Entertainment
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Everything’s better under the sea in Drury Lane’s ‘The Little Mermaid’Nov 15, 2024 1:29 pm - Drury Lane Theatre’s production of Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” is not only an effervescent escape from reality, it also morphs into a pep rally for Ariel, her friends and enemies.
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Village grant proposed for new Moretti’s in WheelingNov 15, 2024 11:48 am - The Moretti’s restaurant chain could receive a $225,000 municipal grant from Wheeling to help cover the construction costs of a new eatery in that suburb.
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Music Review: Linkin Park returns on ‘From Zero,’ their first album since Chester Bennington’s death
Nov 15, 2024 11:16 am - Linkin Park, the inventive American rap-rock band who wove electronica into its heavy, melodic compositions, return with their first new album in seven years, “From Z...
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‘Dune: Prophecy’ warns us about charismatic leaders and killer AI
Nov 15, 2024 9:21 am - The HBO series “Dune: Prophecy,” which premieres Sunday, Nov. 17, doesn’t just deepen the lore of Denis Villeneuve’s two “Dune” films. It seems to have our own world in mind, too. Say, its politics. And its technology.
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Italian renaissance continues in downtown Aurora with Giardino Trattoria & PizzeriaNov 15, 2024 8:39 am - A new Giardino Trattoria & Pizzeria had a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at 12 N. River St., in the historic Hobbs Building in Aurora. It is the second of three Italian restaurants to open within a year in downtown Aurora.
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TV funnyman Conan O’Brien is tapped to host next Oscars
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Juan Luis Guerra 4.40 wins album of the year at the 2024 Latin Grammys, a 25th anniversary party
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Dolly Parton sings her family’s story on ‘Smoky Mountain DNA.’ She says it is her ‘favorite album’
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In Andrea Arnold’s ‘Bird,’ a gritty fairy tale doesn’t take flight
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Schaumburg’s annual tree lighting ceremony set for Nov. 29Nov 14, 2024 5:19 pm - The village of Schaumburg’s annual tree lighting ceremony will be held Friday, Nov. 29 in the Jack Siegel Memorial Plaza between village hall and the Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts at 101 Schaumburg Court.