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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Dick Biondi — Chicago's own music treasureDec 16, 2022 5:00 am - There is a cup of hot cocoa in front of a crackling fire in the fall. There is peacefully floating on a raft on a small river in Tennessee. And there is sundown in the m...
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Ron Onesti: R-E-S-P-E-C-T for YouTubeDec 09, 2022 5:00 am - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com Many of us who were teenagers before the internet, cellphones and VCRs, are the first ones to remember "the good old days." Tech...
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Ron Onesti: Memories of a soft-spoken Hollywood heavyweightDec 02, 2022 6:00 am - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com As a proud Italian American, it is challenging to support television shows and films that perpetuate the stereotypes about Itali...
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Ron Onesti: No my friends, Thank YOU!Nov 23, 2022 10:00 pm - Like so many people do this time of year, Thanksgiving is the time I truly take a few steps back and reflect upon the blessings in my life. Even though I have been bless...
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Ron Onesti: Accordions, watermelons and comedy iconsNov 18, 2022 5:00 am - For the most part, my place in the entertainment biz is surrounded by music. From jazz age, Prohibition-era tunes to the big bands of the 1940s, doo wop of the 1950s, ps...
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Ron Onesti: M&Ms USED to be my favorite candy!Nov 11, 2022 5:00 am - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com It's been a whirlwind!!! We have had soooo many shows recently, even more than normal. Gladys Knight, Christopher Cross, Paul An...
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Ron Onesti: Tony Orlando and RonNov 02, 2022 11:00 pm - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com So many people say to me, "Boy, I wish I had YOUR job!" They see me on stage before a show at The Arcada or Des Plaines Theatre,...
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Ron Onesti: Our 'Showbiz Palace' at 96Oct 21, 2022 6:00 am - On Sept. 6, 1926, the Arcada Theatre first opened its doors, making this past September its 96th birthday. And I am celebrating a personal milestone as it has been 18 ye...
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Ron Onesti: Not a UFO sighting, just Schenker doing his thingOct 14, 2022 6:00 am - By Ron Onesti Special to dailyherald.com This past week we had two crazy, sold out shows with the legendary, German-born Michael Schenker, former guitarist from iconic r...
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Ron Onesti: Where have all the ballrooms gone?Sep 28, 2022 11:00 pm - By Ron Onesti Special to DailyHerald.com Editor's note: This is a reprint of a column from days gone by. I just happened upon a friend who brought up another old friend ...