Entertainment
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Jim O'Donnell: WaPo's Sally Jenkins working OT to spotlight treachery of the OlympicsJul 23, 2021 1:00 am - SPORTS COLUMNISTS SELDOM win Pulitzer Prizes. And a female sports columnist? Ain't never been done. But the inspired Sally Jenkins of The Washington Post could be in the...
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Cheers! 11 upcoming suburban brew fests for beer loversJul 22, 2021 6:00 am - There's not much better on a warm day than enjoying a cold beer. Except maybe enjoying a whole event dedicated to beer. And there are plenty of hoppy happenings coming...
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Festivals July 23-29: The Beach Boys play free show for Elk Grove's Midsummer Classics Concert SeriesJul 22, 2021 6:00 am - This weekend Algonquin Founders' Days: 4-10 p.m. Thursday, July 22; 4-11 p.m. Friday, July 23; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, July 24; and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, J...
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Canine confidential? First Folio examines 'Why Dogs Don't Talk' in digital productionJul 22, 2021 6:00 am - Co-founder David Rice had a requirement for First Folio Theatre's upcoming digital production, the latest in a series of shows and scenes the Oak Brook theater made avai...
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Nearly a decade in the making, Arlington Heights to get its first microbreweryJul 22, 2021 5:30 am - Nearly a decade after first expressing interest in Arlington Heights, the proprietors of a microbrewery on Wednesday received many of the municipal approvals they need f...
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Feder: 'Windy City Live' founder proud of show's 10-year runJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - In 2011 there was no more daunting task in all of television than replacing "The Oprah Winfrey Show" in its home market of Chicago. That challenge fell to Emily Barr, t...
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DuPage Children's Museum to host Transportation ZooJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Vehicles that dig, dump, push, scoop and transport will be featured at the DuPage Children's Museum's "Semi" Touch-A-Truck event next weekend. Transportation Zoo will be...
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From the ranks: Steppenwolf names new co-artistic directorsJul 22, 2021 1:00 am - Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble members Glenn Davis and Audrey Francis have been named the company's new co-artistic directors, replacing Anna D. Shapiro who steps down nex...
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Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts introduces new initiativesJul 21, 2021 11:00 pm - The Elmhurst Centre for Performing Arts continues to thrive with its mission of building a state-of-the-art facility for live theater, music, dance and comedy. "We conti...
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Faster than Space Mountain: 'Behind the Attraction' packed with quips, detailsJul 21, 2021 6:00 am - With rapid-fire jokes and factoids, "Behind the Attraction," a 10-part documentary series streaming now on Disney+, plays like a loose sequel to "The Imagineering Story....