Entertainment
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Submit works inspired by local landscape to Art of the Land showMay 28, 2024 8:10 pm - Local artists and artisans are invited to submit works inspired by the local landscape for The Land Conservancy of McHenry County’s 16th annual Art of the Land art show and fundraiser.
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First Watch, Raising Cane’s proposed for Vernon Hills, though traffic a concernMay 28, 2024 4:02 pm - First Watch and Raising Cane’s are considered welcome additions to the village’s extensive restaurant roster. However, each has some questions to be addressed during a detailed review by village staff and subsequent public hearings.
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It’s gore vs. bore in a ‘Nature’ movie all about splatter matterMay 28, 2024 3:41 pm - I am guessing that when Chris Nash’s “In a Violent Nature” goes to streaming on Shudder, its target audience might jump straight to the 42-minute mark, the movie’s ultra-graphic piece-de-resistance.
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Capture Northbrook’s beautiful countryside in the first “Paint the Prairie” CompetitionMay 28, 2024 3:05 pm - Painting outdoors is all about capturing the beauty of nature in real time, as the light changes, the breeze shifts, and birds, insects and other creatures travel through the landscape at their own rhythms.
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‘Simply the best’: The MAC announces upcoming season, starting with Tina Turner tributeMay 28, 2024 3:00 pm - McAninch Arts Center’s just-announced 2024-2025 season includes music, dance, theater, laughs and more.
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Raue Center to host sixth annual 6x6 Project Art Auction and receptionMay 28, 2024 2:59 pm - The Raue Center For The Arts in Crystal Lake is hosting its sixth annual 6x6 Project Art Auction and Reception on Saturday, June 29, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Artists of all ag...
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Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of ‘The Godfather’ and ‘Million Dollar Baby,’ dies at 94
May 28, 2024 2:50 pm - Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan's Heroes,” has died at age 94.
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Spotlight: Chicago’s Strawdog puts modern spin on ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’May 28, 2024 1:28 pm - Strawdog Theatre updates Oscar Wilde’s comedy of manners “The Importance of Being Earnest” to Chicago’s Boystown and the rock and hip-hop musical “Six,” about the six wives of Henry VIII, returns to Chicago for a brief run.
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Book Review: A dark secret exposed about a World War II internment camp in ‘First Frost’May 28, 2024 1:26 pm - Walt Longmire and his deputy are poking around in his basement when she spots a relic of his youth, a hundred-pound Bob Simmons-model surfboard. “You’re too big to surf,”...
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Festivals May 31 to June 6: Gilberts Community Days, Cream of Wheaton, Roselle Lions Rose Festival, Pride parades and moreMay 28, 2024 12:00 pm - Mark your calendars for Gilberts Community Days, Cream of Wheaton, Pride parades in Elgin, Waukegan and Buffalo Grove, Chicago’s Puerto Rican Festival and more happening this week.