Entertainment
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Feder: Ex-staffers launch campaign to save Chicago ReporterOct 06, 2020 1:00 am - More than 100 former employees of the Chicago Reporter are fighting to save the investigative news organization after 48 years of vital reporting on issues of race, pove...
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Chicago's Second City for saleOct 06, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's legendary Second City, where such luminaries as John Belushi, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Catherine O'Hara and Eugene Levy cut their comed...
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Rock icon Eddie Van Halen dead at 65
Oct 06, 2020 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Eddie Van Halen, the guitar virtuoso whose blinding speed, control and innovation propelled his band Van Halen into one of hard rock's biggest groups and beca...
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Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra opens season Oct. 23 with 'A French Connection'Oct 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Join Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra members, friends and musicians for the first of two virtual fall musical programs, available at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, through Nov. 6. ...
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Jamie Chung is used to playing guest roles, but 'Lovecraft Country' made her want to lead
Oct 05, 2020 6:00 am - It took Jamie Chung 10 years to find Ji-Ah. Now that she has, the actress isn't letting her go. Rarely does a TV guest star get a full hour of a series to herself. Rarer...
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Feder: With Walt Flakus hosting middays, Rock 95.5 rolls out talent lineupOct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Walt Flakus, well-known to Chicago rock radio listeners for his years at The Loop and Cumulus Media alternative rock WKQX 101.1-FM, has returned to host middays on WCHI ...
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Feder: Home at last, anchorman Ray Cortopassi debuts tonight on 'Chicago's Very Own'Oct 05, 2020 1:00 am - Growing up in south suburban Dolton, Ray Cortopassi fondly remembers another Ray - the legendary children's show performer Ray Rayner - who was a fixture on WGN-Channel ...
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Historic Downtown Long Grove Transforms into Halloween Town this October!Oct 04, 2020 11:00 pm - Historic downtown Long Grove (www.longgrove.org) is transforming into Halloween Town in October, this time with COVID-19 measures enforced to provide visitors with a saf...
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Showtime's irreverent 'Good Lord Bird' serves up history with a side of humorOct 04, 2020 7:00 am - The story of 19th-century abolitionist John Brown is brought to idiosyncratic life in an irreverent limited series on Showtime. In “The Good Lord Bird,” a seven-episode ...
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Running out of TV shows? Some good ones are heading our way this fall