Entertainment
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Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the Osmonds, has died at 76
Apr 21, 2026 3:07 pm - Alan Osmond, the eldest member of the chart-topping family act The Osmonds, died Monday after decades with multiple sclerosis. He was 76.
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Spotlight: Paramount Theatre revives Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘South Pacific’Apr 21, 2026 2:22 pm - Paramount Theatre stages “South Pacific,” Lifeline Theatre premieres the rock musical “Loki,” Metropolis Performing Arts Centre stages “The Wedding Singer,” and Raven Theatre presents its first musical, the a cappella tuner “Octet.”
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Best Bets: Great America opening, Long Grove Craft Beer Fest and Hannibal BuressApr 21, 2026 12:01 pm - Great America opens for its 50th season, Long Grove hosts its annual craft beer festival, Aurora’s Venue salutes storied Chicago blues label Delmark Records, and comedian Hannibal Buress headlines the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts.
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Dining out: Endless shrimp is back at Red LobsterApr 21, 2026 10:21 am - The wait is over: Endless shrimp is back at Red Lobster for a limited time. Also, Hometown Coffee and Juice is coming to Hinsdale, and seven suburban restaurants are supporting the Sip and Share for Foster Care initiative.
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Zach Galifianakis brings humor to gardening in a Netflix series premiering on Earth Day
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Things to do April 24-30: Cirque Italia, Fear No Art Festival, final performances of ‘Hamilton’ and moreApr 21, 2026 9:17 am - Mark your calendar for Cirque Italia’s Atlantis Water Circus in Aurora, College of Lake County’s Fear No Art Festival, the last weekend of “Hamilton” at Chicago’s CIBC Theatre, the Central States Numismatic Society Convention in Schaumburg and more.
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Garfield Farm Museum to honor environmental and historic preservation leaders at 35th annual awards dinnerApr 21, 2026 1:07 am - Garfield Farm Museum will hold its 35th annual awards dinner on May 8 to celebrate 49 years and honor contributors to historic and environmental preservation.
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Aurora’s RiverEdge Park expands summer lineupApr 20, 2026 4:43 pm - The bands Third Eye Blind and Six One Five Collected have been added to RiverEdge Park’s summer concert series.
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Elgin Community College Theatre to present Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451’Apr 20, 2026 12:18 pm - Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451” will ignite the stage this spring in Elgin Community College Theatre’s adaptation of the 1953 novel, running Friday, April 24, to Sunday, May 3, in the college’s SecondSpace Theatre.
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‘Stay gold, Ponyboy’: Maine West to present ‘The Outsiders’Apr 20, 2026 11:36 am - Maine West High School’s Fine Arts Department will present its spring play, “The Outsiders,” April 23-25 in Des Plaines.