Entertainment
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CLC art gallery presents Hans Habeger's 'Constructs' Feb. 22 to March 22Feb 17, 2019 10:00 pm - The facades of Chicago's suburban strip malls and big-box stores, representing a culture of consumerism and convenience, are the subjects of "Constructs," a collection o...
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Joffrey Ballet's 'Anna Karenina' - love, fate, tragedy and the beauty of lifeFeb 17, 2019 10:00 pm - "All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," wrote Leo Tolstoy in his famous novel "Anna Karenina." This tragic story came t...
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Rolling in the deep: HBO's 'United Skates' looks at roller skate cultureFeb 17, 2019 6:28 am - NEW YORK - First-time documentary filmmakers Tina Brown and Dyana Winkler lugged their cameras to Central Park in New York one day to capture the last few people still p...
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Netflix's 'The Umbrella Academy' is even weirder than the comic, and it's an absolute must-seeFeb 17, 2019 6:27 am - Those wondering what Netflix's post-Marvel superhero future will be need look no further than the refreshingly weird "Umbrella Academy," which began streaming Feb. 15. T...
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Weekend picks: Motorcycle show features bikes and more in RosemontFeb 17, 2019 6:23 am - Cycle central The Progressive International Motorcycle Show features hundreds of street bikes, dirt bikes, scooters and more this weekend at the Donald E. Stephens ...
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Northwest Choral Associates music with 'The Food of Love' at March 23 concertFeb 16, 2019 10:00 pm - Northwest Choral Society will musically illustrate the first line of William Shakespeare's play Twelfth Night, when Duke Orsino famously says, "If music be the food of l...
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Weekend picks: Elisa Monte Dance tackles Brubeck tunes at CLCFeb 16, 2019 6:23 am - Jazz dance The Elisa Monte Dance Company teams up with Chris Brubeck's "Triple Play" for the collaboration "Elisa Monte Dance Does Brubeck" featuring the music of D...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsFeb 15, 2019 9:00 am - This is your last chance to catch Elton John locally when his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" tour stops at Rosemont's Allstate Arena for two shows. For more ideas of what ...
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Ron Onesti: Was Abraham Lincoln a rocker?Feb 15, 2019 5:00 am - My "Backstage with Ron Onesti" column is usually about my behind-the-scenes experiences with entertainers combined with a bit of education and a little twist at the end....
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Theater events: 'Short Shakespeare! Macbeth' returns to Chicago ShakespeareFeb 15, 2019 5:00 am - • Promethean Ensemble Theatre remounts its 2016 production of Moises Kaufman's "Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde," which examines the 19th-century writer...