Entertainment
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Festival of Cultures brings world of fun to WheatonSep 15, 2024 4:56 pm - Music, art and food from around the world were highlighted Sunday during Wheaton’s Festival of Cultures at Memorial Park.
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Back from the dead? Haunted house helps revive long vacant nightclub space in West ChicagoSep 15, 2024 4:45 pm - 5 Points Haunted House — a commercial offshoot of the Lehman Manor Halloween attraction run for years by the McCabe family outside their West Chicago home — will open Oct. 4 in the former site of Club 38 and Synergy nightclubs on Roosevelt Road.
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Car show highlights final day of Heritage Fest in West DundeeSep 15, 2024 3:57 pm - Three days of Heritage Fest wrapped up Sunday in West Dundee.
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How the Richardson Farm in Spring Grove grew to be the ‘world’s largest’ corn maze
Sep 15, 2024 1:31 am - The corn maze at Richardson Farm in Spring Grove, a 28-acre labyrinth with annual themes, has grown significantly since it started 24 years ago.
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‘A vibrant hub’: $4.2 million Korean performing arts center opens in WheelingSep 14, 2024 8:15 pm - Dignitaries cut the ribbon Saturday at the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago’s $4.2 million BISCO Hall Performing Arts Center.
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Tennessee Playwrights Studio presents ‘That Woman — The Monologue Show’ at the Elgin Fringe FestSep 13, 2024 10:06 pm - On Sept. 26-29, Tennessee Playwrights Studio will be bringing its 60-minute festival version of “That Woman — The Monologue Show” to the Elgin Fringe Festival with five local Chicago-area actors.
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 75th season features masterworks by Ravel, Beethoven, GriegSep 13, 2024 9:45 pm - Single tickets are now on sale for the Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s 75th anniversary season, which opens the weekend of Sept. 28-29 with a Spanish-music-themed program.
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Pan Am Betty to visit this month’s Elgin Fringe FestivalSep 13, 2024 8:15 pm - Buckle up for a trip back to the golden age of aviation. Historian and actress Leslie Goddard will bring history alive at the Elgin Fringe Festival with her one-woman play, “Betty the Pan Am Stewardess.”
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Marriott Theatre announces landmark anniversary seasonSep 13, 2024 5:04 pm - Marriott Theatre announced its 2025 season. Marking the Lincolnshire theater’s 50th anniversary will include a world premiere, as well as revivals of “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the film-inspired “Catch Me if You Can,” and the infrequently staged “Titanic the Musical.”
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Gary Oldman’s TV series ‘Slow Horses’ gets some Emmy love
Sep 13, 2024 3:40 pm - Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman) is an Englishman who solves mysteries, but he’s not your typically elegant, charming type. He’s the beating heart of Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses,” a which goes into Sunday's telecast with nine nominations, including for best drama series.