Entertainment
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Schaumburg schedules full season of events at new 90 North ParkApr 30, 2026 3:46 pm - Following last September’s successful kickoff, Schaumburg has scheduled its first entire season of warm-weather events at the new urban-style 90 North Park in the heart of the Veridian development.
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Volunteers turn Chicago fan’s recordings of 10,000 concerts into an online treasure trove
Apr 30, 2026 1:17 pm - The growing Aadam Jacobs Collection based in Chicago is an internet treasure trove for music lovers, especially for fans of indie and punk rock during the 1980s through the early 2000s. All of it is slowly becoming available for streaming and free download at the nonprofit online repository Internet Archive.
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Arlington Alfresco returns to downtown Arlington Heights FridayApr 30, 2026 12:49 pm - Arlington Alfresco, the popular outdoor dining zone in downtown Arlington Heights, returns for the season Friday.
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Beyoncé, Bezos, baubles and bustiers: What to know about the 2026 Met Gala
Apr 30, 2026 12:18 pm - Fashionistas knew this already: “Fashion is Art.” But how will Met Gala guests interpret that dress code at this year’s extravaganza? Here’s what you need to know.
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David Allan Coe, who wrote ‘Take This Job and Shove It’ and other country hits, dies at 86
Apr 30, 2026 8:08 am - David Allan Coe, the country singer-songwriter who wrote the working-class anthem “Take This Job and Shove It” and had hits with “You Never Even Called Me By My Name” and “The Ride” among others, has died. He was 86.
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‘Mormon Wives’ star Taylor Frankie Paul and ex-partner push for protective orders against each other
Apr 30, 2026 7:21 am - Attorneys for Taylor Frankie Paul, a reality TV star from “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” and the father of her 2-year-old son will present dueling petitions for protective orders against each other Thursday in a case that could determine who gets custody of their child.
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‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ still has style, but the story is overdressed
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - Fashion trends are notoriously fickle, but some things, like Meryl Streep and Stanley Tucci, never go out of style. So you can see why making “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” two decades after the original, was hard to resist.
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A flatulence-filled ‘Animal Farm’ for tots turns a masterpiece into cinematic manure
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - I’m all for reinventions and reintroductions. But screenwriter Nicholas Stoller and director Andy Serkis’ awfully misguided Disneyfication of “Animal Farm,” one of the greatest allegorical satires in the English language, is a cinematic car crash.
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Adam Scott gets spooked in a haunted hotel in ‘Hokum’
Apr 30, 2026 5:15 am - The first few minutes of “Hokum” might make you think you’re in the wrong movie. I certainly did. If you know anything about Damian McCarthy’s new horror movie, it’s probably that it involves Adam Scott and a haunted Irish hotel.
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Historian and actor Terry Lynch brings to life ‘John Adams: A Lawyer in Adversity’Apr 30, 2026 12:11 am - On Saturday, May 9, the Glen Ellyn Historical Society presents historian and actor Terry Lynch as he portrays the second President of the United States, John Adams.