Entertainment
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Finding her niche: ‘Happy accident’ inspired Wood Dale actress/puppeteer’s careerJan 17, 2024 12:32 pm - Leah Casey wasn’t hired as a puppeteer for Drury Lane Theatre’s recent “Cinderella” revival. She was hired to sing and dance. But when director/choreographer Amber Mak in...
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Spotlight: Goodman, Dana Delany premiere thriller inspired by real lifeJan 17, 2024 10:49 am - The relationship that developed between Emmy Award-winning actress Dana Delany and a 13-year-old fan she met through social media inspired Goodman Theatre’s “Highway Patr...
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Best Bets: Puddles Pity Party, ‘A Love Supreme’ at Elmhurst Art Museum and moreJan 17, 2024 10:16 am - Puddles the Singing Clown brings Puddles Pity Party to the Genesee Theatre and Norman Teague’s solo exhibition, “A Love Supreme,” opens at the Elmhurst Art Museum this we...
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Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford get into Songwriters Hall of FameJan 17, 2024 9:35 am - Steely Dan, R.E.M., Timbaland, Hillary Lindsey and Dean Pitchford will be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, an incoming class of musicians who have scaled the h...
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Downtown Plainfield sees restaurants closing, but plans for new ones in the works
Jan 17, 2024 8:58 am - The new year has brought about several closures to the downtown Plainfield restaurant scene. However, village officials are confident that new concepts will be reopening ...
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Emmy Awards get record low ratings with audience of 4.3 million peopleJan 17, 2024 7:03 am - The Emmy Awards telecast on Fox reached a record low audience of 4.3 million viewers, as the long-term trend of diminishing ratings for the show continues. The Nielsen co...
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St. Charles Public Library showcases two local artistsJan 17, 2024 12:14 am - During the months of January and February, the St. Charles Public Library, 1 S. Sixth Ave., is hosting an exhibit by local artists Larysa Juriga and Olga Bianko. Juriga i...
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Ron Onesti: The REAL Lt. DanJan 16, 2024 8:35 pm - Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti A guy whom I have admired for a long time is actor Gary Sinise. Many know him as the wheelchair-bound wounded Vietnam ...
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Vasco’s Peri Peri restaurant franchise coming to Prospect HeightsJan 16, 2024 7:54 pm - A new location of the expanding Schaumburg-based Vasco’s Peri Peri restaurant is expected to open later this year in a renovated strip mall space on Rand Road in Prospect...
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Wheeling deli offering Georgian fare to expand, add sit-down serviceJan 16, 2024 7:47 pm - Not even two years after opening, a Georgian deli in Wheeling soon will expand and offer sit-down, fine-dining service. Pirosmani Georgian Food Art, 849 W. Dundee Ro...