Entertainment
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Feder: ABC 7 shuts down State Street to film New Year's Eve show dance numberDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - If competitors want to take advantage of WLS-Channel 7 for banishing Chicago's king and queen of New Year's Eve, that's show biz. But there's still one big reason I wou...
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Metropolis cancels 'A Christmas Carol' performances in response to breakthrough COVID-19 caseDec 22, 2021 12:00 am - The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre canceled the remaining performances of "A Christmas Carol" in response to a breakthrough case of COVID-19 among its fully vaccinate...
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New Philharmonic proclaims the beauty of life and music in New Year's Eve concertsDec 21, 2021 10:00 pm - We are a generation chosen to live through unprecedented times. With so much going on we manage to smile and enjoy our lives. Music is a miraculous tool that helps us to...
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'The King's Man' can't find the right tone
Dec 21, 2021 3:30 pm - “The King's Man” - ★ ★ There are distinct pleasures to be had in watching Ralph Fiennes play the lead in an action franchise at this stage in his career. For as fun as ...
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Best Bets: Harlem Globetrotters bring basketball tricks back to Rosemont's Allstate ArenaDec 21, 2021 5:00 am - Trickster fun Marvel at all the basketball tricks in store when the Original Harlem Globetrotters return to play two games at the Allstate Arena, 6920 N. Mannheim Road, ...
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How a writer created his own take on 'A Christmas Story' set in his 1980s Batavia childhoodDec 21, 2021 4:30 am - Kevin Jakubowski, originally from Batavia, wanted to make a movie about growing up in the suburbs in the 1980s, with a parallel to the holiday classic "A Christmas Story...
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COVID-19 exposure forces Goodman to suspend in-person 'Christmas Carol' performancesDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Following a report of a COVID-19 exposure within the production company of "A Christmas Carol," Goodman Theatre has suspended in-person performances through Friday, the ...
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Broadway Playhouse farce is fast, furious and oh so funnyDec 20, 2021 12:00 pm - “The Play That Goes Wrong” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Everything is right with Broadway Playhouse's production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” From the actors' spot-on timing and delicio...
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New to streaming this week: 'Don't Look Up,' new 'Matrix' and 'Sing 2'
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Fellow suburban breweries help tornado-damaged Skeleton Key on long road to reopeningDec 20, 2021 4:30 am - After Skeleton Key Brewery and Taproom in Woodridge took a direct hit from the June 20 tornado, support poured in from what outsiders would see as an unlikely group: the...