Entertainment Columns
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Best bets: Metropolis brings '50s legends backJun 26, 2012 6:00 am - Fifties favorites Husband and wife team Brian and Joey Gurl portray celebrity icons of the 1950s ranging from Elvis Presley to Lucille Ball in “Laughing With Legend...
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Harper College activities director says thanks for memoriesJun 25, 2012 2:00 pm - The photos have started coming down in Michael Nejman's office at Harper College, and with them have come a flood of memories. He is retiring after 31 years in Harper's ...
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Carpentersville village president to ride circus elephantJun 21, 2012 2:48 pm - If you always wanted to catch Carpentersville Village President Ed Ritter at the big top, you have a chance to do so this weekend. Ritter will be making a grand entrance...
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Best bets: Paris Opera Ballet leaps into Harris TheaterJun 19, 2012 6:00 am - Parisian ballet The Paris Opera Ballet launches a historic North American tour in Chicago with performances of the classic “Giselle” and a mixed repertory program f...
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Best bets: Cirque du Soliel's "Dralion" flips back to the suburbsJun 12, 2012 6:00 am - Arena Cirque Cirque du Soleil's arena restaging of its show “Dralion,” which blends Western circus acts with Asian acrobatics, returns to the Chicago area starting ...
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Best bets: Sing along at Chicago Blues FestJun 05, 2012 11:30 am - Blues bash More than 500,000 blues fans are expected to descend on the “Blues Capital of the World” to see stars like Joe Louis Walker, Eddie C. Campbell, Paul Kaye...
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Best bets: Get your boy-band fix with One DirectionMay 29, 2012 6:00 am - Brit-Irish idols The British-Irish boy band One Direction, famous from the seventh season of the UK version of “The X Factor,” performs this Saturdayat the Allstate...
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Fast, funny Mt. Prospect actress Rosa Blasi tells allMay 29, 2012 5:30 am - Rosa Blasi remembers when she auditioned for Oscar-winning filmmaker Oliver Stone. The director looked at Blasi's TV-packed resume and quietly asked an associate, "What...
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Prescription medicines are effective for toenail infectionsMay 28, 2012 6:00 am - Q. My big toenail has become thick and yellow and has started to separate from the nail bed. It also smells unpleasant. What's wrong with my toenail, and what can I do a...
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Tuskegee airmen drama 'Red Tails' arrives on DVDMay 25, 2012 12:00 pm - “Red Tails” For more than 20 years, George Lucas made this film a special project. And when he couldn't get a major studio to put money behind his vision, Lucas fi...