Entertainment
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Hayao Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' is a master surveying his empire
Dec 07, 2023 4:00 am - “The Boy and the Heron” — ★ ★ ★ ½ When Hayao Miyazaki's “The Boy and the Heron” premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, filmmaker Guiller...
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Chicago Pickleball League tournament comes to LincolnshireDec 07, 2023 12:00 am - David Welles isn't just the director of the Chicago Pickleball League. He's a player, too. A former 12-inch softball player in Chicago and Northbrook, Welles' desire for...
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'Fallen Leaves' is deadpan nirvana
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Grant helps CLC's Willow Review reach audiences across the countryDec 06, 2023 10:00 pm - Creative minds from around the country send in work to College of Lake County every year to be published in Willow Review, a nonprofit journal published once a year. Th...
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Metropolis' 'Christmas Carol' reminds audiences that Dickens' holiday classic is a ghost story at heartDec 06, 2023 12:00 pm - “A Christmas Carol” — ★ ★ ★ For his Metropolis Performing Arts Centre directorial debut, artistic director Brendan Ragan choose “A Christmas Carol,” a longtime trad...
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Music review: Neil Young's 'Before and After' offers one continuous stream of rarities
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Nicholas Psyhogios CD release event Dec. 6 at the Des Plaines TheatreDec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - Nicholas Psyhogios, aka Chicago's Own Piano Man, recently released an all-original CD and is holding a CD release celebration at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, at The D...
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Poplar Creek Public Library to ring in holiday at Jolly Jingle FestDec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - The Poplar Creek Public Library is ready to kick off the holidays this season with its annual Jolly Jingle Fest on Sunday, Dec. 10. The event will take place throughout ...
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Spotlight: 'Wonderful Life' radio adaptations open in Libertyville, Chicago and 'Stomp' returnsDec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - ABT's 'Wonderful Life' American Blues Theater's 22nd annual production of "It's a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!" - a radio play featuring Foley sound effects, p...
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Citadel to present 'Eleanor's Very Merry Christmas Wish'Dec 05, 2023 10:00 pm - Denise McGowan Tracy thought that with all the family holiday tales that play on our stages and screens each year, there was room for a new holiday story that speaks mor...