Entertainment
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A 'safe and scenic' start to Halloween at Schaumburg's Heritage FarmOct 30, 2022 1:00 am - More than 1,000 trick-or-treaters got an early start on Halloween festivities over the weekend as the Schaumburg Park District hosted Trick & Treats in the Valley at the...
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Lifetime's 'An Amish Sin' gives Kellie Martin a very different roleOct 29, 2022 7:30 am - With four decades of television work behind her, relatively few "firsts" remain for Kellie Martin. However, playing an Amish woman is one of them - and she has that role...
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At Florida's Kennedy Space Center, it's all about rocket scienceOct 29, 2022 7:30 am - Soon after I walked in, the room went dark save for a soothing video playing on an oversized floor-to-ceiling screen. The pastoral scene portrayed a wildlife refuge, pre...
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Jerry Lee Lewis, outrageous rock 'n' roll star, dies at 87Oct 28, 2022 1:00 am - Jerry Lee Lewis, the untamable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose outrageous talent, energy and ego collided on such definitive records as "Great Balls of Fire" and "Whole Lott...
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Hoffman Estates public works hosts open house, pumpkin smash Nov. 5Oct 28, 2022 1:00 am - The village of Hoffman Estates' Public Works Department will host its annual open house from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Public Works Center, 2305 Pembroke A...
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CLC to stage abridged works of the BardOct 27, 2022 11:00 pm - For anyone who's ever wanted to watch all of Shakespeare's plays, the College of Lake County Theatre Department will present "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (...
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A persistent plague: The Gift Theatre's new thriller 'The Locusts' shows promiseOct 27, 2022 10:00 am - “The Locusts” - ★ ★ ★ In “The Locusts,” Jennifer Rumberger's grim thriller about a serial killer targeting teenage girls, a sheriff offers a 16-year-old girl some advice...
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Ron Onesti: The Diceman cameth ... and wentOct 27, 2022 7:00 am - His comedy is brash - some have referred to it as downright vulgar. Since the late 1980s, he has been selling out performance after performance, from being the first com...
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'Wendell & Wild' is a dark and cold animated ride
Oct 27, 2022 6:00 am - “Wendell & Wild” - ★ ★ Just in time for Halloween comes a film that isn't afraid to lean into the darkness, one frame at a time. In the first five minutes of “Wendell &...
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A friendship ends in one of the year's best films, 'The Banshees of Inisherin'