Entertainment
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Ron Onesti: Don’t thank me, thank the ‘Old Neighborhood’Jul 19, 2024 8:59 pm - Being a child of the early ’60s, I was fortunate enough to have experienced much of the music from the ’60s and ’70s now referred to as “Heritage Rock” and “Classic Rock.”
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Sugar Grove Corn Boil is back for summer fun July 25-28Jul 19, 2024 6:00 pm - The annual Sugar Grove Corn Boil, a summertime tradition for over 50 years, returns Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28, at Volunteer Park.
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Weird Al on new music, Sabrina Carpenter, a decade of ‘Mandatory Fun’ and 40 years of ‘Eat It’
Jul 19, 2024 12:48 pm - To celebrate 10 years of “Mandatory Fun,” Weird Al Yankovic recently released a new polka medley, “Polkamania!,” a creative cover of some of the biggest songs of the last decade.
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Ready for a night out? Elgin’s Movies on the Lawn series starts SaturdayJul 19, 2024 11:18 am - Elgin’s free ”Movies on the Lawn“ series starts Saturday on the south side of the Hemmens Cultural Center with a showing of ”Zombieland“ on a 30-foot-wide screen.
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4-H kids show off their animals at Kane County FairJul 19, 2024 10:56 am - The carnival rides are spinning, the funnel cakes are dusted with sugar, the corn is roasted and a few newcomers are getting acquainted with the Kane County Fair, now underway in St. Charles.
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Why our meteorologists love the new ‘Twisters’ movie
Jul 19, 2024 10:33 am - When the trailer was released for “Twisters,” meteorologists and storm chasers beamed — even as some expressed some concerns about whether it would be accurate. While it’s not a perfect representation, “Twisters” is likely going to make weather nerds and most moviegoers pretty happy.
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‘Longlegs’ star Maika Monroe’s secret to success in Hollywood is a healthy relationship to itJul 19, 2024 9:44 am - Critics have praised 31-year-old Maika Monroe’s “Longlegs” performance — which says something when you share the screen with Nicolas Cage. But her calculated, offbeat character is even more impressive given her affable, almost whimsical personality.
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Noteworthy performances propel Northlight’s ‘2 Pianos, 4 Hands’Jul 19, 2024 8:19 am - Northlight Theatre concludes its season on a high note, with a musically dazzling revival of the play-with-music “2 Pianos, 4 Hands.”
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Moses Ingram and Natalie Portman spar in ‘Lady in the Lake’
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The Venue hosts two free movie nights this summerJul 18, 2024 11:42 pm - The Venue in downtown Aurora is hosting two free movie nights this summer highlighting important events and places in music history.