Entertainment
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Grab your Metra holiday train tickets — they’ll sell faster than flying reindeerNov 11, 2024 11:21 am - Tickets for Metra’s popular holiday trains go on sale at noon Monday on six lines.
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Book Review: Actor Tim Matheson’s memoir takes readers into Hollywood trenchesNov 11, 2024 11:20 am - Tim Matheson transports readers to the sets of quite a few of his Hollywood gigs in the enjoyable and illuminating memoir, “My Seven Decades in the Hollywood Trenches.”
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Book Review: ‘Those Opulent Days’ is a mystery drenched in cruelties of colonial French Indochina
Nov 11, 2024 9:53 am - It’s not often that a historical novel is set in the Vietnam of the 1920s, a period when the land in Indochina was occupied and exploited by French colonizers. It’s also unusual that such a novel would be a whodunit murder mystery. “Those Opulent Days,” the debut novel of Jacquie Pham, is both — and a grim coming-of-age story as well.
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What to stream: Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, ‘Bad Sisters’ and ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’
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‘Heretic’ and Hugh Grant debut with $11 million, but ‘Venom: The Last Dance’ tops box office again
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Palatine festival celebrates Norwegian heritageNov 09, 2024 2:04 pm - A demonstration of traditional Norwegian dance helped kick off the Sons of Norway Skjold Lodge’s 32nd annual Norwegian Heritage Festival Saturday at All Saints Lutheran C...
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Art market this weekend in MundeleinNov 09, 2024 9:29 am - Artists and crafters will have their work for sale this weekend at the Lure of the Local Art Market in Mundelein.
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Four writers to be featured at Water Street Writers event Nov. 17Nov 08, 2024 3:39 pm - On Sunday, Nov. 17, come hang out with Water Street Writers for a night of literature and community. It will feature the talents of Hallie Koontz, Chris Sarcletti, David Semonchik, and Joanne Zienty.
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Whitney Houston is some singer on live ‘The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban)’Nov 08, 2024 3:39 pm - Whitney Houston was some singer, and that’s reaffirmed by “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban).”
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‘A message of hope and optimism’: Children’s Theatre of Elgin to present ‘Annie Jr.’Nov 08, 2024 2:57 pm - Leaping lizards! Children’s Theatre of Elgin is getting ready to perform “Annie Jr.” Friday through Sunday, Nov. 15-17, at the Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin.