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Masterful 'Hamilton' returns for extended run at Chicago's Nederlander TheatreSep 14, 2023 11:00 pm - “Hamilton” — ★ ★ ★ ★ Three years and eight months after it departed Chicago, “Hamilton” has returned. Embraced by audiences and acclaimed by critics during its ini...
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Funny shtick, random acts of kindness underscore Paramount's 'Little Shop of Horrors'Sep 14, 2023 11:00 am - YouTube Lots of laughs. That's what director Landree Fleming promised Paramount Theatre's revival of #8220;Little Shop of Horrors#8221; would deliver to audiences. #822...
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Spitalfield's Mark Rose spills about the emo-pop band's anniversary tour, Riot Fest appearanceSep 14, 2023 9:00 am - It's the summer of Spitalfield. For Mark Rose, who as a sophomore at Glenbard South co-founded the group that would become Spitalfield, this weekend's appearance at Rio...
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Neighbors in the news: District 214 administrators graduate from TPM AcademySep 14, 2023 6:00 am - • Two High School District 214 administrators, Dr. Lazaro Lopez, co-interim superintendent and associate superintendent for Teaching and Learning, and Dr. Marcella Reca ...
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Chicago International Film Festival returns with 'Banshees' star Keoghan's new filmSep 14, 2023 6:00 am - The 59th Chicago International Film Festival returns next month, and the new film from "Promising Young Woman" director Emerald Fennell leads the 12-day lineup of screen...
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Sound check: Smashing Pumpkins, George Thorogood, Chase McDaniel and moreSep 14, 2023 6:00 am - Chase at Joe's Nashville artist Chase McDaniel brings his Southern swagger and rich baritone to his recent release "Drop Your Tailgate" when he takes the stage at J...
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In and out of the news, diverse interests defy stereotypesSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - Sometimes we think of it as cosmic injustice, that some people should be unusually gifted not in one arena of life alone but in many. Questions of divinity and fairness ...
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After two decades, Americans have reason for pride in 9/11 responseSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - The anniversary on Monday of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, on the World Trade Center twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., and in th...
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To fight climate change, stop fighting China on electric vehiclesSep 14, 2023 1:00 am - Much of the banter surrounding the rise of China's electric vehicle industry and the implication for the global economy is misleadingly alarmist. When our government get...
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Spotlight: 'Hamilton' returns, 'Lehman Trilogy' premieres, Chicago celebrates playwright Pearl CleageSep 13, 2023 11:00 pm - 'Hamilton' returns Lin-Manuel Miranda's award-winning musical about Founding Father Alexander Hamilton returns to Chicago, where its initial run lasted more than th...