Des Plaines Entertainment
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Weekend picks: Take in some tumbling, tunesMay 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Big top fun The Piccadilly Circus shares its 25th anniversary celebrations locally with elephant acts, motorcycle daredevils, a contingent of clowns and more for ei...
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Dann in reel life: 'Dragons' takes on Spanish Civil WarMay 05, 2011 11:00 pm - Reel Life review: ‘There Be Dragons' The historical drama “There Be Dragons” (sorry, the dragons are strictly metaphorical) celebrates Roland Joffe's return to the ...
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The Wiggles singing their way to RosemontMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - Toot toot! Chugga Chugga! The Wiggles, the internationally beloved children’s-music group, will be making a stop in Rosemont on July 30. Tickets for the shows — the Wigg...
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Best bets: Arlington Park celebrating mothersMay 03, 2011 11:00 pm - Full gallop Arlington Park's grand opening weekend gets off to a galloping start with two major events. “Chicagoland's Largest Kentucky Derby Party” provides an occ...
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Your YouTube entry could win you Harper scholarshipMay 03, 2011 2:00 am - Telling Harper College about your summer plans could land you something else worth talking about: a $1,500 Harper scholarship. The college is embracing social media and...
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Harper students break bread with ‘Bizarre Food’ hostMay 02, 2011 2:00 am - Andrew Zimmern, the affable smooth-headed fellow who hosts the Travel Channel’s “Bizarre Foods,” has eaten indigenous and often oddball ingredients in the course of his ...
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Randhurst AMC Theaters open with royal fanfareApr 29, 2011 2:00 am - Hundreds of royal watchers attended the opening of the AMC Randhurst Theaters on Friday which featured a rebroadcast of the royal wedding complete with tea and crumpets....
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Summer is the season of musicApr 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Yes, it wasn't that long ago that we all woke up to the sight of snow. But summer is coming — honest! — and that means tons of live music. The fun actually gets started...
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Dining events: Get your smelt fixApr 28, 2011 2:00 am - Smelt at Shaw's Just a few weeks remain for smelt-seekers to get their fix of these fresh-caught Great Lakes fish. A dish of cracker meal-crusted smelt served atop ...
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'Next to Normal' a searing portrait of mental illnessApr 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Watching “Next to Normal” — the 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning musical about a woman struggling with bipolar disorder and the impact it has on her family — isn't easy. Yet...