Entertainment
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Spotlight: Hell in a Handbag presents popular parodies, drive-in styleAug 19, 2020 6:00 am - Drive-in series Hell in a Handbag Productions presents Under the Stars With Handbag: A Drive-in Festival beginning this weekend. Handbag will showcase a different camp-e...
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Best Bets: Stroll Morton Arboretum during the Wine and Art WalkAug 19, 2020 6:00 am - Go shopping for artwork while sipping libations at the Wine and Art Walk. The reconstituted event is this weekend at the Morton Arboretum, 4100 Illinois Route 53, Lisle....
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Jim O'Donnell: Jim Thompson got to write the sad legacy of Otto KernerAug 19, 2020 1:00 am - WHEN JIM THOMPSON DIED last weekend, he left behind loving family, friends and at least one asterisk. That asterisk would belong to the legacy of Otto Kerner, like Thomp...
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Feder: Anchorman Stefan Holt coming back home to NBC 5Aug 19, 2020 1:00 am - After four years at WNBC in New York, Stefan Holt is moving back home to Chicago and returning to WMAQ-Channel 5 as a Monday-through-Friday main news anchor, the NBC-own...
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Feder: White Sox appear headed to ESPN 1000Aug 19, 2020 1:00 am - Look for Chicago White Sox baseball to move to a new radio home next season. No one will comment and nothing is official yet, but all signs are pointing to a deal with ...
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New to streaming this week: Tim McGraw's new solo album, Democrats meet & 'The 24th'
Aug 18, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. Movies • "John...
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Chicago's Porchlight Palooza fundraiser goes online to honor Joel GreyAug 18, 2020 6:00 am - For Porchlight Music Theatre's 25th anniversary Icons Gala scheduled for this past March, event co-chair Donna LaPietra planned to wear a custom-made evening dress sport...
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Stars align in Mundelein for village's new public art displayAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Fifteen large, decorated replicas of Mundelein's star-shaped logo are adding some color to the downtown area this week. Bearing titles like “Alice in Wonderland,” “Starr...
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Children's Garden, restaurant reopening at Morton Arboretum in LisleAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Ginkgo Restaurant expected to resume operations Friday
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Navy Pier to close after Labor Day until possibly spring because of pandemic lossesAug 18, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's Navy Pier, one of the top tourist attractions in Illinois, will temporarily close down from Sept. 8 until the spring of 2021. The pier-wide closure after Labor...