Matt Arado
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A guide to the hot award shows - and suburban tiesJan 12, 2016 5:02 am - Hollywood award season gets underway tonight with plenty of glitz at the Golden Globes - and at least two nominees from the suburbs. Melissa McCarthy and Bob Odenkirk ar...
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10 for '16: Exciting entertainment options for the year aheadJan 13, 2016 5:26 am - It's the dawn of the new year, which means many of us have resolved to exercise more, eat better, work harder and complete other improve-our-lives kind of tasks. Such r...
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Rockin' through 2016: A preview of Chicago, suburban music festsJan 06, 2016 5:14 am - One of the great things about living in the Chicago area is access to a variety of music festivals. With national events such as Lollapalooza and more regional ones such...
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Punk's Naked Raygun blasting away toward local showsDec 05, 2015 6:19 am - Start looking up articles about veteran punk band Naked Raygun, and you'll see words like "legendary," "influential" and "important" repeated over and over. Jeff Pezzat...
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Music notes: JC Brooks heats up Naperville's Union FridayOct 23, 2015 8:03 am - A new shade of soul JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound have both reclaimed and reinvented classic soul music. The band delivers the sweaty grooves and no-holds-barred emotio...
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Music notes: Michael Charles brings the blues to GenevaOct 16, 2015 6:18 am - Blues master Michael Charles learned the blues in his native Australia, but he perfected it after moving to the U.S. more than 30 years ago. Today, the singer-songwriter...
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Rocker John Pierson pays tribute to favorite bands with podcastOct 15, 2015 6:09 am - John Pierson has the kind of diverse and accomplished creative resume that can make many of us feel like shiftless do-nothings. The Mount Prospect native is the co-found...
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Suburban haunted houses specialize in extreme scaresOct 07, 2015 6:15 am - Round Lake Beach haunted house specializes in extreme scares
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Suburban band The Academy Is... re-forms to play Riot FestSep 13, 2015 6:45 am - Band reunions have become common occurrences at big rock festivals, but Adam T. Siska, bassist for the local pop-rock band The Academy Is..., says he's not sure that par...
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Fans, celebs and comic book greats unite at Wizard World Comic ConAug 25, 2015 1:10 pm - Residents of the suburbs, take note: Rosemont will be overrun this week by stormtroopers, Avengers, vampires, vampire slayers, zombies, several classic movie killers and...