Entertainment
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Batavia Windmill City Festival ready with music, food, carnival, activities
Jul 10, 2024 1:55 pm - The largest summer event in Batavia, the three-day Windmill City Festival begins this weekend with live music, food, a carnival, games and contests.
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Brotherhood of Harmony offers free singing lessonsJul 10, 2024 1:20 pm - Registration for a special program of free singing/voice lessons is now open.
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Outdoor family movie night series continues with ‘Migration’Jul 10, 2024 12:30 pm - Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Aurora, will continue its summer family movie night series at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 17. "Migration," the 2023 anim...
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From classroom bees to museum murals: Lake County artist’s inspiring pathJul 10, 2024 11:44 am - Samantha Gallagher has transformed her lifelong love for insects and drawing into a business. The Lake County Forest Preserves commissioned Gallagher to create 11 cicada illustrations that make up a large part of the Dunn Museum’s special exhibition, “Celebrating Cicadas.”
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Side Street Studio Arts to host its first Celebrity Art Clash Showdown July 13Jul 10, 2024 10:42 am - Side Street Studio Arts in Elgin will host its first Celebrity Art Clash Showdown as part of “Renew,” a live paint experience and exhibition. The event will include a v...
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Actor George Clooney, a high-profile Biden supporter and fundraiser, asks president to leave race
Jul 10, 2024 10:32 am - WASHINGTON — Movie star and lifelong Democrat George Clooney added his voice to calls for Joe Biden to leave the presidential race on Wednesday. Clooney said in a New Yor...
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Political ads on social media rife with misinformation and scams, new research finds
Jul 10, 2024 10:29 am - WASHINGTON — The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, and receive a free Trump 2024 flag and a commemorative coin. All in exchang...
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Bob Dylan is giving fans a chance to relive his 1974 tour with the Band on a staggering 27-disc set
Jul 10, 2024 6:56 am - Bob Dylan fans who want to relive his 1974 concert tour with The Band will soon have opportunity to do that — ample opportunity. He’s releasing a staggering 27-disc box set on Sept. 20.
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Our Saviour’s Church to host ‘Hidden Figures’ screening July 17Jul 10, 2024 12:12 am - Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church, with two campuses in central Naperville, will host a free viewing and discussion of "Hidden Figures" on Wednesday, July 17.
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Wheaton Municipal Band welcomes two music iconsJul 09, 2024 11:31 pm - The Wheaton Municipal Band welcomes composer/conductor Julie Giroux to the podium, along with conductor Ray Cramer, on Thursday, July 11, in Memorial Park in downtown Wheaton.