Entertainment
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Viking Midsummer Festival returns June 17Jun 10, 2018 11:00 pm - The annual Viking Midsummer Festival will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 17, at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive in Geneva. It will be held rain or shine. Celebr...
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Sunday picks: Angela Ingersoll croons as Judy Garland at ParamountJun 10, 2018 7:00 am - Tragic star Jeff Award-winning actress Angela Ingersoll once again inhabits the music associated with a Hollywood legend when she performs her tribute show “Judy Garland...
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'The Band's Visit' outshines Harry Potter at Tony AwardsJun 10, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK — The American, grown-up musical “The Band's Visit” outmuscled the acclaimed and sprawling British import “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” for the most Tony ...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Fortune Feimster plays ZaniesJun 09, 2018 7:20 am - Funny Fortune Comedian Fortune Feimster ("Last Comic Standing," "The Mindy Project," "RuPaul's Drag Race") is sure to serve up some great laughs for Pride Month this wee...
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Theater events: Underscore reveals revised Chicago-set 'Haymarket'Jun 08, 2018 6:00 am - • Workers at a yoga store find their lives upended after violence takes place nearby in "Clearing," a dark, coming-of-age comedy by Beth Hyland. Commission Theatre's pro...
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Weekend picks: Mavis Staples headlines Chicago Blues FestJun 08, 2018 6:00 am - Blues celebration Mavis Staples, Kenny Neal and Fantastic Negrito are just a few of the headliners performing at the Chicago Blues Festival this weekend at the Jay Pritz...
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Feder: Illinois Broadcasters Hall of Fame honors Bill PlanteJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - The great Bill Plante, who covered five presidents as CBS News senior White House correspondent, was inducted Wednesday in the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of ...
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Country star Chris Young coming to Aurora's RiverEdge ParkJun 08, 2018 1:00 am - Grammy-nominated country music star Chris Young will perform this summer at Aurora's RiverEdge Park. Young, who recently was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry, ...
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The Performers School Celebrated Five Year AnniversaryJun 07, 2018 11:00 pm - Celebrating five years of bringing professional children's theater to Chicagoland, The Performers School (TPS) reflects on their mission to become the North Shore's prem...
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Lookingglass dives into Jules Verne's '20,000 Leagues Under the Seas'Jun 07, 2018 6:00 am - “20,000 Leagues Under the Seas” - ★ ★ ★ ½ From its exquisite “Eastland: A New Musical” to the rollicking “Treasure Island” to the grand examination of obsession that was...