Entertainment
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Spotlight: Chester Gregory salutes soul music legends at the Metropolis Performing Arts CentreOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - 10th anniversary, take two BrightSide Theatre revisits its pandemic-interrupted 10th anniversary season with a revival of "She Loves Me," the Jerry Boch-Sheldon Harnick ...
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'I want to keep outdoing myself,' Huntley Halloween decorator says
Oct 14, 2022 6:00 am - Louie and Sherri Molenda like to scare people. “That's what Halloween means to me: it's scary,” Louie Molenda said. “That's it.” For their elaborate haunted house setup ...
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'Daisy' finally blooms to open 59th season at Village Theatre GuildOct 13, 2022 11:00 pm - The Village Theatre Guild opens its 59th season with "Daisy" by Sean Devine. This production goes behind the scenes of the real-life story of the New York advertising a...
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'Till' grippingly reorients an American tragedy
Oct 13, 2022 6:00 am - “Till” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Almost by default, filmmakers typically take a wide lens to historical moments like the 1955 lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till. In reaching for a def...
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In 'Tar,' Cate Blanchett is a maestro at work
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Music on Stage Presents Musical Classic 42nd StreetOct 12, 2022 11:00 pm - Come and meet those dancing feet at Cutting Hall this October! Music on Stage is thrilled to bring 4nd Street to the stage. This production is truly the ultimate Broadwa...
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Grant Hosts 26th Annual Gala Dinner DanceOct 12, 2022 11:00 pm - After taking two years off due to the pandemic, the Grant Community High School (GCHS) Foundation is happy to announce we will be hosting the Twenty-Sixth Annual Gala Di...
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Overachieving siblings disappointed with work, personal lives seek remedies in satirical 'Tiger Style!' at Writers TheatreOct 12, 2022 6:00 pm - “Tiger Style!” - ★ ★ ½ The overachieving siblings at the center of Mike Lew's witty, satirical “Tiger Style!” are unhappy and out of place. Albert Chen, a Harvard Unive...
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Best bets: Lizzo, 'Immersive King Tut,' Theresa Caputo, Richard Marx and moreOct 12, 2022 6:00 am - Jurassic fun Prepare to safari to the wilds of the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Road, Rosemont, for a prehistoric encounter as Jurassic Quest stom...
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Widescreen: Where to stream Angela Lansbury's most beloved worksOct 11, 2022 11:00 pm - Some people seem like they'll be here forever ... until they're not. Happily, their voices and their magic will live on. Angela Lansbury, a multigenerational star of sta...