Entertainment Columns
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Midwest travel: LOL! Chicago Sketch Comedy Fest turns 15Dec 26, 2015 6:00 am - Chicago Comedy central Stage 773 presents the 15th anniversary Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, the largest of its kind in the nation, bringing 165 groups perf...
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Widescreen's top pop-culture moments of 2015Dec 24, 2015 6:18 am - That Forceful movie sure lived up to the hype, didn't it? "Star Wars" turned out to be the funny, emotional icing on 2015's pop-culture cake, a delicious concoction that...
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Reel life: Larson, DiCaprio give year's best performancesDec 24, 2015 5:30 am - The best of 2015 films My top 10 movies of 2015 will be published in Sunday's Time out! section. Meanwhile, here are other selected bests of the year in films: Best act...
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Midwest travel: Holiday train making rounds at 360 CHICAGODec 19, 2015 6:00 am - Chicago Supermodel Don't forget to take your favorite model train fan to 360 CHICAGO, the observation deck in the John Hancock Center, to see the city's famous...
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Reel life: Readers revisit 'Star Wars' I-VIDec 18, 2015 4:55 am - 'Force'd to comment Dear Dann: After re-watching the six "Star Wars" films to prepare for the new movie, I think that episodes I, II and III were given a bad rap. "...
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'Flowers' a dramatic look at how people copeDec 17, 2015 4:30 am - The three women in this drama are brought together by death and share a floral arrangement of isolation and sadness. In "Flowers," Jon Garano's and Jose Mari Goenaga's d...
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Midwest travel: Kohl Children's Museum drops the ball twice Dec. 31Dec 12, 2015 6:17 am - Chicago Pint-size party Kohl Children's Museum will ring in the New Year (twice) with Times Square-inspired celebrations, including giant confetti drops at "mi...
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Don't take 'It's a Wonderful Life' for granted in this season of turmoilDec 11, 2015 5:00 am - It's cold, gray and dark. The news is depressing. The conversations we're having about the news are often hateful. I'm tempted to give into fear, which, as Master Yoda t...
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Reel life: Spike Lee offers no solutions, just a spotlight with 'Chi-Raq'Dec 03, 2015 4:00 am - 'Chi-Raq' attack! Spike Lee and other filmmakers behind the controversial new movie “Chi-Raq” came to Chicago's Waldorf Astoria Hotel recently to meet Chicago's art...
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Reel life: Oakton Pop-Up film fest earns a sequelNov 26, 2015 4:45 am - • Oakton Community College's first Pop-Up Film Festival last year proved to be popular enough to warrant a sequel. So, here comes the Second Annual Pop-Up Film Festival,...