Entertainment
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New Year's concerts: Suburban, Chicago venues counting down to the new yearDec 24, 2021 5:00 am - As we celebrate this weekend's holidays, the new year lies in wait just around the corner. If you don't already have your plans set, here are some of the big shows in su...
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Jim O'Donnell: Brickhouse, Caray and Swirsky among new list of America's Top 100 sportscastersDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - SPORTS BROADCAST JOURNAL is an engaging trade newsletter distributed every week. SBJ's publisher is David J. Halberstam - not to be confused with the late Pulitzer Prize...
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Feder: Looking back on the year in Chicago mediaDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - A remark by Mark Giangreco at the end of a sports segment on WLS-Channel 7 (“Cheryl can play the ditzy, combative interior decorator,” were his precise words) sounded di...
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New Philharmonic streaming New Year's Eve concert from College of DuPageDec 24, 2021 12:00 am - The New Philharmonic is offering online streaming options for its popular New Year's Eve Concert. Viewers at home can watch a virtual livestream of the 1:30 p.m. concert...
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Hey Nonny hitting pause on bistro after New Year's, postponing shows through Jan. 27Dec 23, 2021 4:00 pm - It's the most wonderful time of the year. But it's also a time to be safe. Out of an abundance of caution with an eye toward the recent spread of the omicron COVID-19 v...
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'Dishwasher Dreams' at Writers Theatre chronicles one family's pursuit of the American dreamDec 23, 2021 9:00 am - “Dishwasher Dreams” - ★ ★ ½ A celebration is underway at Writers Theatre that has nothing to do with the season. Rooted in perseverance and the pursuit of the American d...
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Holiday counterprogramming as you hunker down for ChristmasDec 23, 2021 5:00 am - If you're stuck at home (again) for the holiday and not particularly feeling the Christmas spirit, here are some counterprogramming choices for you this weekend: Bey...
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'A Journal for Jordan' is a tear-jerker from Denzel
Dec 23, 2021 5:00 am - “A Journal for Jordan” - ★ ★ Be sure to pack tissues before seeing “A Journal for Jordan” - and we don't just mean to keep the Omicron variant at bay. No, this Denzel W...
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Paul Thomas Anderson's sunny, shaggy 'Licorice Pizza' soaks up the '70s
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Now Arena to maintain higher pay through at least AugustDec 23, 2021 4:15 am - Pay increases that enabled the village-owned Now Arena in Hoffman Estates to overcome a scarcity of labor over the past four months have been extended beyond their Dec. ...