Entertainment
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Ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are for sale nearly 2 decades after they were stolen
Nov 05, 2024 12:19 pm - A pair of ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” are on the auction block nearly two decades after a thief stole the iconic shoes. Online bidding has started and will continue through Dec. 7.
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Drag brunch fundraiser in Elgin to benefit Open Door Health CenterNov 05, 2024 10:44 am - Open Door Health Center will hold its 2024 Chocolate Drop Drag Benefit Brunch fundraiser on Nov. 17.
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Book Review: ‘The Name of This Band is R.E.M.’ is a vivid journey through the rock band’s history
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Steppenwolf’s ‘Leroy and Lucy’ beguilingly reinvents a blues mythNov 05, 2024 8:12 am - Mythologies inevitably build up around innovative artists who become legends beyond their lifetimes. Playwright Ngozi Anyanwu is astutely aware of this in her entrancing world-premiere play “Leroy and Lucy” for Steppenwolf Theatre.
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GPS Parent Series to host film screening with ‘Best Buddies’Nov 04, 2024 10:46 pm - The GPS Parent Series: Navigating Healthy Families will host an evening with “Best Buddies“ with a film screening of “Saving Superman” on Wednesday, Nov. 13, at Glenbard West High School.
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Art on exhibit at Prospect Heights Public LibraryNov 04, 2024 5:01 pm - The creations of Des Plaines artist Kathy Passi are on display at the Prospect Heights Public Library, 12 N. Elm St., through November.
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Lombard’s Maple Street Concerts welcomes Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt with Wild Ponies Nov. 16Nov 04, 2024 4:38 pm - Maple Street Concerts welcomes back as a co-bill, Nashville-based musical duos and close friends, folk/singer-songwriters and Americana/country-roots performers Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt with Wild Ponies
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Shelby Van Pelt, author of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ speaks at Elmhurst University Nov. 20Nov 04, 2024 3:22 pm - Author Shelby Van Pelt will discuss her writing process, loss, hope, and the giant Pacific octopus at Elmhurst University on Nov. 20.
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Food drive, McHenry band, veterans salute with Jazz Consortium at Palatine's Durty Nellie's Nov. 10Nov 04, 2024 2:54 pm - For a 13th year, the 17-piece Jazz Consortium Big Band will be sponsoring a holiday food drive at its performance at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Durty Nellie’s Gastropub and Entertainment Hub, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine.
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Musician Dave Martin shares history by the glass at next Coffee TalkNov 04, 2024 2:17 pm - The story begins in the cradle of civilization, but Dave Martin wastes no time bringing the audience home to the Midwest and Great Lakes — courtesy of “A History of the World in Six Glasses.”