Entertainment Columns
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Native American powwow coming to Busse Woods in SeptemberAug 12, 2011 12:00 am - A new weekend event to learn about and experience Native American culture is planned next month at Busse Woods. The American Indian Center of Chicago and Cook County...
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Malcolm McDowell remembers Stanley Kubrick's snubAug 11, 2011 10:00 am - A Clockwork actor Actor Malcolm McDowell will introduce Stanley Kubrick's 1971 classic tale of ultraviolence and mayhem "A Clockwork Orange" at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 12, ...
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DVD set marks 10th anniversary of 9/11Aug 10, 2011 12:00 am - “Remembering 9/11” Next month is the 10th anniversary of the deadliest attack that ever took place on American soil. We can all remember where we were on Sept. 11, ...
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Reel life: 'Future' seems flawedAug 04, 2011 12:00 am - Reel Life mini-review: ‘The Future' I wanted to love Miranda July's new movie “The Future,” because I loved her first work, the ethereally giddy cinematic confectio...
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Lyric Opera tickets now availableAug 03, 2011 11:00 pm - With summer at the midway point, Lyric Opera of Chicago is already moving toward the opening night of its 57th season on Oct. 1. Individual tickets have just gone on sal...
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Best bets: Haley's back in townAug 03, 2011 12:00 am - Sing, sing, sing Cheer on Wheeling native and “American Idol” finalist Haley Reinhart when she comes back to town as part of the American Idol Live! Tour 2011 on Sa...
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Elvis Presley — from music to moviesJul 29, 2011 12:00 am - “Elvis Presley: Elvis #1 Hit Performances” Fans of the King of rock'n'roll will love this collection of Elvis Presley's hits. The music is taken from scenes of his...
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Reel life: Family on the decline needs 'Help'Jul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life mini-review: "A Little Help" Michael J. Weithorn's domestic dramedy “A Little Help” showcases a family at the Def-Con 4 stage of dysfunctionality in 2002,...
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Best bets: Take a moonlit rideJul 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Night riders Be one of 500 cyclists on a 20-mile route through prairies, woods and wetlands around Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory for The Conservation Founda...
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How Wheaton kid became a 'Cowboys & Aliens' stuntmanJul 26, 2011 12:00 am - 1986: Wheaton kid Joe Bucaro sees the action movie “Lethal Weapon” with his parents and his brother. The stunts enthrall him. They stay all the way through the clos...