Barbara Vitello
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MAC showcases local, international artists during 2025-2026 seasonJul 01, 2025 1:15 pm - Comedians, actors, musicians and dancers from around Chicago and the world are set to perform during the McAninch Art Center’s 2025-2026 season.
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Best Bets: Celebrate July 4 with baseball, music and fireworksJul 01, 2025 12:24 pm - The Chicago Dogs and Schaumburg Boomers celebrate Independence Day with baseball and fireworks, Aurora’s Paramount welcomes home-town ensemble Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl, and Bridgeview celebrates world culture at World Fair US.
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Spotlight: Kelvin Roston Jr. pays tribute to soul great Donny Hathaway at Northlight TheatreJun 30, 2025 1:27 pm - Joseph Jefferson Award-winner Kelvin Roston Jr. channels soul music legend Donny Hathaway in “Twisted Melodies,” a solo show Roston created running July 10 through Aug. 10 at Northlight Theatre.
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Marriott’s ‘Always Something There …’ needs a little something moreJun 27, 2025 12:33 pm - Marriott Theatre’s new “mixtape musical” “Always Something There ...” works best when you let yourself be carried off by nostalgia and string of 1980s dance pop tunes.
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Streamwood man indicted on first-degree murder charges in sisters’ killingsJun 26, 2025 2:01 pm - Prosecutors on Thursday announced the indictment of a 25-year-old man they say fatally stabbed his two younger sisters in the family’s Streamwood townhouse on May 28.
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A decade after Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage, are rights ‘under threat’?Jun 25, 2025 6:19 pm - The long fight for marriage equality, which ended 10 years ago when the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide, changed the lives of many suburban couples. But they say new threats could reverse hard-won victories.
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Sweet relief from summer heat: Leading ladies the reason to see Drury Lane’s ‘Always … Patsy Cline’Jun 25, 2025 10:15 am - Drury Lane Theatre’s revival of the country western jukebox tuner “Always ... Patsy Cline” is a timely treat thanks to fine performances by top-notch singer/actors Aja Alcazar and Bri Sudia.
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Best Bets: ‘Heroes and Villians’ exhibit inaugurates new gallery at Lake County’s Dunn MuseumJun 24, 2025 9:47 am - The Bess Bower Dunn Museum inaugurates its new gallery with “Alex Ross: Heroes and Villains,” actor/comedian Billy Gardell headlines Waukegan’s American Place Casino and illusionist Chris Funk performs at the Metropolis in Arlington Heights.
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Spotlight: Janus Theatre opens ‘outsiders’ season with ‘The Ibsen Project: Hedda’Jun 23, 2025 2:47 pm - Janus Theatre begins its 27th season with a scripts-in-hand production of Henrik Ibsen’s “Hedda Gabler.”
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Highland Park officer-involved shooting under investigationJun 20, 2025 12:12 pm - Early Friday, Highland Park police officers fatally shot a man after they say approached them with a raised knife which he refused to drop.