Entertainment
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Harper College welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright to campusMar 01, 2024 3:10 pm - It’s not every day that a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright comes to Harper College, but Beth Henley will be in the audience when the Harper Ensemble Theatre Company presents her award-winning play, “Crimes of the Heart.”
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St. Pat’s Shindig at Buffalo Creek BrewingMar 01, 2024 12:25 pm - Buffalo Creek Brewing goes green all weekend for its annual St. Pat’s Shindig. Guests each day are invited to sport their favorite Irish threads and celebrate in the taproom or outside in the biergarten alongside the roaring firepits
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We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year’s Oscars are evidence
Mar 01, 2024 10:25 am - Filmmaking, a rough-and-tumble business that requires an army of collaborators and millions in financing, can be a grueling endeavor. It’s not historically been the providence of octogenarians. But we may be living in the golden age of the aged filmmaker.
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Kate Winslet’s ‘Regime’ is not a dictatorship — behind the scenes, at least
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Once doomed to cult status, the animated satire ‘Clone High’ finds a new life on MaxMar 01, 2024 8:16 am - In one of the weirdest high schools in history, Cleopatra is dating class president Frida Kahlo and John F. Kennedy's best friend is Abraham Lincoln. This is “Clone High,...
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The Luck of the Irish is coming to the St. Charles St. Patrick’s ParadeFeb 29, 2024 11:16 pm - The St. Charles St. Patrick’s Parade, presented by St. Charles Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram, is taking place on Saturday, March 9, along with an array of family-friendly St...
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Sound check: Richard Marx, Tony Orlando and the indie Winter PromFeb 29, 2024 9:46 am - Crooner Richard Marx returns to Chicago; Tommy Kessler and Damager head up Beat Kitchen’s Winter Prom; and Tony Orlando brings his “Farewell Tour” to the suburbs this weekend.
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Perry’s Steakhouse to open third Chicago-area location as part of Hawthorn mall redevelopment in Vernon HillsFeb 29, 2024 9:41 am - Texas-based Perry’s Steakhouse plans to open its third Chicago-area location April 15 as part of the ongoing Hawthorn mall redevelopment in Vernon Hills.
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Movie review: It’s lonely out in space for Adam Sandler in pensive sci-fi psychodrama ‘Spaceman’
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Spotlight: Lifeline Theatre adapts children’s fave ‘Skunk and Badger’Feb 29, 2024 6:24 am - The unlikely friendship between a skunk and a badger inspired Lifeline Theatre’s family-friendly premiere “Skunk and Badger,” beginning performances this week along with Goodman Theatre’s Chicago premiere of Margaret Atwood’s “The Penelopiad.”