Entertainment
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Cuban restaurant coming to Des PlainesFeb 08, 2024 12:45 pm - Fans of media noche sandwiches, lechon asado and really strong coffee soon will have a new suburban restaurant to enjoy authentic Cuban cuisine. Que Bola Cuban Café should open in late February at 1940 E. Touhy Ave., Des Plaines.
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Dominican University to host annual Trustee Benefit Concert May 9Feb 08, 2024 11:53 am - Dominican University in River Forest will recognize longtime community leaders Marty and Mary Lou Noll and W.S. Darley & Co., providers of equipment and services for firs...
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Big Band show at Palatine’s Durty Nellie’s moved to Feb. 18; Fremd band special guestFeb 08, 2024 11:13 am - The 17-piece Jazz Consortium Big Band, now in its 13th year as a monthly fixture at Durty Nellie’s Gastropub & Entertainment Hub in Palatine, is moving its February show ...
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Bloomingdale Artists Association to open spring show May 25Feb 08, 2024 11:00 am - Original artwork created by Bloomingdale Artists Association members will be featured in the 2024 Spring Show and Silent Auction on May 25. Selected works featuring a div...
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Maine West to present ‘Mean Girls High School Version’Feb 08, 2024 10:18 am - Maine West’s Fine Arts Department is excited to present “Mean Girls High School Version” at 7 p.m. on Feb. 22, 23 and 24 and at 2 p.m. on Feb. 25.
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Want to try something new? Audition for ‘Fiddler on the Roof’ at Northbrook Community TheatreFeb 08, 2024 9:48 am - Last year, 10-year-old Jayna Miehl really wanted to try out theater, but was apprehensive about doing it on her own.
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Chicago Theatre Week 2024 commences: Discount tickets selling fast for suburban, city productionsFeb 08, 2024 9:30 am - Get ’em while they’re hot. Chicago Theatre Week tickets are selling fast. The annual showcase of suburban and city theater continues through Feb. 18.
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Ron Onesti: Toby Keith — A red, white and blue heroFeb 08, 2024 9:00 am - It hit me when country superstar Toby Keith died Monday. I was blessed with the opportunity to know Toby at the dawn of his rise in country music. It was in the early ’90s at the beginning of his blowup after his first chart-topping single, “Should’ve Been A Cowboy.”
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Actor Gina Carano sues Lucasfilm and Disney over her firing from ‘The Mandalorian’
Feb 08, 2024 7:16 am - Actor Gina Carano on Tuesday sued Lucasfilm and its parent The Walt Disney Co. over her 2021 firing from “The Mandalorian,” saying she was let go for expressing right-wing views on social media.
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Movie review: ‘Lisa Frankenstein’ lurches from idiocy to whimsy and ends up unwatchableFeb 08, 2024 6:26 am - It will come as no surprise that the new movie “Lisa Frankenstein” is a real monster — stitched together from previous movies, painfully incoherent and deeply, deeply dumb.