Entertainment Columns
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Sound check: Rage reunion, Jazz in the Park, DZ Fest and moreJul 06, 2022 6:00 am - Raging on Libertyville native Tom Morello and Rage Against the Machine - the heavy-driving rock band probably best known for the hits “Guerrilla Radio,” “Killing in the ...
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Why cottonwood trees have inspired song lyrics over the yearsJul 05, 2022 6:00 am - Let me be by myself in the evenin' breeze Listen to the murmur of the cottonwood trees Send me off forever, but I ask you please Don't fence me in. - Cole Porter vb bv ...
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Fan Expo convention brings 'Lord of the Rings' reunion to RosemontJul 03, 2022 7:30 am - Will Fan Expo Chicago, the first area event for the company that acquired Wizard World, be the one convention to rule them all? With four Hobbits, a galaxy of stars and ...
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Sound check: Celebrate our musical roots with FitzGerald's American Music FestivalJul 01, 2022 6:00 am - American Music Festival For its 39th time, FitzGerald's is celebrating our country through its musical roots with its annual American Music Festival this weekend. The fo...
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Robert Feder: My childhood dream became the honor of a lifetimeJul 01, 2022 1:00 am - The luckiest people are those who get to do what they love for a living - and decide when it's time to stop. I'm one of them. After 42 years of reporting on Chicago medi...
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Joyful noise: Steppenwolf's superb 'Choir Boy' a testament to the power of musicJun 30, 2022 6:00 am - “Choir Boy” - ★ ★ ★ ½ There's a reason we sing. We sing when words fail us. We sing because music affords us joy during our best times and solace during our worst. And ...
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Feder: Sun-Times moving to Old Post OfficeJun 30, 2022 1:00 am - For the third time in 17 years, the Sun-Times newsroom is on the move. Under the new ownership of nonprofit Chicago Public Media, the newspaper will be downsizing its o...
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Theater spotlight: An American classic, an Irish drama and an epistolary love storyJun 29, 2022 6:00 am - ABT revives classic Oak Park writer/director Monty Cole helms American Blues Theater's revival of "Fences," August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama about a former N...
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Feder: So you think you know Chicago radio? Take this quizJun 29, 2022 1:00 am - So you think you know Chicago radio? Match these phrases with the Chicago radio personalities who made them famous. (Answers appear at the bottom): 1) Animal Stories 2) ...
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Feder flashback: So you think you know Chicago television?Jun 27, 2022 1:00 am - Editor's note: A version of this post first appeared on May 17, 2012. So you think you know Chicago television? Match these phrases with the Chicago television per...