Entertainment
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Lombard’s Maple Street Concerts welcomes Carrie Elkin & Danny Schmidt with Wild Ponies Nov. 16Nov 04, 2024 4:38 pm - Maple Street Concerts welcomes back as a co-bill, Nashville-based musical duos and close friends, folk/singer-songwriters and Americana/country-roots performers Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt with Wild Ponies
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Shelby Van Pelt, author of ‘Remarkably Bright Creatures,’ speaks at Elmhurst University Nov. 20Nov 04, 2024 3:22 pm - Author Shelby Van Pelt will discuss her writing process, loss, hope, and the giant Pacific octopus at Elmhurst University on Nov. 20.
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Food drive, McHenry band, veterans salute with Jazz Consortium at Palatine's Durty Nellie's Nov. 10Nov 04, 2024 2:54 pm - For a 13th year, the 17-piece Jazz Consortium Big Band will be sponsoring a holiday food drive at its performance at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 10, at Durty Nellie’s Gastropub and Entertainment Hub, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine.
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Musician Dave Martin shares history by the glass at next Coffee TalkNov 04, 2024 2:17 pm - The story begins in the cradle of civilization, but Dave Martin wastes no time bringing the audience home to the Midwest and Great Lakes — courtesy of “A History of the World in Six Glasses.”
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Aurora’s Veterans Day event to feature former Prisoner of War Jessica LynchNov 04, 2024 1:05 pm - The Aurora community will salute heroes on Veterans Day who bravely served our country and returned home to continue serving in many ways throughout the community.
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Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band to present annual fall concert, ‘A Heard of Goats’Nov 04, 2024 1:04 pm - The Buffalo Grove Symphonic Band will present its 24th Annual Fall Concert at 7 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 16, at Vernon Hills High School, 145 Lakeview Parkway in Vernon Hills.
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Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang performs with Elgin Symphony Orchestra Nov. 9-10Nov 04, 2024 11:57 am - As part of its 75th season celebration, Grammy-nominated pianist Joyce Yang will be joining the award-winning Elgin Symphony Orchestra on Nov. 9-10 in a program featuring Grieg’s Piano Concerto, Dvorak’s Symphony No. 7, and Coleridge-Taylor’s Overture to “The Song of Hiawatha.”
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Book Review: Sy Montgomery shares ‘What the Chicken Knows’ in new mini hardcover
Nov 04, 2024 11:25 am - Three clucks to Sy Montgomery, who 14 years after publishing “Birdology,” is still finding ways to make money off the charming stories she told in that book about various avian species. “What the Chicken Knows” is being re-released as a mini hardcover.
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ArtReach Theatre to stage ‘The Wizard of Oz’ at Cutting HallNov 04, 2024 10:43 am - ArtReach Educational Theatre, in partnership with Spotlite Theatrix Production Company, will present “The Wizard of Oz” at Cutting Hall in Palatine.
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One caterpillar, four stories and 75 puppets, courtesy of Northbrook Theatre for Young AudiencesNov 04, 2024 8:32 am - The upcoming play by Northbrook Theatre for Young Audiences features adaptations of four popular children’s books with a whopping 75 adorable puppets on stage.