Entertainment
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Napa and Sonoma bottles rise to the top of American wine lists. AgainMar 30, 2019 7:28 am - We love to ride a new wave, set a trend, be the vanguard. Headlines scream about the decline of last year's fad and the rise of this year's hot new thing. Yet if we take...
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On its way out, 'Veep' stays just as nastyMar 30, 2019 7:28 am - "Veep" returns Sunday to an unnecessary and clamorous chorus of wags who wonder if the HBO comedy can, in its seventh and final season, approximate anything as remotely ...
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Accessible, equitable game convention lures thousands to Schaumburg, HarperMar 30, 2019 1:00 am - Brian Spray traveled from Cleveland to Schaumburg this weekend to test out his skills in Keyforge, one of numerous games under the umbrella of AdeptiCon, billed as the w...
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Curtis & Loretta to perform April 13 at Wheaton's Acorn CoffeehouseMar 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Minneapolis folk singer-songwriter duo "Curtis & Loretta" will be in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 13, at the Acorn Coffeehouse in Wheaton. Curtis & Loretta's mu...
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'Anastasia' spins romantic tale out of imperial Russia's darkest daysMar 29, 2019 4:30 pm - “Anastasia” - ★ ★ ½ If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, “My Fair Lady” and “Fiddler on the Roof” should be sincerely flattered by “Anastasia,” whose national...
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Review: Writers Theatre goes a cloning in Caryl Churchill's unsettling 'A Number'Mar 29, 2019 1:00 pm - “A Number” - ★ ★ ★ ½ “A Number” is far from the only sci-fi piece pondering the dire implications of genetic cloning. But Caryl Churchill's 2002 British drama, now recei...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsMar 29, 2019 10:00 am - Get slimed at Maddie Rae's Slime Bash in St. Charles or take in the smooth crooning of Boyz II Men at Aurora's Paramount. For more fun weekend ideas, see dailyherald.com...
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Theater events: Grade-school teacher turned comedian headlines the MetropolisMar 29, 2019 7:30 am - After precocious 14-year-old Leonard Pelkey goes missing from his small Jersey Shore town, his optimism and spirit inspire his fellow citizens in “The Absolute Brightne...
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Ron Onesti: The famous 'second banana' who will always be topsMar 29, 2019 6:00 am - "Heeeeeere's Johnny!" For three decades, those words opened one of the most popular and most important programs in television history … "The Tonight Show with Johnny Car...
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'Cruel Intentions' musical draws from pop songs of the eraMar 29, 2019 6:00 am - Growing up in the 1990s, actress Betsy Stewart never got to fulfill her childhood dream of being a pop star. But now Stewart says she is experiencing the next best thing...