Glencoe Entertainment
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Chicago Botanic Garden closes until April 30 because of coronavirusMar 17, 2020 1:00 am - The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe has closed through Thursday, April 30. The move follows recommendations of federal, state and county officials on the novel coronav...
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Update: Lewis Black cancels Saturday show at the MACMar 10, 2020 6:00 am - CANCELEDBetter every day? Comedian, author and Grammy Award winner Lewis Black has canceled his “It Gets Better Every Day” show that was supposed to tour to the McAninch...
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5 fun weekend events: Orchid Show at the Botanic Garden, Chocolate Weekend at Morton ArboretumFeb 07, 2020 5:00 am - The Orchid Show returns to the Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe, travel guides Rick Steves and Pauline Frommer appear as part of the Travel & Adventure Show in Rosemont...
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Weekend picks: Polar Express rolls into South Elgin; Mother Truckin' Booze Fest at Sears CentreNov 23, 2019 6:26 am - Holiday train The beloved Christmas children's book by Chris Van Allsburg is the inspiration for The Polar Express, a train that travels to the "North Pole" to meet...
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Best bets: Illumination returns to Morton Arboretum, Botanic Garden debuts LightscapeNov 20, 2019 5:46 am - Luminous outdoors See the great outdoors colorfully decorated in two interactive light and sound displays this season: Illumination: Tree Lights returns for another run ...
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Writers Theatre's 'The Niceties' wages an intellectual war over historyNov 14, 2019 3:00 pm - “The Niceties” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Playwright Eleanor Burgess certainly knows how to raise the dramatic stakes in “The Niceties.” And it's impossible not to be caught up in her ch...
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Writers Theatre production rebuilds 'A Doll's House' into lively one-actOct 07, 2019 6:00 am - “A Doll's House” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Every writer needs a good editor - even pioneering writers like 19th-century playwright Henrik Ibsen. And he has them in writer/actor Sandra D...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJul 05, 2019 10:00 am - Fans of Japanese anime and manga converge for Anime Midwest in Rosemont this weekend and prog rock legends Yes, Asia and John Lodge headline Aurora's RiverEdge Park Satu...
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Review: Writers Theatre goes a cloning in Caryl Churchill's unsettling 'A Number'Mar 29, 2019 1:00 pm - “A Number” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “A Number” is far from the only sci-fi piece pondering the dire implications of genetic cloning. But Caryl Churchill's 2002 British drama, now recei...
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Weekend picks: Celebrate the arts of 'Bollywood' at CODFeb 10, 2019 6:23 am - Starry subcontinent More than 100 years of Hindi cinema is the inspiration for the touring song and dance revue "Bollywood Boulevard," playing this weekend at Colle...