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‘Civil War’ and the elusiveness of the of-the-moment movie

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 18, 2024 3:58 pm - The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky.
Iconic restaurant Port Edward sails into new era 60 years after opening

By Michelle Meyer
Apr 18, 2024 1:33 pm - The seafood restaurant got a makeover, but strong legacy of late founder remains Some impactful changes have been made to the longstanding downtown Algonquin restaur...
Cantigny and Chicago Botanic Garden launch summer internship program for military veterans

Submitted by Cantigny Park and Chicago Botanic Garden
Apr 18, 2024 12:49 pm - The Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe and Cantigny in Wheaton are partnering to support military veterans and ease their transition to the civilian workforce. This summer...
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80

By STEVEN WINE and RUSS BYNUM
Apr 18, 2024 12:11 pm - Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80. The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died a...
A heist movie gleefully collides with a monster movie in ‘Abigail’

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 18, 2024 11:56 am - If you always thought your garden-variety heist movies could do with a bit more blood-sucking vampire, have we got a flick for you. “Abigail,” featuring a 12-year-old tutu-wearing member of the undead, is a gleeful genre-smashing romp through puddles of gore.
‘We Grown Now’ a lyrical portrait of childhood growing up in Cabrini-Green

By LINDSEY BAHR
Apr 18, 2024 11:45 am - Two 11-year-old boys navigate school, friendship, family and change in Minhal Baig’s lyrical drama “We Grown Now.” It’s an evocative memory piece, wistful and honest, and a different kind of portrait of a very infamous place: Chicago’s Cabrini-Green public housing development.
Join actor, author and activist Kal Penn for an exclusive online event

Submitted by Schaumburg Library
Apr 18, 2024 11:25 am - Illinois Libraries Present, a statewide collaboration between public libraries offering premier events, is joined by actor, author and activist Kal Penn for an online event on Tuesday, May 7, 2024.
‘Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ amps up a true-tale WWII heist

By JAKE COYLE
Apr 18, 2024 7:57 am - The latest Guy Ritchie flick, “The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare,” has a spine of true story to it, even if it does all it can to amplify a long-declassified World War II tale with enough dead Nazis to make “Inglourious Basterds” blush.
Portrait of a master: Pianist Hershey Felder dazzles in ‘Monsieur Chopin’

By Barbara Vitello
Apr 18, 2024 6:33 am - Accomplished pianist Hershey Felder displays his prowess in Writers Theatre’s “Monsieur Chopin — A Play With Music,” written by and starring the pianist/writer/actor/composer who first introduced the show to Chicago 19 years ago.
Love wins in triumphant ‘Housekeeping for Beginners’

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 17, 2024 12:39 pm - In “Housekeeping for Beginners,” writer and director Goran Stolevski gives us an atypical family portrait that's brilliantly political without being preachy, loving without being maudlin and epic by being specifically tiny.

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