Entertainment
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Ron Onesti: Lights, camera, action … All because of him!Nov 19, 2021 5:00 am - After months of being on lockdown, working to reopening my businesses and defending my Italian American culture, I was a bit exhausted, I must say. So I literally hopped...
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Do it yourself: Kick off the holidays by cutting your own tree at a local farmNov 19, 2021 5:00 am - For many families in the Chicago area, traditional Christmas celebrations start in November when they cut their own trees at a local farm. "We have people who came as ki...
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Holiday TV brings new movies, specials - and Charlie Brown
Nov 19, 2021 5:00 am - Supply-chain woes are this year's Grinch, threatening to steal gifts and good cheer. But TV is overstocked with holiday specials and rom-coms - including the Food Networ...
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'Refreshed, renewed, rethought': Morton Arboretum's holiday 'Illumination' is meant for walkingNov 19, 2021 4:00 am - By his count, John Featherstone has designed the holiday lights show at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle for "eight plus one" years. He puts an imaginary asterisk over the ...
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Feder: 'Bozo's Circus' rewinds the '70sNov 19, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated because WGN has changed the premiere to Dec. 19. Big news for Bozo fans: “Bozo's Circus: The 1970s,” a two-hour primetime...
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Pandemic's Silver Lining Shines on Pino Farina BandNov 18, 2021 10:00 pm - In 2020 when venues shuttered their doors during the pandemic, adult alternative rockers Pino Farina Band came out of that dark cloud and did what they do best. They gat...
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WT Productions brings 'Seasonal' tradition back to Vero Voce TheaterNov 18, 2021 10:00 pm - A good tradition always returns, even if it gets interrupted for a year. WT Productions is living that philosophy as it gears up to bring the fourth installment of thei...
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Star-making turn: Leading lady makes new tuner 'Paradise Square' a show worth seeingNov 18, 2021 10:30 am - “Paradise Square” - ★ ★ ★ Theater lovers may not yet know the name of singer/actress Joaquina Kalukango, who stars in “Paradise Square,” the Civil War-set musical that r...
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Sound check: Josh Turner rings in Rialto's holiday season; benefit shows with Gerald Dowd, Mavis StaplesNov 18, 2021 5:00 am - Early holidays at the Rialto Your holiday decorations might not be up just yet, but Joliet's Rialto Square Theatre is ringing in the holidays with a stretch of festive ...
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Nostalgia trumps originality in ghost-flustered 'Afterlife'Nov 18, 2021 5:00 am - “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” - ★ ★ ½ Eleven years ago at the Hollywood Blvd. in Woodridge, I asked Dan Aykroyd when we could expect to see the next, highly anticipated...