Entertainment
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Donnie Wahlberg steps into the bitter New York-Boston divide with new series ‘Boston Blue’
Oct 16, 2025 10:43 am - Donnie Wahlberg is finally getting his dream of shooting a TV series in his beloved hometown of Boston. There’s just one catch: He’s playing a New Yorker. He’s transplanting his Danny Reagan character from the Big Apple-based procedural “Blue Bloods” to the new CBS spinoff “Boston Blue,” debuting Friday.
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Aziz Ansari’s film-directing debut, ‘Good Fortune,’ is a barrel of hollow laughs
Oct 16, 2025 9:24 am - Written by and starring comedian Aziz Ansari, “Good Fortune” is also his debut as a film director. The fantasy comedy cleverly diagnoses some of society’s greatest faults. All the world is a farce, Ansari seems to say, while suggesting that it can still be saved. But his big-screen creation doesn’t feel the need to offer solutions.
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Michelle Obama to promote new book ‘The Look’ with podcast series
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‘After the Hunt’ is less hot-button farce than tragedy
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See Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ at The Venue for HalloweenOct 16, 2025 12:10 am - The Venue in Aurora will host a free screening of Alfred Hitchcock's classic horror film "The Birds" on Oct. 25 in celebration of Halloween.
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Janus Theatre puts on timely production of Shakespeare’s ‘The Merchant of Venice’Oct 15, 2025 10:46 pm - Janus Theatre Company is closing its 27th season with William Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” a compelling drama exploring themes of prejudice, power, and money.
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Brother Chimp Brewing expands to St. Charles with new taproomOct 15, 2025 5:20 pm - Brother Chimp Brewing will open a taproom Friday in St. Charles, taking the space formerly occupied by D and G Brewing. The North Aurora brewery last year took top honors at the prestigious World Beer Cup in the Vienna lager category.
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Kolachi Tandoori Grill moving to larger site in SchaumburgOct 15, 2025 5:13 pm - After 3½ years at one location in Schaumburg, the restaurant Kolachi Tandoori Grill has received village permission to move to another site more than twice its current size to serve its popular South Asian cuisine to an expanding customer base.
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Talkin’ ’bout ‘Revolution(s)’: Goodman’s galvanizing funk metal tuner ideal for these timesOct 15, 2025 5:05 pm - Goodman Theatre’s assertive, galvanizing “Revolution(s)” by Tom Morello and Zayd Ayers Dohrn is a funk-metal, hip-hop tuner ideal for our time.
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The Lord Chamberlain’s Men brings its ‘Twelfth Night’ tour to Elgin on Oct. 24Oct 15, 2025 4:22 pm - The Lord Chamberlain's Men, an all-male theater company from the U.K., is performing William Shakespeare's romantic comedy "Twelfth Night" on their first U.S. tour.