Entertainment
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Lights, camera, construction: Cinergy Cinemas gets Wheeling grantOct 20, 2025 7:40 pm - Wheeling’s Cinergy Cinemas will receive a $91,300 grant from the village to help pay for building improvements.
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Expect road closures during Batavia’s annual Bat Fest Oct. 25Oct 20, 2025 1:55 pm - During the Batavia MainStreet Bat Fest on Oct. 25, there will be temporary road closures and traffic interruptions in the downtown area, including a complete shutdown of West Wilson Street for a brief parade.
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Play board games at Des Plaines Public Library on Oct. 30Oct 20, 2025 1:40 pm - Adults will gather at the Des Plaines Public Library on Oct. 30 to play board games.
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Howlin’ at the Moon returns to Naper Settlement Oct. 24-25Oct 20, 2025 12:08 pm - Howlin' at the Moon is an annual Halloween bash for adults at Naper Settlement, featuring four live bands, including one coming from Scotland; art displays’ a BOOZe Bar; and a Food Truck Graveyard.
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What to stream: ‘A House of Dynamite,’ Brandi Carlile, Demi Lovato and ‘Nobody Wants This’
Oct 20, 2025 11:32 am - Kathryn Bigelow’s nuclear fallout thriller “A House of Dynamite” and albums from Brandi Carlile and Demi Lovato are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Amazon cloud computing outage disrupts Snapchat, Ring and many other online services
Oct 20, 2025 8:20 am - Internet users around the world faced widespread disruption early on Monday because of a problem at Amazon's cloud computing service that took down dozens of major online services, including social media site Snapchat, the Roblox and Fortnite video games and chat app Signal.
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‘Big nostalgia’: MCC instructor to share Marshall Field’s legacy on WTTW’s ‘Chicago Stories’Oct 19, 2025 6:43 pm - McHenry County College instructor Sarah Sullivan will give a presentation on the history and legacy of Marshall Field’s on an upcoming episode of “Chicago Stories” on WTTW.
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Horror sequel ‘Black Phone 2’ dials up a No. 1 opening
Oct 19, 2025 3:54 pm - The horror sequel “Black Phone 2” topped the North American box office charts this weekend with $26.5 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Limp Bizkit band members say bass player Sam Rivers has diedOct 19, 2025 3:44 pm - Sam Rivers, the bass player in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, according to social media posts by his band mates.
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From Spice Girl to fashion mogul, Victoria Beckham tells her own tale
Oct 19, 2025 8:50 am - Victoria Beckham tells her own story in her own words — from fashion to Spice Girls to how she was considered fat as a child — in the self-titled documentary streaming on Netflix.