Entertainment
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Best Bets: Elmhurst Art Museum showcases Chicago-based artists in new exhibitionSep 02, 2025 8:28 am - Elmhurst Art Museum opens “Shakkei: Work by Mayumi Lake and Bob Faust,” Lyric Opera artists perform a free concert in Millennium Park, and The Byrds co-founder Roger McGuinn headlines the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
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Book Review: A novelist on a book tour is stalked by a stranger in ‘All This Could Be Yours’
Sep 01, 2025 7:13 pm - Author Hank Phillippi Ryan has written a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours” about an author on tour to promote a crime novel titled “All This Could Be Yours.” As Ryan says in an endnote, it’s very meta.
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Suburban fest-goers bid adieu to summer at Monday’s Labor Day events.Sep 01, 2025 6:24 pm - This year’s ideally temperate Labor Day marked the metaphorical end of summer and the meteorological start of fall. For the record, meteorological fall is the period fro...
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Vintage vinyl: New album digs up rare ’60s Chicago garage rock from Arlington Heights’ The CellarSep 01, 2025 2:01 pm - A new vinyl compilation highlights little-known songs by 1960s suburban garage bands that played at the renowned Arlington Heights teen music club The Cellar.
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What to stream: ‘Lilo & Stitch,’ ‘The Paper,’ MTV Video Music Awards and a Hollow Knight sequel
Sep 01, 2025 5:30 am - A follow-up TV comedy of “The Office” called “The Paper” and the buddy live action comedy “Lilo and Stitch” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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What happens when a fan gets too close? ‘Lurker’ explores the dark side of celebrity
Aug 31, 2025 8:30 pm - Fandom is a funny thing in the age of social media. The new film “Lurker,” a Sundance breakout in theaters now, explores the question of what might happen if a certain type of fan got a foot in the door, and what they might do to stay there.
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Folk and tales: Fox Valley music, storytelling fest returns to GenevaAug 31, 2025 5:42 pm - A year after circumstance forced the Fox Valley Folk Music & Storytelling Festival’s move to Wheeler Park, performers and attendees were happy to return Sunday to their new home near downtown Geneva.
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‘Weapons’ regains the top spot as the summer box office winds down
Aug 31, 2025 2:28 pm - “Weapons” found its way back on top during the Labor Day weekend, culminating a summer box office that’s likely to fall right below meeting last year’s earnings.
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Marching bands, dancers, flags add flair to Buffalo Grove Days ParadeAug 30, 2025 5:19 pm - The Buffalo Grove Days parade on Saturday featured floats, marching bands, and local groups.
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The Biz Week That Was: Mall transformation, suburbs’ best sandwich shop, and economy doing better than expectedAug 30, 2025 1:10 pm - Next big step for Hawthorn Mall property redevelopment is waiting for green light to proceed The next big step in the ongoing transformation of the Hawthorn mall pro...