Lisa Miner
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Heartfelt 'Dear Evan Hansen' strikes emotional chords in Chicago debutFeb 14, 2019 5:00 pm - “Dear Evan Hansen” - ★ ★ ★ ★ In a genre where spectacle often wins out over substance, “Dear Evan Hansen” is a rarity - a Broadway musical with a small cast and a massi...
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6 Grammy nominees from the suburbsDec 07, 2018 11:00 am - Kendrick Lamar and Drake led the Grammy Award nominations announced Friday morning, but a number of local talents received nods as well. Here's a sampling of former subu...
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5 Golden Globe nominees who grew up in the suburbsDec 06, 2018 9:00 am - A number of suburban natives who took off to follow their dreams in Hollywood woke up to good news Thursday morning: Golden Globe nominations. Here are the former suburb...
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Arlington Heights' new Hey Nonny plays to music lovers, local foodiesNov 14, 2018 10:00 am - Chip Brooks and Chris Dungan were always heading into Chicago or Evanston to catch live music in intimate venues. The Arlington Heights residents wanted to open somethin...
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Des Plaines native hits yellow brick road in Paramount's 'Wizard of Oz'Nov 11, 2018 6:00 am - Elizabeth Stenholt figures she first saw “The Wizard of Oz” before she could talk - and has watched it more than a hundred times since. She found it “magical” and learn...
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Counting down to Christmas? 3 new Hallmark, Lifetime movies with suburban starsNov 03, 2018 7:31 am - Small-town traditions! Cookie contests! Lost loves! Must be time for Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas. This year, the cable channel has 22 new selections to rotate. Pl...
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Countdown to Halloween: 8 days of spirited funOct 20, 2018 11:00 pm - Halloween is creeping closer - ever closer. So if you haven't taken full advantage of the local fun yet, you'd better get busy. You can head to a pumpkin patch for a G-r...
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Dick Van Dyke, Bill Murray top list of Illinois actors in state pollAug 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Dick Van Dyke - the man who created beloved TV character Rob Petrie - bested big-name former suburbanites Bill Murray, Harrison Ford and Melissa McCarthy to claim the No...
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5 suburban ties to Thursday's Emmy nominationsJul 11, 2018 11:00 pm - Thursday's Emmy Award nominations included lots of names with ties to the suburbs. No, frequent nominee Bob Odenkirk wasn't among them: The former Naperville resident's ...
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5 places to catch big-name concerts in the suburbs around Fourth of JulyJun 29, 2018 5:30 am - Concerts are as much a part of summer festival season as carnival rides and cotton candy. But organizers typically stage the best - and the biggest - right around the Fo...