‘Io Capitano’
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Jazz festival brings area students to The Venue March 8-9Feb 22, 2024 11:45 pm - The Venue in downtown Aurora is hosting students from several area schools on the weekend of March 8-9 for a Student Master Class Jazz Workshop and Festival with Pete Ell...