Entertainment
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Spring-themed artwork by Marklund clients on display, up for auctionFeb 09, 2024 10:09 am - Artwork created by clients of Marklund is on display on Michigan Avenue in Chicago and is being auctioned off in a fundraiser for the organization, which serves people with developmental disabilities.
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‘Puppy Bowl’ celebrates a big anniversary this year, one that shelter and rescue pups will cheer
Feb 09, 2024 8:05 am - The annual “Puppy Bowl” turns 20 this year, well over middle age in dog years. But does the sheer cuteness of it really ever get old? “Who doesn’t want to watch dogs play...
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Interactive Lego brick exhibition celebrating ‘Awesome Black Creativity’ at DuPage Children’s MuseumFeb 09, 2024 12:48 am - “Awesome Black Creativity,” a celebration of Black figures in Lego Bricks, is on display through March in the Good Show! Gallery at DuPage Children's Museum, 301 N. Wash...
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Author, scholar Randal Jelks to give Martin Luther King Jr. lecture Feb. 14Feb 08, 2024 11:54 pm - In February of 2017, Randal Maurice Jelks, an award-winning author, documentary filmmaker and professor at the University of Kansas, came to Elmhurst University to give t...
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Naperville author to be featured at the ‘Twice in a Lifetime’ Eclipse Festival in AprilFeb 08, 2024 11:23 pm - When author Liz Bockelman attended Chester, Illinois’ first “Twice in a Lifetime” eclipse festival in 2017, her friend and lifetime Chester resident Brenda Owen suggeste...
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DuPage County Historical Museum salutes Black History Month with ‘Black Trailblazers’ exhibitFeb 08, 2024 10:19 pm - Black leaders in education, sports, civil rights and the arts will be highlighted in honor of Black History Month at the DuPage County Historical Museum in Wheaton. “Blac...
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Elmhurst University Jazz Festival welcomes Count Basie Orchestra, Maria Schneider OrchestraFeb 08, 2024 9:37 pm - Two Grammy-winning jazz ensembles, The Count Basie Orchestra and the Maria Schneider Orchestra, will perform at the Elmhurst University Jazz Fest, one of the oldest and best-known collegiate festivals in the country.
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‘Olmec Trails’ to celebrate ancient art of Mexico in DuPage CountyFeb 08, 2024 8:36 pm - Fernando Ramirez allows himself to think big. He dreamed up an exhibition of alebrijes monumentales, larger-than-life, surreal creatures painted by Mexican artists at Can...
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Usher says it’s been a challenge to squeeze 30-year career into 13-minute Super Bowl halftime show
Feb 08, 2024 3:58 pm - Usher found fitting three decades of successful music into a super-short Super Bowl halftime show a challenge, but the multiple Grammy winner decided to concentrate on past hits, moments from his popular Las Vegas residency and possibly draw from his new album.
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Karol G named 2024 Woman of the Year by Billboard
Feb 08, 2024 2:37 pm - Colombian singer-songwriter Karol G has earned the title of Billboard’s 2024 Woman of the Year, landing her in the same company as Taylor Swift, SZA and Lady Gaga. On Sun...