Entertainment
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Ron Onesti: Robby Krieger ‘Lit The Fire’Oct 01, 2024 7:36 pm - “Come on baby, light my fire!” When you hear that, it really can mean just ONE thing. It represents the same melodic yet intense voice and psychedelic sound that belted out “Riders on the Storm,” “People Are Strange,” “Love Me Two Times,” “Hello, I Love You,” and so many other tunes that helped to define a generation. Yes, the music of Jim Morrison and The Doors.
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Ron Onesti: ‘Did I ever tell you about the time…?’Oct 01, 2024 7:16 pm - I have been blessed with a 35-plus-year career in the entertainment biz and it has provided for me almost countless moments of excitement, emotion and bewilderment. Being able to share some of these “pinch me” moments with you, my ever-so humbling readers, has been a blessing in and of itself.
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Abercrombie & Fitch joins wave of new business coming to downtown NapervilleOct 01, 2024 6:43 pm - National clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch will take the space once occupied by Ulta Beauty on Washington Street in downtown Naperville.
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Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between extremes. The prolific band, which released their 18th LP recently, is bringing its unique sound to Chicago’s Sleeping Village Monday, Oct. 21.
Oct 01, 2024 5:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — Since its inception more than two decades ago, the experimental rock band Xiu Xiu has danced between extremes. They’ve made music — drenched in synthesizers...
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John Amos, patriarch on ‘Good Times’ and an Emmy nominee for ‘Roots,’ dies at 84Oct 01, 2024 1:47 pm - John Amos, who starred as the family patriarch on the hit 1970s sitcom “Good Times" and earned an Emmy nomination for his role in the seminal 1977 miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 84.
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After playing Weird Barbie, Kate McKinnon’s new children’s book also celebrates being uniquely youOct 01, 2024 12:44 pm - If you find it odd that Kate McKinnon chose her first book to be for middle-grade kids, the former “Saturday Night Live” star says, think again. Find out why when she hosts a sold-out author event Thursday, Oct. 3, at the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove.
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Local film to premiere in Elk Grove VillageOct 01, 2024 12:36 pm - In the world of independent films, there's low-budget, microbudget, and no-budget. With a total production cost of under 20K, the independent Dark Comedy “Girl in the Refrigerator” would qualify as a no-budget film.
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Haunted Hoffman Family Fest brings spooktacular fun to Fabbrini ParkOct 01, 2024 9:51 am - On Saturday, Oct. 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 0.m., at Fabbrini Park, 1704 Glen Lake Road, Hoffman Estates, families across Hoffman Estates and the surrounding area are invited to join the Hoffman Estates Park District (HEParks) for a day of festive fun at the Haunted Hoffman Family Fest.
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Folk singer Dvorak brings songs, stories and banjos to Prospect Heights Oct. 6Oct 01, 2024 9:34 am - The Prospect Heights Public Library will present Chicago’s “official troubadour” Mark Dvorak in a special performance, “Once I Had an Old Banjo,” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 6.
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Buffalo Theatre wins first Jeff award; Marriott’s ‘Beautiful,’ Drury Lane’s ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’’ pick up multiple awardsSep 30, 2024 11:15 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble received its first Joseph Jefferson Award for Aly Greaves Amidei’s costumes for “Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley” during Monday’s 56th Jeff Awards ceremony at Drury Lane Theatre.