Entertainment Columns
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Chaotic, twisty 'Bad Guys' an animated comic vehicle powered by natural gasApr 21, 2022 6:00 am - “The Bad Guys” - ★ ★ ½ Don't assume that the pernicious green flatulence emitted by a bank robber named Piranha is just some cheap device pandering to the kiddie crowd....
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Sound check: Ludo at House of Blues, John Mayer's two nights in ChicagoApr 20, 2022 6:00 am - Two nights with Ludo Ludo, the St. Louis power-pop group behind the mid-2000s hits "Love Me Dead," "Hum Along" and the stunning "Broken Bride" concept album, heads t...
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Feder: Susy Schultz appointed editor of Evanston RoundTableApr 20, 2022 1:00 am - Susy Schultz, the veteran Chicago journalist and former reporter for the Sun-Times, has been named editor of the Evanston RoundTable, the nonprofit digital news site ser...
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Steppenwolf Theatre announces its 2022-2023 seasonApr 19, 2022 12:00 pm - To mark the first full season in its transformed Halsted Street home, Steppenwolf Theatre will stage four premieres as part of its 2022-2023 season - including the debut...
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Feder: Q101 comes home to Cumulus Media's WKQXApr 18, 2022 1:00 am - For nearly 30 years, Chicago radio listeners knew WKQX 101.1-FM by its familiar branding as Q101. Now the Cumulus Media alternative rock station is about to call itself ...
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Spotlight: Lifeline Theatre remounts pandemic-interrupted 'Middle Passage'Apr 15, 2022 6:00 am - Lifeline's 'Passage' Lifeline Theatre remounts its pandemic-interrupted production of "Middle Passage," co-adapted by director Ilesa Duncan and David Barr III from Charl...
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Feder: Howard Reich's tragic saga of stolen art collection to be 'reborn on operatic stage'Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - It's been 20 years since former Chicago Tribune music critic Howard Reich uncovered the story of an ailing Vietnam veteran living in west suburban Lyons who turned out t...
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Sound check: Loverboy, Jacks and Atoms and a Take the Reins benefit showApr 14, 2022 6:00 am - Jacks and Atoms live Last weekend, Northwest suburban indie alt-rock band Jacks and Atoms - Daven Masulis of Mount Prospect and Dan Orlowski of Hoffman Estates - dropped...
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Feder: XRT's Richard Milne steps away from morning showApr 14, 2022 1:00 am - Richard Milne, morning host at Audacy adult album alternative WXRT 93.1-FM, disclosed Wednesday that he has stepped away from the show for now to care for his wife, Char...
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Herstory remix'd: Tudor wives have their say in electrifying 'Six'Apr 13, 2022 9:00 pm - “Six” - ★ ★ ★ ★ The sensation that is “Six” - the pop, rock and hip-hop musical about King Henry VIII's wives - received a rapturous response from the opening-night crow...