Entertainment
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Metropolis Performing Arts Centre names new artistic directorMar 11, 2025 3:51 pm - Metropolis Performing Arts Centre names Chicago-area theater veteran Johanna McKenzie Miller as its new artistic director.
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Lyric Opera announces premieres, collaboration with Billy Corgan for 2025-26 season
Mar 11, 2025 3:34 pm - The Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 2025-26 season will include five productions that first appeared elsewhere and one revival, the work of two Chicago icons: alternative rocker Billy Corgan and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young.
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Craft brewers converge on Wheeling to learn about hemp-based drinksMar 11, 2025 1:35 pm - Craft brewery owners and operators gathered Tuesday in Wheeling to discuss options they hope will allow them to keep making the intoxicating drinks.
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Cute, quick Quaid weaponizes a handicap in ridiculously violent, quirky action comedy ‘Novocaine’Mar 11, 2025 1:31 pm - The cheerfully violent, stunt-stuffed “Novocaine,” starring Jack Quaid as a normal guy who suffers from the inability to feel physical pain, sets its entertainment sights fairly low, then wildly exceeds them for most of its brisk and bloody running time, film critic Dann Gire says.
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Spotlight: New kids’ shows open this weekMar 11, 2025 1:01 pm - Chicago Children’s Theatre and Lifeline Theatre premiere new kids’ shows; Trap Door reprises “Mother Courage and her Children”; and Stage Left comically examines Streeterville namesake George Streeter this week in Chicago theater.
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Dining out: Meatless Friday, Pi Day and ‘Top Chef’ finalist brings Ghanaian cuisine to Oak BrookMar 11, 2025 12:53 pm - Portillo’s has options for your meatless Fridays during Lent, while Blaze Pizza has a Pi Day deal on 3.14 and a “Top Chef” finalist will be cooking a special meal in Oak Brook.
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Concerts March 14-20: Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Old Crow Medicine Show and moreMar 11, 2025 12:43 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Elvis Costello, Mary J. Blige, Gregory Alan Isakov, Old Crow Medicine Show, J-Hope and more.
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Things to do March 14-20: Carlos Mencia, Kevin Nealon, Chicago Sports Spectacular and moreMar 11, 2025 12:15 pm - Mark your calendar for Carlos Mencia at the Chicago Improv in Schaumburg, the Chicago Sports Spectacular, Kevin Nealon at Batavia’s Comedy Vault, St. Patrick’s Day events and more happening this week.
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Algonquin Founders' Days canceled this year; committee takes break to reevaluate for 2026
Mar 11, 2025 10:04 am - The Algonquin Founders' Days celebration is put on hold this year, as the committee plans to “reimagine” the festival for 2026.
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Book Review: ‘All the Other Mothers Hate Me’ is a breezy read from Sarah Harman