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Wednesday, June 23, 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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Tickets go on presale Wednesday to see legendary rock band America at the Genesee Theatre Saturday, Feb. 12, with special guests The Buckinghams.

Tickets on sale Wednesday for America, Buckinghams at Genesee

Tickets go on presale Wednesday for America and The Buckinghams playing the Genesee Theatre Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022.
Strawberries are celebrated at the Long Grove Strawberry Festival, which returns this weekend.

Best Bets: Celebrate summer at Long Grove Strawberry Festival

The Long Grove Strawberry Festival returns this weekend, plus the Disco Biscuits play the McHenry Outdoor Theatre and "The Art of Banksy" keeps fans guessing in Chicago's West Loop.
Author Elin Hilderbrand plans to retire from writing novels in 2024. She says she deliberately wants to quit while there’s still an appetite for her writing.

Elin Hilderbrand to retire from writing beach reads in 2024

Elin Hilderbrand, known as the queen of the beach read, plans to retire from writing novels in 2024. Hilderbrand says she deliberately wants to quit while there's still an appetite for her writing.
The documentary “LFG” premieres Thursday, June 24, on HBO Max; the Disney Plus series “The Mysterious Benedict Society” premieres Friday, June 25; and the documentary “Fathom” premieres Friday, June 25, on Apple TV Plus.

New to streaming this week: 'LFG,' 'Mysterious Benedict Society' and 'Fathom'

Carve out some time this week for the new soccer documentary "LFG," a revealing look at the U.S. Women's National Soccer Team's battle for equal pay premiering Thursday, June 24, on HBO Max. Plus, the Disney Plus series "The Mysterious Benedict Society" premieres Friday and the documentary "Fathom" premieres Friday on Apple TV Plus.
Fans can catch fireworks displays after Schaumburg Boomers games on July 2, 3 and 4.
Fired up for the Fourth? Where to find fireworks displays in the suburbs
After COVID-19 largely quieted fireworks in 2020, the summer sky shows are back with a bang this summer. Check out where to catch them in the coming weeks.
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Feder: Phil Rosenthal exits Tribune for 'thrilling, terrifying' future
Another reason to read the Chicago Tribune will walk out the door Friday when Phil Rosenthal signs off after 16 years of outstanding work in three high-profile roles.
Peyton Manning hosts “College Bowl,” premiering Tuesday on NBC.
Peyton Manning hosts as NBC revives quiz show 'College Bowl'
The kids are the stars of "College Bowl," but the Manning brothers Peyton and Cooper make a solid supporting cast as NBC revivies the classic quiz show on Tuesday, June 22.
When Spears speaks to a judge at her own request on Wednesday, June. 23, she’ll do it 13 years into a court-enforced conservatorship that has exercised vast control of her life and money by her father. Spears has said the conservatorship saved her from collapse and exploitation. But she has sought more control over how it operates, and says she wants her father out.
Calls to #FreeBritney and court conservatorships: What does it all mean?
When Britney Spears, who turns 40 this year, speaks to a Los Angeles judge at her own request on Wednesday, she'll do it 13 years into a court-enforced conservatorship that has exercised vast control of her life and money. But what is a conservatorship, exactly?
Katie Couric will embark on an 11-city in-person promotional tour for her book “Going There,” including a Saturday, Nov. 6, stop at the Chicago Theatre.
Katie Couric book tour heads to the Chicago Theatre Nov. 6
For her tour this fall to promote her memoir "Going There," Katie Couric is anticipating not only the interest of her fans but a return to something like a pre-pandemic world. Tickets for her show at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 6, at the Chicago Theatre go on sale Tuesday, June 22.
“The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware” by Patrick K. O’Donnell.
Book review: How a mini-navy was pivotal to Revolutionary success
Little has been written about the Marblehead mariners and their pivotal role in the American Revolution -- until now. In Patrick K. O'Donnell's book -- "The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware" -- America's pre-navy emerges as a diverse force.
Ryan Reynolds, left, Salma Hayek and Samuel L. Jackson star in “The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard.”
'The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard' hits top mark at box office
"The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard" struck the top box office target. The "Hitman" sequel notched "A Quiet Place Part II," which took hold of the second spot in its fourth weekend of release.
Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo clicks his heels after a win at Wrigley Field in 1969.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Sports, the way it 'used to be'
After 15 months of unimaginable circumstances, some sense of normalcy, albeit a "new" normalcy, is slowly emerging from the ashes. Seeing fans packed into Wrigley Field this week for the first time since the pandemic began gave my heart a warmth it has not felt since the 2016 World Series.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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