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Wednesday, February 20, 2019

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Adam Novak, left, and Weston Reynolds of CELLRS take the Lincoln Hall stage Friday, Feb. 22.

Sound Check: CELLRS is back in the spotlight

This week in music: CELLRs returns to the stage with a show at Lincoln Hall; Jonny Lang brings blues to the Arcada; Shawn Rieke's album release at Wire; The Millions Reasons hit the House of Blues; Arcada hosts a local battle of the bands finale; and the Artist Collective Meetup offers networking opportunities.
Bahama Breeze’s classic margarita is $2.22 on National Margarita Day Friday, Feb. 22.

Dining out: Are you ready for National Margarita Day?

Yes, it's a real thing: National Margarita Day is Friday, Feb. 22. Also on the suburban dining scene: Beerhead's Big Bad Beer Day, McHenry County Restaurant Week, City Works' "First Draft" fundraiser, Solemn Oath's beer dinner at Empire and more.
Courtesy of Ron Batzdorff/NBC Susan Kelechi Watson as Beth in the latest episode of “This Is Us.”

'This Is Us' finally delivers some of Beth's back story and more proof of a master plan

The writers of NBC's "This Is Us" have been eager for three seasons to delve into an all-Beth episode. And they finally got it -- parents, history and a fleeting moment with a young Randall. What does it mean and where does Beth's story go from here?
Sara Monteleone, Bruce Worthel and Annie Slivinski rehearse a new play, “Scatter the Pigeons,” at Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles.

'Scatter the Pigeons' to debut at Steel Beam Theatre

Playwright Gary McGowan's "Scatter the Pigeons" will make its debut Feb. 22 at the Steel Beam Theatre in St. Charles.
Yorgos Lanthimos directs James Smith and Rachel Weisz on the set of “The Favourite.”
'Favourite' comes home just before Oscar night
"The Favourite" hits home video just before the Academy Awards show Sunday. If you like this best-picture nominee, check out the director's previous satire "The Lobster" on Netflix.
Frank Castle (Jon Bernthal) is once again on the run in the second season of “The Punisher” on Netflix. The series was canceled Monday.
'Punisher' and 'Jessica Jones' lose their battle in the war between Netflix and Disney
Netflix announced Monday that it was canceling the last of its Marvel TV series, "The Punisher" (starring Jon Bernthal as the bent-on-justice Frank Castle) and the Peabody Award-winning "Jessica Jones" (the Krysten Ritter-starring detective show that has one season left to air).
Whether you think of it as the home of the Bears or the place for “traffic and weather on the eights,” WBBM Newsradio got Chicago radio listeners through a bitterly cold January riding high atop the ratings, Robert Feder writes.
Feder: WBBM Newsradio tops ratings in January
Whether you think of it as the home of the Bears or the place for "traffic and weather on the eights," WBBM Newsradio got Chicago radio listeners through a bitterly cold January riding high atop the ratings, Robert Feder writes.
A close-up of the bead work on a Native American pipe bag that David Dorgan of Elgin had appraised on the TV show “Antiques Roadshow.”
'I had no idea if this was real,' Elgin man says of $10,000 appraisal on 'Antiques Roadshow'
David Dorgan of Elgin paid $67.50 for Native American artifacts whose appraisal of up to $10,200 on "Antiques Roadshow" stunned him.
Actors and actresses, including John Volk as Gaston, in red, middle, perform their parts during a dress rehearsal for Special Gifts Theatre’s production of “Beauty and the Beast” in Libertyville.
A chance to shine: Actors with disabilities experience the joy, enrichment of theater
Special Gifts Theatre, a non-profit, educational and therapeutic theater company for individuals with intellectual disabilities, is bringing its concept to Libertyville with a production of "Beauty and the Beast" at Copeland Manor School.
“Paolo and Francesca” is a painting by the French artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, produced in seven known versions between 1814 and 1819. It derives from the story of Paolo and Francesca in Dante’s “Inferno.” Tchaikovsky’s tone poem, “Francesca da Rimini,” is an interpretation of the tragic tale.
Russia Distilled in Elgin explores culture through food, drink, music
Explore Russian culture through food, drink and music at an upcoming event at Artspace Elgin.
Jay Pharoah performs at Zanies in Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park Friday through Sunday, Feb. 22-24.
Theater spotlight: Jay Pharoah heads to Zanies & Steel Beam premieres 'Pigeons'
Actor/comedian Jay Pharoah headlines Zanies Rosemont, Steel Beam premieres a new dramedy and The Gift revives the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Doubt," this week in Chicago-area theater.
Abraham Lincoln was a big fan of music and used to invited bands to play at the White House. You could say he was an early music promoter.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Was Abraham Lincoln a rocker?
With Abraham Lincoln's birthday upon us, I thought I would retell a story I wrote in April of 2015. When I visited Springfield with my daughter, I wondered if Honest Abe was a music fan and what kind of music he may have listened to.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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