Entertainment
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Barbra Streisand announces new duets album with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Mariah Carey and more
Apr 30, 2025 8:43 am - Barbra Streisand is still a woman in love, and she’ll do anything to get you into her world. That includes a new collection of duets with some of the biggest names in music.
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Music at Bethel concludes 26th season with Panko and FriendsApr 30, 2025 12:32 am - Music at Bethel returns to close its 26th concert season with artistic director Jeff Panko and friends on Saturday, May 10.
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Elmhurst Art Museum previews ‘Crossings’ exhibition at Art in Wilder Park May 3-4Apr 29, 2025 11:05 pm - "Crossings" is a solo exhibition by the acclaimed Chicago artist that will be on display at the Elmhurst Art Museum alongside Art in Wilder Park, a juried festival featuring over 130 exhibitors.
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Faith Church Lombard hosts Beatles tribute concert and catered dinnerApr 29, 2025 9:18 pm - A Beatles Free Tribute Concert and catered dinner is being hosted by Faith United Methodist Church in Lombard on May 24.
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Best Bets: Vintage Blonde Chicago’s record release, ESO performs ‘The Planets,’ artists gather in Elmhurst’s Wilder ParkApr 29, 2025 5:09 pm - This week, suburban rocker band Vintage Blonde Chicago releases its debut record with a Sunday concert at Schuba’s, art returns to Elmhurst’s Wilder Park, and the ESO concludes its season with “The Planets.”
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Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale begins fifth decade with annual spring concertApr 29, 2025 4:49 pm - The Glen Ellyn-Wheaton Chorale, a 60-voice choir, is presenting its annual spring concert "A Time and Place for Us" on Mother's Day weekend.
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Rock rebel: Billy Idol on his first album in over a decade, surviving addiction, the Rock Hall and more
Apr 29, 2025 4:31 pm - When Billy Idol first entered American consciousness in the early ’80s, he not only brought a punk rock sound to the mainstream but also a new attitude. He reflects on it in a new doc about his life, a new album and a tour playing Chicago on Aug. 14.
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Iconic ‘castle’ in Fox River Grove cancels all events after village rescinds special-use permit
Apr 29, 2025 12:32 pm - Fox River Grove’s iconic Bettendorf Castle has canceled all events indefinitely after the village rescinded its special use permit.
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‘Thunderbolts*’ is Marvel, and Florence Pugh, in high gear
Apr 29, 2025 12:24 pm - As they so often do in Marvel Land, worlds collide in “Thunderbolts*.” But in this refreshingly earthbound iteration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the collision isn’t a matter of interplanetary strife. It’s the unlikely meeting of Marvel and A24.
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Palatine native, ‘Ransom Canyon’ star stays close to Chicago-area rootsApr 29, 2025 11:51 am - While attending Fremd High School, Jack Schumacher never dreamed of becoming an actor. Yet today, Schumacher is basking in the success of Netflix’s “Ransom Canyon,” a Western romance that features him as the enigmatic Yancy Grey.