Entertainment
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre stages unrehearsed 'Merchant' in ElginAug 14, 2019 6:00 am - 'Merchant' in Elgin The Elgin Shakespeare Project, a Janus Theatre initiative involving producing William Shakespeare's plays according to 16th-century practices, resume...
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5 suburban orchards where you can pick your own applesAug 14, 2019 6:00 am - Weather has had varying effects on suburban orchards this year, but operators are looking forward to a good season, said Sarah Bell of Royal Oak Farm orchard in Harvard....
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Dining out: Happy Hour all day at Yard House; City Works in Wheeling opens MondayAug 14, 2019 6:00 am - Happy Hour all day Start the school year off right: It's Happy Hour pricing all day on all pizzas and select apps, such as poke nachos and fried mac and cheese, at Yard ...
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Best bets: B-17 plane comes to Waukegan; Bernadette Peters plays ParamountAug 14, 2019 6:00 am - Aviation abundance Aviation fans have much to rejoice about this weekend. The Chicago Air and Water Show returns to Chicago's lakefront from Fullerton Avenue to Oak...
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Feder: Program director David Polk leaving classical music station WFMTAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - David Polk, who rose from intern and production assistant to program director of WFMT 98.7-FM, is leaving the Window to the World Communications classical music station ...
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Feder: Jazz host Barry Winograd leaving WDCB middaysAug 14, 2019 1:00 am - After more than 18 years at WDCB 90.9-FM, Barry Winograd is stepping down as midday jazz host on the west suburban College of DuPage public radio station, Robert Feder w...
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Chicago area residents to appear on 'American Ninja Warrior' TV show Aug. 19Aug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Chicago area residents Brandon Mears (St. Charles) and Dan Polizzi (Oswego), also known as "The Towers of Power," are a firefighting duo competing on the hit TV show "Am...
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Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre certified as a 'sensory inclusive' venueAug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Hoffman Estates' Sears Centre Arena is now certified to make all its events “sensory inclusive,” accommodating guests with such conditions as autism, PTSD and dementia w...
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MYAC returns to Cantigny Park for summer outdoor pops concert Aug. 17Aug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - Join Midwest Young Artists Conservatory's top level Symphony Orchestra and conductor Dr. Allan Dennis in their anticipated return to Cantigny Park on Saturday Aug. 17, a...
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Laughstock Comedy Festival returns to Woodstock for year two Aug. 17Aug 13, 2019 11:00 pm - The laughter returns to Woodstock for the second year in a row as the Laughstock Comedy Festival takes to the stage at the historic Woodstock Opera House at 8 p.m. Satur...