Entertainment
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Acclaimed director helms 'August Rush' premiere at Aurora's ParamountApr 21, 2019 7:00 am - Tony Award-winning director John Doyle knows for certain nobody is going to hire him to direct “Kinky Boots II.” Even if such a show existed, Doyle wouldn't be the right...
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Brienne, Arya, Sansa: Iron-willed women highlight this week's 'Game of Thrones'Apr 21, 2019 1:00 am - The weapons have been made, the wine has been consumed and the pieces are in place. The great battle of Winterfell is coming next week. But first, "Game of Thrones" deli...
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Kick off rosé season with this $9 French beautyApr 20, 2019 7:28 am - While I agree that rosé is worthy of drinking year-round, I do welcome warm spring weather as the unofficial start to the rosé season. So I celebrate spring this week wi...
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Weekend picks: Victor Wooten Band plays ECCApr 20, 2019 7:00 am - Ace bass The Victor Wooten Band shines a light on the bassist from Béla Fleck and The Flecktones. See the Grammy Award-winner in concert as part of “The Wooten Woo...
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Local teacher turns novel-in-progress into a podcastApr 19, 2019 11:00 pm - Bruce Janu began writing a novel many years ago. But then other things happened: work, marriage, a family. Then he made a couple of documentaries and created an online r...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsApr 19, 2019 9:30 am - It's thrill time this weekend with the season opening of Six Flags Great America in Gurnee and the Walker Stalker Convention and Heroes and Villains Fanfest in Rosemont....
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Ron Onesti: Wearing rock historyApr 19, 2019 6:00 am - Each week, we feature some of the most loved entertainers and bands, bringing musical memories to the masses. Excited concertgoers arrive wearing their vintage concert s...
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Widescreen: 'Mandalorian' is made for TV, but doesn't look like minor 'Star Wars'Apr 19, 2019 6:00 am - Stephen Colbert's interview with the cast of "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," a title revealed in the film's first teaser trailer, was the unquestionable highligh...
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Chet Coppock 1948-2019: In his own wordsApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - Chet Coppock was a giant of sports broadcasting in Chicago for nearly four decades. From his first big job in town as the main sports anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 ...
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Shoeless Joe's plans to reopen in Schiller ParkApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - Shoeless Joe's Ale House & Grille, which closed its original Rosemont location last month after three decades, is planning to reopen three miles away in Schiller Park. T...