Entertainment
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Nora Roberts is happily defying genres with 250 books written
Jan 30, 2025 5:09 pm - Nora Roberts is so prolific she had to take up a pen name so her publisher could release more books by her each year. “I’m a fast writer,” Roberts said. She typically releases four books a year, and has for more than four decades.
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Arlington Heights entrepreneur takes business CharCharms to ‘Shark Tank’Jan 30, 2025 2:59 pm - Arlington Heights resident Charlotte Trecartin turned her idea for colorful water bottle accessories into a multimillion-dollar brand, which soon will make an appearance on ABC’s “Shark Tank.”
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Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
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Beyoncé, Kendrick, Sabrina and more: AP predicts who will win at the 2025 Grammys
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Adler Center faculty to perform in Libertyville at Feb. 7 concertJan 30, 2025 10:31 am - The Adler Arts Center’s faculty concert will be held at 7 p.m. Feb. 7, at the center, 1700 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Libertyville.
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Bloody and witty, ‘Companion’ explores what humanity means in an AI-powered world
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Graphic novel ‘Dog Man’ gets Hollywood treatment and it’s ruff going
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Next stop on Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour at St. LaurenceJan 29, 2025 6:00 pm - The Feb. 9 stop on the Elgin pipe organ tour will feature a diverse program of works by composers such as Bach, Buxtehude, and Rachmaninoff.
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Portrait of the artist(s): Actress/writer channels celebrated painter Frida Kahlo in solo playJan 29, 2025 11:00 am - Theater artist Vanessa Severo brings her solo show “Frida ... A Self Portrait” — about the life and art of celebrated Mexican painter Frida Kahlo — to Writers Theatre in Glencoe.
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Spotlight: Revivals of ‘Joseph,’ ‘Raisin in the Sun’ at Marriott, Court theatersJan 29, 2025 10:07 am - Marriott Theatre inaugurates its 50th anniversary season with a revival of the well-loved musical “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” while Court Theatre stages its first production of the classic “A Raisin in the Sun.”