Entertainment
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‘Oppenheimer’ and ‘Poor Things’ lead the race for Britain’s BAFTA film awardsJan 18, 2024 7:20 am - Atom-bomb epic “Oppenheimer” leads the race for the British Academy Film Awards, with nominations in 13 categories including best film. Gothic fantasia “Poor Things” rece...
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In ‘The Teachers’ Lounge,’ one middle school is a microcosm of a troubled worldJan 18, 2024 5:45 am - What happens in the teachers’ lounge, anyway? When we were kids, that closed door seemed so tantalizingly forbidding, though it probably only hid some coffee-sipping, lig...
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In ‘I.S.S.,’ war on Earth disrupts life aboard the International Space StationJan 18, 2024 5:45 am - With war raging in Ukraine and U.S.-Russia relations below freezing, the Cold War movie may be alive, again, too. After decades when fears of mutual destruction and nucl...
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Ava DuVernay’s ‘Origin’ is a powerful, artful interpretation of ‘Caste’Jan 18, 2024 5:45 am - Words like “important” and “vital” are thrown around possibly a little too much in film criticism. It’s not that we don’t mean it — it’s just that sometimes we (OK, I) ca...
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Elmhurst Art Museum announces programs for Norman Teague’s ‘A Love Supreme’Jan 17, 2024 9:48 pm - The Elmhurst Art Museum will be hosting programs for “A Love Supreme,” a solo exhibition by Norman Teague inspired by legendary jazz musician John Coltrane, with an adjoi...
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Time to dine during Geneva Restaurant WeekJan 17, 2024 9:02 pm - The Geneva Chamber of Commerce is highlighting culinary excellence by offering Geneva Restaurant Week, nine days of discounted dining at some of Geneva’s finest restaura...
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‘It’s become Mardi Gras’: Big Friday crowds leads Arlington Heights to limit summer concerts to ThursdaysJan 17, 2024 7:12 pm - It may be cold outside, but schedule changes to the popular Sounds of Summer concert series in downtown Arlington Heights are a hot topic in town. Mayor Tom Hayes said he...
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Elgin native, Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic Shales dead at 79Jan 17, 2024 6:10 pm - Pulitzer Prize-winning television critic Tom Shales, an Elgin native whose witty, incisive observations inspired both respect and fear, according to The New York Times, d...
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Marmion art gallery to exhibit work by local quilter Wilma ShimkusJan 17, 2024 6:00 pm - Nature- and pioneer-inspired quilts by Wilma Shimkus of Big Rock will be going on display starting Jan. 28 at Marmion Academy’s Dr. Scholl Gallery. Shimkus has always enj...
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Chicago Restaurant Week brings plenty of good deals to the suburbsJan 17, 2024 5:32 pm - Foodies, it’s game on. Chicago Restaurant Week started Friday. And don’t worry, you have more than a week to take advantage of it as the 17th annual event continues t...