Entertainment Columns
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Sound check: Waco Brothers bring a barnburner to The VenueAug 18, 2021 6:00 am - Country punks The Chicago-based punk cowboy outfit The Waco Brothers brings its feverish country thunder to Aurora's The Venue to kick off the weekend. Even though ...
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Spotlight: Marriott Theatre and Artists Lounge Live celebrate 1960s pop iconAug 18, 2021 6:00 am - In concert at Marriott Marriott Theatre and Artists Lounge Live present Joseph Jefferson Award winner Michelle Lauto ("Spamilton") in concert. Lauto premieres "My H...
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Feder: Block Club Chicago hires reporter Quinn Myers from WTTWAug 18, 2021 1:00 am - Quinn Myers, a reporter and producer for WTTW-Channel 11's "Chicago Tonight," has been hired by Block Club Chicago to cover the Wicker Park, Bucktown and West Town neigh...
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Feder: NBC 5 promotes Alicia Roman to top weekday morning weather jobAug 17, 2021 1:00 am - With the impending retirement of longtime meteorologist Andy Avalos, NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 has promoted Alicia Roman to primary weekday morning weather duties, effect...
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Several suburban theaters are going to require patrons to show proof of vaccinationAug 16, 2021 11:00 pm - Marriott, First Folio, Writers, Northlight, Oil Lamp, BrightSide and Williams Street Repertory in the suburbs are among the growing coalition of Chicago-area theaters re...
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Feder: ABC 7's Ryan Chiaverini 'super surprised' to catch COVIDAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - Ryan Chiaverini can't catch a break. In July he got word that "Windy City Live," the daily talk show he's been co-hosting for the past 10 years on ABC-owned WLS-Channel...
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Jim O'Donnell: Arlington Million Day media gets parting gift - Petrillo throws all out of press boxAug 16, 2021 1:00 am - FOR DECADES, DICK DUCHOSSOIS saw to it that at the conclusion of Million Day, most working media received a gracious memento for their toil. Early Saturday evening at Ar...
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Fox Valley Newcomers and Neighbors Club helps members form lasting friendshipsAug 13, 2021 6:00 am - Moving into a new town often brings a bit of mystery along with it. Social media and local newspapers take out some of the guesswork about where to get services or which...
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Feder: NBC 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos to retire after 'wonderful career'Aug 13, 2021 1:00 am - After more than three decades on the weather front of two Chicago TV stations, Andy Avalos is ready to ride off into the sunset. Avalos, 66, announced Friday he's retiri...
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Chicago's enigmatic, interactive Blue Man Group returns to the Briar Street stageAug 12, 2021 6:00 am - For most of his professional life, Gareth Hinsley has been part of Blue Man Group - first in Berlin and for the last six years in Chicago. Including training, he's spent...