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Elgin Shakespeare Project presents unrehearsed 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'

Courtesy of Janus Theatre
Jun 19, 2019 1:00 am - Elgin Shakespeare Project will present Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" unrehearsed at the Elgin Artspace Lofts, 51 South Spring St., in downtown Elgin. Perform...
Review: Book 'Wild and Crazy Guys' stars '80s film funnymen

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Wild and Crazy Guys: How the Comedy Mavericks of the '80s Changed Hollywood Forever" (Crown Archetype), by Nick de Semlyen Our favorite funnymen of the 1980s reached ...
'Smokelore' is a tasty history of barbecue, food and culture

By DON SCHANCHE JR.
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Smokelore: A Short History of Barbecue in America" (University of Georgia Press), by Jim Auchmutey A great deal could be written about barbecue, and much of it already ...
Perceptive plot fuels emotional 'Her Daughter's Mother'

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Her Daughter's Mother: a Novel" (Putnam), by Daniela Petrova For some couples, the plan to have a child becomes an all-consuming quest when they are faced with infertil...
Review: Novel dissects divorce with sharp, funny scalpel

By BROOKE LEFFERTS
Jun 18, 2019 7:00 am - "Fleishman Is in Trouble" (Random House), by Taffy Brodesser-Akner There was once a time when becoming a doctor or marrying one was an ideal measure of success. But "Fle...
Author forcefully builds the tension in 'Those People'

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Those People" (Berkley), by Louise Candlish Oh, those people - those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice quiet neighborhood and have no respect for those...
Review: Love your neighbor? Not in Louise Candlish's novel

By OLINE H. COGDILL
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Those People" by Louise Candlish (Berkley) Oh, those people_those boorish, inconsiderate people who move into a nice, quiet neighborhood and have no respect for those w...
Book Review: Celebrating the songs of America

By JERRY HARKAVY
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - "Songs of America" (Random House), by Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw From the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to the Gettysburg Address and landmark Supreme...
Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw explore American history in song in new book

By Kristin M. Hall Associated Press
Jun 16, 2019 7:29 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - On a recent spring day inside Tim McGraw's sprawling Nashville mansion, the country superstar got a friendly ribbing from his friend and neighbor, Pul...
Book review: A detective pursues justice in 'One Small Sacrifice'

By Jeff Ayers Associated Press
Jun 15, 2019 7:29 am - "One Small Sacrifice (a Thriller)" by Hilary Davidson; Thomas & Mercer; 366 pages Photojournalist Alex Traynor lost his friend Cori to suicide a year ago...

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