Matt Arado
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Influential punk band Screeching Weasel hits Chicago for only show of 2019Aug 01, 2019 10:13 am - Ben Weasel, frontman of legendary punk band Screeching Weasel, said the band's upcoming Chicago concert date feels a bit more special than usual. First, the show brings ...
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1980s suburban punk band Life Sentence reissues beloved debut albumOct 19, 2018 11:55 am - Life Sentence, a hard-core punk band that emerged from the Northwest suburbs in the mid-1980s, dealt with all the usual problems facing underground bands of that era — a...
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Heart singer Ann Wilson brings career-spanning show to Arcada TheatreApr 11, 2018 10:49 am - “Barracuda,” the blistering anti-sexism hit from the band Heart, sounds like it could have emerged from the anger of today's #MeToo movement. It was written more than 40...
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'Divergent' author, Barrington native Veronica Roth to discuss new novel at C2E2Apr 11, 2018 10:49 am - Most people would say that Veronica Roth did pretty well with her first series of novels. After all, the “Divergent” trilogy - a young adult fantasy saga set in dystopi...
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Zion's Dungeon of Doom ready for a terrifying Halloween seasonOct 12, 2017 6:09 am - If you've got an hour this Halloween season, Pete Koklamanis believes he can make it the most terrifying of your life. Koklamanis is co-owner of Dungeon of Doom, one of ...
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9 of the scariest haunted houses in the suburbsOct 11, 2017 10:21 am - Ready for a good scare? Here are some of the bigger and better-known haunted houses open for business in the suburbs through Halloween. Dates and hours may change, and s...
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Superhero love still strong as Wizard World Comic Con Chicago hits RosemontAug 29, 2017 3:57 pm - Will superheroes ever go the way of vampires? Way back in the first decade of this century, love-struck vampires ruled the pop-culture roost, thanks in large part to th...
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Iconic '80s band Tears for Fears joins Hall & Oates for Allstate showMay 16, 2017 10:32 pm - It's been more than 30 years since new wave/pop band Tears for Fears conquered the world with the monstrously successful record “Songs From the Big Chair,” but don't cal...
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Former Naperville resident Danielle Panabaker to meet 'Flash' fans at Chicago's C2E2Apr 25, 2017 11:55 am - Appearing at pop-culture conventions is all but mandatory these days for the stars of movies and television shows about superheroes. Danielle Panabaker, a former Napervi...
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Lucky Boys Confusion mines personal, professional hardship on comeback recordMar 17, 2017 6:40 am - Not that long ago, it seemed unlikely that suburban band Lucky Boys Confusion would ever make another record. The group, which emerged from high-school rock scenes in Do...
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