Entertainment
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Aurora’s GreenFest goes ‘electric’ on June 8May 25, 2024 12:46 am - Aurora GreenFest will return to Prisco Community Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. The free and green-minded festival will have a full day of activities,...
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Perfect ‘English’: Goodman’s funny, provocative Chicago-area premiere ponders the price of proficiencyMay 24, 2024 12:56 pm - The deceptively simple “English,” Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play about Iranians learning to speak the titular language, is a lovely, thought-provoking examination of language and identity. It runs through June 16 at Goodman Theatre.
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‘Never stop learning’: 91-year-old violin teacher behind Arlington Heights’ Betty Haag music academy prepares to retireMay 24, 2024 11:32 am - “Never stop learning.” Acclaimed violin teacher Betty Haag-Kuhnke, 91, founder of The Betty Haag Academy of Music, gives that advice to students and teachers alike as she prepares to retire after a career that spans more than 70 years.
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J.Lo heads to a new galaxy for AI love story in ‘Atlas’
May 24, 2024 10:26 am - Let’s all be clear that when it comes to Jennifer Lopez, it's about the love story. And so if we tell you that now, we have J.Lo in “Atlas,” playing a data analyst who travels to a planet populated solely by evil AI bots preparing to extinguish humanity, well, your only question really should be, “Where’s the love story?”
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‘The Keeper’ is unsubtle story of veteran suicide and a man on a mission
May 24, 2024 9:57 am - Inspired by the true story of George Eshleman, a U.S. Army veteran who, in 2016, hiked the entire Appalachian Trail while carrying the names of 363 veterans who died by suicide, “The Keeper” aims, above all, to raise awareness about a very real problem.
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Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53
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With a new War Rig and a fleet of motorbikes, ‘Furiosa’ restarts the motorized mayhem of ‘Mad Max’
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Plan for four days of summer fun at Cream of WheatonMay 23, 2024 11:03 pm - Kick off summer with the Cream of Wheaton on May 30 to June 2. The bandshell at Memorial Park will be rocking with four days of music from over a dozen music groups.
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Summer Olympics to be theme for the annual Rose Parade, part of the four-day Rose FestivalMay 23, 2024 10:38 pm - The Roselle Lions Rose Festival, now in its 62nd year, offers a family-friendly weekend of live music, a car show, 5K race, the Rose Parade, a festival food court, and mo...
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Ron Onesti: The black hole of televisionMay 23, 2024 7:33 pm - Ron Onesti misses the TV of yesteryear, especially the talk shows that introduced him to the stars before his time.