Entertainment
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Rosemont kicks off 18-show summer concert series SundayMay 21, 2025 10:18 am - Rosemont’s annual free summer concert series Rockin’ in the Park — featuring 18 bands plus fireworks — begins this weekend at Parkway Bank Park.
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Historic Schweikher House in Schaumburg to host peony garden party fundraiser May 31May 21, 2025 10:06 am - The Schweikher House Preservation Trust invites the public to an afternoon garden party fundraiser at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 31st at the historic Schweikher House in Schaumburg.
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Cardi B will receive prestigious award from music industry group ASCAP
May 21, 2025 9:15 am - Cardi B is no stranger to ASCAP accolades with another prestigious honor soon to join her trophy case, the Voice of the Culture Award.
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UK court orders singer Chris Brown freed on $6.7 million bail in assault case
May 21, 2025 7:48 am - A British judge ordered Grammy-winning singer Chris Brown released on a 5 million-pound ($6.7 million) bail on Wednesday while facing allegations he beat and seriously injured a music producer with a bottle in a London nightclub in 2023.
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American Wind Band puts on free ‘Pops’ concert June 1May 20, 2025 9:42 pm - On June 1, the American Wind Band will perform a variety of musical selections during a free outdoor Pops Concert at the American Legion Post 80 in Downers Grove.
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The Lodge Foundation unveils state-of-the-art theater at historic Elgin landmarkMay 20, 2025 5:49 pm - A $2.6 million transformation brings new life to the former Elgin Elks Lodge, expanding access to local arts. The Lodge Foundation hosts an opening night performance of “Jesus Christ Superstar,” produced by point2point productions.
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Local photographer to exhibit at prestigious London BiennaleMay 20, 2025 4:40 pm - Naperville, IL — Alicia Staley Johnson, an acclaimed fine art and portrait photographer based in the Chicago area, has been selected to exhibit her work at the London Bi...
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Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park sets lineup for 2025 ‘Rockin’ in the Park’ summer concert seriesMay 20, 2025 4:09 pm - Rosemont’s Parkway Bank Park entertainment district will turn up the volume this summer with the return of its popular “Rockin’ in the Park” free summer concert series.
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Romance and writer’s block in bilingual rom-com ‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’
May 20, 2025 3:45 pm - Agathe is celibate by choice. The 30-something hero of filmmaker Laura Piani’s feature debut “Jane Austen Wrecked My Life,” played by the luminous Camille Rutherford, hasn’t so much been ruined by Austen as she has been made acutely aware of her own limitations in both romance and literature.
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George Wendt, who played a beloved barfly on ‘Cheers’ and found another home onstage, dies at 76
May 20, 2025 3:19 pm - George Wendt, an actor with an Everyman charm who played the affable, beer-loving barfly Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art,” “Hairspray” and “Elf,” has died. He was 76.