Entertainment
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Mo Amer's 'Mo' is a love letter to his heritage and hometown
Sep 16, 2022 6:00 am - Up-and-coming comedian Mo Amer was opening for Dave Chappelle in 2014 when the more established comedian made a suggestion: Amer should make a short film to introduce hi...
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Spotlight: Elgin's Janus Theatre puts a new spin on an epic taleSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - Come to the 'Cabaret' In 1929 Berlin, against the backdrop of the rising tide of Nazism, an American writer falls in love with a British chanteuse in John Kander and Fre...
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'Moonage Daydream' brings Bowie back to Earth
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PBS' 'The U.S. and the Holocaust' examines how the crisis was viewed at the timeSep 16, 2022 6:00 am - The Holocaust was perhaps the greatest humanitarian crisis in world history. What the U.S. did and didn't know and do about it is the subject of an upcoming Ken Burns do...
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Libertyville Tour of HomesSep 16, 2022 1:00 am - The Libertyville Tour of Homes will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Formerly the Historic Home Tour, the event has been rebranded and will feature five homes th...
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Leading lady's star turn more than makes up for Marriott's mechanical glitches in 'Hello, Dolly!'Sep 15, 2022 11:00 pm - “Hello, Dolly!” - ★ ★ ★ ½ The road to opening night isn't always smooth. Take Marriott Theatre's jolly revival of “Hello, Dolly!” whose opening was delayed two weeks aft...
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Elgin church resumes its Coffeehouses with a sunset picnic on the lawn Sept. 25Sep 15, 2022 11:00 pm - After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Highland Avenue Church of the Brethren in Elgin is again staging its popular coffeehouses, beginning with an unorthodox ...
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Laurie Milbourn brings 'Comedy Confidential' to Wednesdays @ One Sept. 28Sep 15, 2022 11:00 pm - The popular, free-admission "Wednesdays @ One" event series resumes Sept. 28 at the historic Baker Community Center in downtown St. Charles, when Laurie Milbourn perform...
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Viola Davis' Oscar-worthy performance royally rules ambitious, sanitized crowd-pleaser 'Woman King'Sep 15, 2022 6:00 am - “The Woman King” - ★ ★ ½ Let's first acknowledge that actress Viola Davis rocks the planet in any movie she makes. She pumps her dramatic characters with humanity, creat...
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Pets-AH-Palooza brings people and pets together for day full of funSep 14, 2022 11:00 pm - What do you call it when 5,000 pets and the humans that love them gather for a day of fun and activities at a baseball stadium? Pets-AH-Palooza, of course! That's how ma...