Entertainment
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How We Got The Story: Covering theater in pandemic has changed, but rewards remainDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - There was a time when the most pressing challenge a theater critic faced was punctuality: arriving at the venue by curtain time and filing the review on deadline. The C...
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Constable: Barrington teen in rare air going for World Cup of Indoor SkydivingDec 04, 2021 12:00 am - Buffeted by hurricane-strength wind, 15-year-old Gigi Keuer of Barrington is flung from one side of the chamber to another, her petite frame spinning, flipping end over ...
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Drury Lane's taptastic 'Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn' serves up seasonal cheerDec 03, 2021 12:00 pm - “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn” - ★ ★ ★ Like the 1942 film that inspired it, “Irving Berlin's Holiday Inn,” which premiered on Broadway five years ago, is a quaint, jukebo...
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New Kenny G doc explores his massive success and criticism
Dec 03, 2021 10:00 am - NEW YORK — Kenny Gorelick, known to millions as Kenny G, has been one of the most beloved — and hated — figures in music throughout the last three decades. But the music...
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'The Power of the Dog' is a sublime gothic Western
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Spotlight on theater: Steel Beam, Raue Center serve up family-friendly holiday fareDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - Holiday pantomime Raue Center for the Arts partners with its school of the arts to produce "A Christmas Carol: A Holiday Pantomime," adapted from Charles Dickens' tale. ...
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Ron Onesti: ZZ King? Still the 'Top' look in rockDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - Legends and icons … how lucky am I to be able to host these megastars at the Arcada Theatre and now the Des Plaines Theatre? These performers have helped shape popular c...
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Schaumburg native's 'Luminare' puts holiday music in a high-energy rock showDec 03, 2021 5:00 am - When Schaumburg native John Blasucci comes back to town this weekend, he's bringing back a brand-new bag ... er, Christmas show. The longtime Dennis DeYoung Band keyboa...
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Feder: Sun-Times, WBEZ closing in on mergerDec 03, 2021 12:00 am - For a couple of news organizations that demand transparency from everyone else, there's been little of it from the Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Public Media, parent com...
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Dinos & Dragons Roaming Grayslake THIS Weekend Only!Dec 03, 2021 12:00 am - One Weekend Only! December 4-5 at the Lake County Fairgrounds & Event Center WHAT: Dino & Dragon Stroll, a new touring event, produced by CV Events is...