Entertainment
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Suki Waterhouse pens a ‘Memoir of a Sparklemuffin’ on her wide-ranging sophomore album
Sep 24, 2024 11:10 am - Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin spider during a late-night scroll. The spider became a foil and a mascot for Waterhouse's sophomore album, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” released recently. She’s headlining Chicago’s Salt Shed on Dec. 18.
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Scooter’s Coffee, storage facility and more coming to Deer ParkSep 24, 2024 11:00 am - A Scooter’s Coffee shop, restaurants and a self-storage facility are coming to Deer Park.
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October Days return to historic Long GroveSep 24, 2024 8:32 am - Historic Downtown Long Grove is embracing autumn with a month full of seasonal activities this October.
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BatFest to fill downtown Batavia with family fun Oct. 26Sep 23, 2024 10:57 pm - Batavia Mainstreet is bringing back its annual Halloween-themed family event, BatFest, on Saturday, Oct. 26.
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount revives ‘An Act of God’ comedySep 23, 2024 5:51 pm - The Almighty pays a return visit to earth to amend his commandments in “An Act of God” beginning previews Oct. 2 at Aurora’s Copley Theatre.
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Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson’s ‘overnight success’ is more than a decade in the makingSep 23, 2024 4:58 pm - Meghann Fahy and Eve Hewson, two of the stars of Netflix's whodunit “The Perfect Couple,” have news for you if you want to call them breakouts: They've been working in this business for more than a decade.
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Book Review: Crystal King combines food, myths and surrealism with ‘In the Garden of Monsters’
Sep 23, 2024 3:47 pm - Salvador Dali hires a young artist with a striking similarity to the goddess Proserpina to model for him in the Sacro Bosco, a mystical garden almost as surreal as Dali h...
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Best Bets: Jack O’Lantern World, ‘AGT’ vets Malevo, The Capitol Fools and moreSep 23, 2024 3:33 pm - The Halloween extravaganza Jack O’Lantern World opens in Lake Zurich, plus the McAninch Arts Center welcomes Argentinean dance ensemble and “America’s Got Talent” veterans Malevo and political satirists The Capitol Fools.
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From ballet to jazz to folk, Chicago’s fall dance season features all the movesSep 23, 2024 2:39 pm - Chicago’s 2024-25 dance season is full of new works, captivating collaborations and welcome revivals. There’s something for everyone with the Windy City’s famed dance companies that specialize in ballet, modern and folk dance traditions.
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Stephen & Evie Colbert offer a cookbook that’s also a window into their lives
Sep 23, 2024 1:57 pm - Many years into their marriage, Stephen and Evie Colbert suddenly became co-workers. And that is why, in a roundabout way, we have their first cookbook.