Entertainment
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Constable: MLB still up in air, but tabletop baseball league cancels tourneyMay 17, 2020 6:00 am - Owners and players are attempting to negotiate a deal to salvage the 2020 Major League Baseball season, but the suburban guru of an old-fashioned, tabletop game played w...
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Ribfest canceled in what would have been its first year in RomeovilleMay 17, 2020 1:00 am - The Exchange Club of Naperville, organizers of the 33rd annual Ribfest, announced Sunday that the July festival would be canceled amid health and safety concerns related...
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Second City debuts virtual sketch show 'Helter Shelter'May 16, 2020 7:30 am - For two months, Second City stages, like all Chicago-area stages, have been dark in response to the stay-at-home orders Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued to combat the COVID-19 ...
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The 6 do's and don'ts of Zoom happy hours
May 16, 2020 7:29 am - With no place to go on Friday nights, a growing number of those stuck at home are embracing the #zoomhappyhour. Lonely Americans who had never heard of Zoom - let alone ...
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Murder comes full circle in 'Dead to Me': Here are the biggest twists from Season 2
May 16, 2020 7:28 am - Note: This discusses plot points from the second season of Netflix's "Dead to Me" - many spoilers ahead. • • • A lot has changed since we met Jen (Christina Applega...
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Video-chatting tips from Al Roker and other pros
May 16, 2020 6:20 am - The transition of our personal and professional lives to video chat came swiftly and without much of an instruction manual. Suddenly, Zoom, Skype, Facebook and Google Ha...
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Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 years with this 94-year old gemMay 15, 2020 6:00 am - May 13, 2005, a day that will live in infamy! Fifteen years ago this week, I signed my life away and took over the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. And the truth is, I NEV...
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Spotlight: 'Chicago Acts Together' benefits out-of-work theater artistsMay 15, 2020 6:00 am - Theaters unite More than 80 Chicago-area theaters are uniting to raise funds for the Chicago Theatre Workers Relief Fund, which benefits artists who have lost work as a...
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Feder: Lisagor Awards honor journalists in 'virtual celebration'May 15, 2020 1:00 am - It's the biggest day of the year for Chicago journalism - and it's all happening online, Robert Feder writes. In lieu of the annual banquet tonight at the Union League C...
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O'Donnell: If only Michael would end the 'Dance' with full honestyMay 15, 2020 1:00 am - SO FOUR WEEKS and millions of words after it began, "The Last Dance" ends Sunday night. As a sports imaging venture, it will be considered a success. As deep examination...