Entertainment
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Feder: 'Lucky guy' Bob Stroud marks 40 years of 'Rock 'n Roll Roots'May 21, 2020 1:00 am - A hearty high-five to Bob Stroud, top-rated midday star at Hubbard Radio classic rock WDRV 97.1-FM, on celebrating 40 years as host of "Rock 'n Roll Roots," Robert Feder...
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May 31 deadline for New Philharmonic's Young People's CompetitionMay 20, 2020 11:00 pm - For the first time, New Philharmonic will conduct the annual New Philharmonic Young People's Competition online. Applications can be downloaded from www.atthemac.org/ne...
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Widescreen tidbits: When Captain America rode the 'Snowpiercer,' plus 'Ghost' resurrectedMay 20, 2020 11:00 pm - Six years before “Snowpiercer” was a TNT series (Episode 2 airs at 8 p.m. Sunday) starring Jennifer Connelly and Daveed Diggs, it was an audacious film co-written and di...
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Like Language brings upbeat vibes to Chicago Sound Check Presents concert FridayMay 20, 2020 10:00 am - The logistics of education in these quarantine times play a massive role in the lives of Like Language's Matt and Kristen Murray. The Elmhurst couple behind the band's d...
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Had enough of 'Contagion'? Here are some comforting movie suggestionsMay 20, 2020 6:00 am - When many were rushing to re-watch "Contagion," the eerily prophetic 2011 Steven Soderbergh film about the outbreak of an easily transmitted virus, I was searching for m...
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Facing financial hardship amid COVID-19 crisis, West Dundee sports bar preparing to close for goodMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - The Chubby Bullfrog in West Dundee will shut down for good this summer, its owner announced Wednesday, saying his business will be unable to recover from the financial i...
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O'Donnell: Another Bob Frisk staple was the 'Imaginary Door' memoMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - THE EARLY MORNINGS belonged to Bob Frisk. It was the only part of his workday when he could be assured of reasonable degrees of solitude and focus. During the decades wh...
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Feder: Flooding at Willis Tower knocks TV, radio signals off the airMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - A power outage caused by flooding at Willis Tower wreaked havoc on the broadcast signals of several Chicago television and radio stations this week, Robert Feder writes....
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Stay in and rock out with Downers Grove Park District's Virtual Concert SeriesMay 19, 2020 11:00 pm - Following newly released guidelines established in the Restore Illinois Plan, the Downers Grove Park District has made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 live sum...
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Streaming this week: Lynn Shelton movies, 'Trip to Greece' and moreMay 19, 2020 6:00 am - Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on streaming platforms this week. Movies Lynn Shelton movies: The w...