Entertainment
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Pedal power: Schaumburg gears up for a month of biking funMay 20, 2025 2:20 pm - Schaumburg encourages biking in June with events like a police-escorted tour, business and family challenges to record miles, and a Bike to Metra Day.
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Fat Rosie’s Taco & Tequila Bar to open new location in Oak Brook
May 20, 2025 12:44 pm - Fat Rosie’s Taco and Tequila Bar will open its seventh Chicago-area location in Oak Brook Friday, May 23.
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‘Lilo & Stitch’ a sweet but unnecessary live-action remake
May 20, 2025 12:16 pm - The alien Stitch from “Lilo and Stitch” doesn’t choose to be bad. He’s just genetically programmed that way. Kind of like the way Disney is apparently programmed these days to strip mine its old animated stories to make poor live-action remakes.
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Spotlight: Chicago Shakes premieres ‘42 Balloons,’ Theo Ubique debuts ‘Diana’May 20, 2025 11:22 am - Chicago Shakespeare Theater stages the North American premiere of “42 Balloons,” Lifeline Theatre premieres the Chicago-set adaptation of “The War of the Worlds” and Theo Ubique Cabaret Theatre debuts the regional premiere of the musical “Diana.”
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Concerts May 23-29: Ace Frehley, Vince Gill, Hi Infidelity and moreMay 20, 2025 9:56 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Ace Frehley, Vince Gill, AC/DC, Rubén Blades, Peach Pit and Briston Maroney, Hi Infidelity, Boy Band Review and more.
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Tom Cruise goes for broke in ‘Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning’
May 20, 2025 8:58 am - Tom Cruise’s Ethan Hunt is getting a bit of a god complex. It’s not exactly his fault after defying death and completing impossible missions time and time again. But in “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” there’s a breathlessness to the naive trust from his growing band of disciples.
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Wolfgang Puck and his Chinois chicken salad are here to stay
May 20, 2025 5:10 am - This chicken salad with cabbage, radicchio and a nutty dressing from chef Wolfgang Puck is a celebration of texture and boasts a balance of acidity, spice and sweetness. It was first introduced on the menu of his Santa Monica restaurant Chinois on Main when it opened in 1983.
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Curtain coming down after 30 years at ‘Inside Edition’ for Deborah Norville
May 19, 2025 5:05 pm - For a television news industry in a constant state of motion, Deborah Norville has been a model of stability. She began hosting the syndicated newsmagazine “Inside Edition” in 1995 and has remained there ever since. Now that 30-year run is coming to a close.
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BIBI releases sophomore album ‘EVE: ROMANCE’ ahead of Chicago show
May 19, 2025 3:50 pm - South Korean artist BIBI released her highly anticipated sophomore album, “EVE: ROMANCE,” recently, delivering a project that blends her signature genre-defying sound with philosophical twists. She headlines The Auditorium in Chicago on Tuesday, June 3.
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Book Review: Ocean Vuong takes existentialism to deeply intimate level in ‘The Emperor of Gladness’
May 19, 2025 3:26 pm - Ocean Vuong’s new novel follows Hai, 19, as he takes care of Grazina, 81, and works in a fast-casual restaurant to help support them. Told in moments, “The Emperor of Gladness” takes existentialism to a deeply intimate level.