Entertainment
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Leap Day birthday? Get your free Grand Slam, desserts and more todayFeb 28, 2020 10:00 pm - Calling all those with Leap Day birthdays: After waiting for four years, Saturday, Feb. 29, is finally your day. Here are some tasty Leap Day restaurant specials to help...
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Chicago Sinfonietta presents Sight + SoundFeb 28, 2020 10:00 pm - "Man's highest aspirations come from nature. A world without color would seem dead. Color is life. Light is the mother of color. Light reveals to us the spirit and livin...
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Widescreen: Oscar holdouts no more; 'Braveheart' celebrates 25 yearsFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - We now have release dates for the two remaining home-video holdouts from this year's Best Picture Oscar field of nine. One-time front-runner "1917," the one-shot World W...
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On stage: New civil rights-inspired musical revue 'Legends the Musical' opens this weekFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - • Previews continue for Black Ensemble Theater's season-opening production of "Legends the Musical: A Civil Rights Movement Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow" at 4450 N. Cla...
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Maria Dizzia explores 'What the Constitution Means to Me' in national tourFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - You could say actress Maria Dizzia is a "strict constructionist." The text is "the sure thing" for Dizzia, and everything an actor needs to know is there in black and wh...
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5 fun weekend events: The Capitol Steps skewer politics at College of DuPage's MacFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - The Capitol Steps bring political song spoofs and sketches to College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, Monster Jam's oversize trucks crush the competition...
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Ron Onesti: Reminiscing with RobertaFeb 28, 2020 5:00 am - So I am sitting here in a random Panera Bread, trying to get my thoughts together about this week's column. How it generally happens is my weekly topics just come to me....
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Des Plaines Theater renovation to include speak-easy Bourbon 'N BrassFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - Editors note: This article has been updated to reflect renovation costs and the relocation of Evanston's Bourbon 'N Brass to Des Plaines. The historic Des Plaines T...
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Feder: Before he became 'Mayor Pete,' Buttigieg worked as NBC 5 investigative internFeb 28, 2020 12:00 am - For six weeks during the summer of 2002, a 20-year-old college student named Peter Buttigieg toiled in the background as an intern at WMAQ-Channel 5, the NBC-owned stati...
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King of the Rant Lewis Black comes to ECC Arts Center March 12Feb 27, 2020 10:00 pm - Acclaimed stand-up comedian Lewis Black will bring his "It Gets Better Every Day" tour to the Elgin Community College Arts Center on Thursday, March 12. The performance ...