Entertainment
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From jazz nights to improv laughs: Oakton College showcases spring performing artsJan 31, 2025 12:02 am - Oakton College's spring 2025 performing arts lineup features plays, concerts, and student showcases from February through May.
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Aurora museum opens ‘Away From Home’ exhibit on American Indian boarding schoolsJan 30, 2025 11:45 pm - The exhibition at Schingoethe Center Museum showcases the experiences of Native American children forcibly taken from their families and communities to attend distant boarding schools aimed at assimilating them into "civilized" society.
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Ron Onesti: The Buckinghams … 60 years and going strong!Jan 30, 2025 10:51 pm - 1967 was quite the year in pop music history. Elvis and Priscilla were married. Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd and The Doors all released their debut albums. The Aretha Franklin anthem, “Repect” hit the airwaves. And The Buckinghams charted their five Top 40 hits that to this day remain fan favorites.
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Moonlight Theatre screens Dick Biondi documentaryJan 30, 2025 9:14 pm - Sold-out Moonlight Theatre screening of Dick Biondi documentary included WLS personality Scott Childers and musician Joe Cantafio. A Q&A followed with producer Pam Pulice.
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Nora Roberts is happily defying genres with 250 books written
Jan 30, 2025 5:09 pm - Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts said. She typically releases four books a year, and has for more than four decades.
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Arlington Heights entrepreneur takes business CharCharms to ‘Shark Tank’Jan 30, 2025 2:59 pm - Arlington Heights resident Charlotte Trecartin turned her idea for colorful water bottle accessories into a multimillion-dollar brand, which soon will make an appearance on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”
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Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 Grammys
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Adler Center faculty to perform in Libertyville at Feb. 7 concertJan 30, 2025 10:31 am - The Adler Arts Center’s faculty concert will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 7, at the center, 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville.
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Bloody and witty, ‘Companion’ explores what humanity means in an AI-powered world