Entertainment
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Hail and farewell: Oak Brook's First Folio to cease operations in 2024Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Parting, William Shakespeare wrote, is such sweet sorrow. And the parting for Oak Brook's First Folio Theatre - known for its outdoor productions of the Bard's plays - b...
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Tickets open Nov. 15 for Christ Church's CarolFest Christmas concert Dec. 12Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Gather family and friends to celebrate the holiday season with one of the community's beloved Christmas traditions. Christ Church in Oak Brook will host its annual Carol...
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Elmhurst Children's Theatre kicked off season with 'Unintentionally Hilarious'Nov 08, 2021 10:00 pm - Laughter and applause filled the performance space at the Brauer House in Lombard on Tuesday evening, Oct. 12, as a cast of 16 middle school students performed hilarious...
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Feder: Jennifer Lyons to keynote Chicago JournalistsNov 08, 2021 12:00 am - Jennifer Lyons, president and general manager of CBS-owned WBBM-Channel 2 and formerly one of Chicago's preeminent news executives, has been chosen as keynote speaker fo...
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'Eternals' opens with $71M, but audience response is mixed
Nov 07, 2021 10:00 pm - "Eternals," one of Marvel's most ambitious efforts to expand its superhero universe, arrived in theaters with about $71 million in ticket sales over the weekend, accordi...
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'They were like brothers': Best friends from Naperville among eight dead at Houston concertNov 07, 2021 12:00 am - A pair of longtime best friends from Naperville who traveled to Houston for a weekend music festival were among eight concertgoers killed Friday when a crowd surged towa...
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Jim O'Donnell: Bears viewers must get past 'The Great Wall of Levy' on "Monday Night Football"Nov 06, 2021 1:00 am - THE FIRST APPEARANCE of the Bears on "Monday Night Football" was October 5, 1970. Keith Jackson, Don Meredith and Howard Cosell called the griddy pantomime. Mike Hull le...
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Best Bets: Jurassic Quest roars into Rosemont this weekendNov 05, 2021 11:00 pm - Dinosaur revival Jurassic Quest returns with loads of life-size animatronic dinosaurs, interactive science activities and more this weekend at the Donald E. Stephens Con...
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Spotlight: Broadway-bound 'Paradise Square' in Chicago, re-imagined 'Cinderella' in AuroraNov 05, 2021 6:00 am - Broadway bound Previews continue for "Paradise Square," the Broadway-bound musical set in 1863 New York and inspired by the true story of Lower Manhattan's impoverished...
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Tom Hanks holds his own in disjointed 'Finch'