Entertainment
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A memorable experience is not about moneyDec 04, 2024 10:26 am - A quality experience has nothing to do with dollars spent. I was inspired to write this article because of this roll of toilet paper. Ask yourself, before reading the re...
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A community tradition since 2006, Holiday Express returns to Blackberry Farm in AuroraDec 04, 2024 9:59 am - Each year when Becky Harling considers adding special touches to sweeten the Holiday Express experience, the facility manager at Blackberry Farm turns to her own family for inspiration.
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‘Seasonal’ tradition: WT Productions, GreenMan Theatre team to stage original plays in Elmhurst
Dec 04, 2024 9:23 am - WT Productions’ “Seasonal” tradition has reached its seventh year with something new this December, as it partners with GreenMan Theatre Troupe to present “Seasonal Lights” in Elmhurst.
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Spotify Wrapped is finally here. How can you see your 2024 recap?
Dec 04, 2024 9:22 am - Spotify has released its annual Wrapped, personalized recaps of users’ listening habits and year in audio. What made your list this year?
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Lights, camera .... Christmas! Batavia family will compete on season premiere of ABC’s ‘The Great Christmas Light Fight’
Dec 04, 2024 9:00 am - Batavia resident Brett Foy and his family create the Lights on Ekman display every year, and now they will have a shot at a $50,000 grand prize when they compete in the 12th season of ABC’s “The Great Christmas Light Fight” premiering Thursday, Dec. 5.
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Winnetka native Katie Gavin on creative freedom, debut solo record and tour to Chicago
Dec 04, 2024 8:34 am - On her debut solo record “What a Relief,” released in late October, Winnetka native Katie Gavin channels a bluesy, nostalgic tone to explore intimacy, grief and intergenerational trauma. She’s playing Chicago’s Thalia Hall Wednesday, Dec. 18.
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Indian Trails library kicks off ‘One Book, One Community’ program SundayDec 04, 2024 8:02 am - Wheeling’s Indian Trails Public Library will host an open house Sunday to mark the start of a new “One Book, One Community” program. The event will run from noon to 2 p.m...
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Tree lighting and more at Miracle on Main Street in Lake ZurichDec 04, 2024 8:02 am - Miracle on Main Street will be held from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, at Rotary Park, 7 E. Main St., in downtown Lake Zurich. The special event features a 24-foot tr...
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Spotify Wrapped 2024 is here, and Taylor Swift is once again the platform’s most-streamed artist
Dec 04, 2024 7:28 am - ’Tis the season to unpack Spotify Wrapped. And it should come as no surprise that for a second year in a row, Taylor Swift has been named its most-played artist.
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Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper’s lyrics, dies at age 69
Dec 04, 2024 6:42 am - Debbie Nelson, the single mother of rapper Eminem whose rocky relationship with her son was known widely through his hit song lyrics, has died. She was 69.