Entertainment
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'It just feels like the sauce is cooking right': Sam Jay talks about the diverse energy writing for 'SNL'
Aug 08, 2020 7:00 am - In some ways, “3 in the Morning” — the Netflix stand-up special from “Saturday Night Live” writer Sam Jay — is a sort-of capsule from the Before Times. For one, it was t...
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Spotlight: Mike Toomey brings the laughs in-person (and virtually) to the Raue stage SaturdayAug 07, 2020 9:20 am - Toomey returns Mike Toomey headlines Lucy's Live, Raue Center for the Arts' ongoing comedy series. Toomey's appearance alongside stand-up comedian Fritz Nothnagel m...
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Widescreen: Home release of 'Mulan' is a necessary gamble for DisneyAug 07, 2020 9:10 am - In 2015, this column asked if you would pay $100 to watch "Avengers: Age of Ultron" at home the same weekend it opened in theaters. That question was inspired by a Satur...
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Feder: Will next Chicago Tribune newsroom be virtual?Aug 07, 2020 1:00 am - Could a virtual newsroom be in the offing for the Chicago Tribune? Speculation turned serious Thursday with news that Tribune Publishing was negotiating to break its le...
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Paramount Theatre postpones entire Broadway season for a yearAug 07, 2020 1:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre has postponed its entire 2020-2021 Broadway season for a full year, President and Chief Executive Officer Tim Rater said in a letter Friday to...
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Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra concert explores 'French Connections'Aug 06, 2020 11:00 pm - During the month of August, the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra will broadcast its November 2018 concert, "French Connections," on Comcast Channel 6 and AT&T U-Verse Channel...
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Feder: WGN Radio checking out Landecker as new evening starAug 06, 2020 1:00 am - When Radio Hall of Famer John Records Landecker fills in next week for morning host Bob Sirott on WGN 720-AM, there may be a lot riding on it for both Landecker and the ...
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Welcome to (suburban) wine country: Local wineries offer mix of outdoor tastings, toursAug 05, 2020 6:00 am - If the pandemic dashed your dreams of winery tours in Tuscany, or even a long weekend in Napa, you don't have to give up on picturesque patios or romantic vineyard views...
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Glenview's Oil Lamp Theater records one-woman comedy 'Bad Dates' for drive-in, online viewingAug 05, 2020 6:00 am - Like many theater-makers whose stages went dark this spring in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Oil Lamp Theater executive director Jay Pastucha and associate artistic...
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Feder: Legendary Sun-Times reporter Fran Spielman takes tough break in strideAug 05, 2020 1:00 am - It takes more than a nasty fall and a fractured pelvis to slow down Chicago's hardest-working City Hall reporter, Robert Feder writes. Fran Spielman, the Chicago Journal...