Entertainment
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Velocity Esports to open March 23 at Woodfield Mall in SchaumburgMar 05, 2024 3:50 pm - Velocity Esports, an entertainment center featuring arcade and console games along with billiards, will open March 23 at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg.
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Best Bets: St. Patrick’s Day concerts, magician Bill Blagg, ‘HYPROV,’ Shen Yun and moreMar 05, 2024 3:24 pm - While the McAninch Arts Center and Hey Nonny celebrate St. Paddy’s Day early, hypnotist Asad Mecci and improvisor Jonathan Mangum bring “HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis” to Naperville and Shen Yun dances onto the Rosemont Theatre stage.
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Q&A: Jimmy Kimmel is hosting the Oscars again. This time, it’s an election year
Mar 05, 2024 2:24 pm - Through one of the most tumultuous periods in Oscars history, through flub and slap, Jimmy Kimmel has emerged as the steadying hand and abiding face of the Academy Awards.
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Dundee Township history museum to host program on ‘Iron and Bolt Homes’ March 10Mar 05, 2024 1:53 pm - The Dundee Township Historical Society will present “Iron and Bolt Homes” at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 10, at the museum, 426 Highland Ave. in West Dundee. Beginning in the la...
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Guy Ritchie serves up a meaty thriller-comedy series on Netflix with ‘The Gentlemen’
Mar 05, 2024 1:39 pm - When we first meet the hero of Guy Ritchie's new Netflix series “The Gentlemen,” he's not exactly what you'd expect from a Guy Ritchie hero. He's a peacekeeper for the United Nations, under orders to de-escalate tensions. Can that really last, this being a Guy Ritchie series?
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Spotlight: Aurora’s Paramount Theatre revives Tennessee Williams’ classic ‘Streetcar’Mar 05, 2024 1:38 pm - Aurora’s Copley Theatre revives Tennessee Williams’ classic “A Streetcar Named Desire” while Naperville’s BrightSide Theatre stages the comedy thriller “Deathtrap” and Steppenwolf premieres a new family drama.
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Music review: Judas Priest shows you don’t have to be young to be fast with ‘Invincible Shield’
Mar 05, 2024 1:28 pm - If you think Judas Priest is a bunch of past-their-prime old geezers, you've got another thing coming. The heavy metal quintet that formed in 1969 and released its first ...
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Things to do March 8-14: World of Wheels, the Eagles, St. Patrick’s Day Parades and moreMar 05, 2024 12:29 pm - Mark your calendars for the World of Wheels car show in Rosemont, the Eagles and Steely Dan at the United Center, St. Patrick’s Day parades in Naperville and St. Charles and more this weekend.
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Facebook, Instagram, Messenger and Threads down in widespread outage
Mar 05, 2024 10:37 am - Users of Meta's Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Messenger platforms are experiencing login issues in what appears to be a widespread outage. Internet traffic observer Do...
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Book Review: ‘The Hunter’ is a dark and lyrical tale of revenge, friendship and loyalty in collision
Mar 05, 2024 6:45 am - Cal Hooper fled a failing marriage, quit his exhausting job with the Chicago Police Department, and settled down in Ardnakelty, a fictional village nestled in the mountai...