Entertainment
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Nonprofit TLS Veterans to host Lucky Rail Run Train Crawl benefit March 7Feb 16, 2020 10:00 pm - Get on board to help local veterans. On Saturday, March 7, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., TLS Veterans is hosting its second annual Lucky Rail Run Train Crawl fundraiser featur...
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Best bets: Darrell Hammond brings the funny to Zanies in Chicago, RosemontFeb 16, 2020 6:31 am - Dancing experiences The Lula Washington Dance Theatre is one of the nation's preeminent dance companies that takes its inspiration from African-American culture and hist...
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Spoiler alert: George Washington lies, stands tall in History channel docuseriesFeb 16, 2020 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. — George Washington is the leading man in historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's first venture as a TV producer, a docudrama that follows his growth from ambi...
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Adult egg hunt, trivia night on tap in SchaumburgFeb 16, 2020 12:00 am - The Schaumburg Park District's Adults-Only Flashlight Egg Hunt and Trivia Night is set for 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at Schaumburg Tennis Plus, 1416 N. Payne ...
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Sampling too much from the past, Hulu's 'High Fidelity' remix fails to find its own groove
Feb 15, 2020 6:18 am - Hulu's "High Fidelity" is for people who love to watch a square peg get painfully hammered into a round hole. The sound of a needle scratching across an entire side of a...
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Weekend picks: Hot Wheels come to life at Sears CentreFeb 15, 2020 6:00 am - Big wheels See massive vehicles crush smaller cars and other stunts when “Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live” returns this weekend at the Sears Centre Arena, 5333 Prair...
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How world premiere of 'The Secret of My Success' came to Paramount TheatreFeb 15, 2020 12:00 am - Two weeks before Paramount Theatre's world premiere this coming Friday of “The Secret of My Success,” final preparations were underway. Onstage, the technical rehearsal ...
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Overstuffed Donna Summer bio-musical squanders its disco-filled promiseFeb 14, 2020 3:00 pm - “Summer: The Donna Summer Musical” - ★ ★ ½ Does every Top-40 pop artist of the past merit a jukebox musical these days? It seems so, and the latest to hit Chicago is “Su...
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Strong performances define Writers Theatre's revival of 'Stick Fly'Feb 14, 2020 12:00 pm - “Stick Fly” - ★ ★ ★ Issues of class and race figure prominently in Lydia R. Diamond's “Stick Fly,” a 2006 domestic drama that is currently running at Writers Theatre. It...
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5 fun weekend events: The Second City comes to Glen Ellyn, Lula Washington Dance in GrayslakeFeb 14, 2020 5:00 am - The Second City performs classic comedy sketches at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center in Glen Ellyn, the metal bands FireHouse and Steelheart share a concert bill...