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Local Filmmaker Creating New ‘Movies The Store’ Concept in Evanston
A movie enthusiast has big plans for the former MBG Products space. It is being reported a new retail concept called Movies The Store is coming to downtown Evanston at 1043 Chicago Avenue. This will be a “boutique physical media store” for the Main Dempster-Mile business district. Owner Stirling McLaughlin told What Now Chicago he is hoping to open the store sometime next month as he recently received the keys.
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August Wilson’s Antihero Is a King Without a Country
All the great playwrights, from the Greeks on down, strive for balance in a precarious, off-kilter world. And that’s mostly true of August Wilson, whose majestic ten-play “Century Cycle” attempts nothing less than to capture the history and destiny of Black America. In Wilson’s world, the cosmic forces of creation and destruction, freedom and oppression, hope and despair—often taking supernatural form—pair off against each other in a state of dialectical tension, generating progress. His characters strive mightily to liberate themselves from the bonds of the past, while drawing strength from the struggles of their ancestors.
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Oregon Wins Men’s Golfer of the Week Award
ROSEMONT, Ill. – Oregon’s Sebastian Desoisa has been named the Big Ten Golfer of the Week for tournaments from Oct. 23-29. Golfer of the Week. So. – Gibraltar, United Kingdom – Prior Park School Gilbraltar. Finished third at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate, carding an eight-under...
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Chicago schedules three Mississippi concerts in March 2027
Chicago will perform three Mississippi concerts in March 2027 — two at the Beau Rivage Theater in Biloxi on March 27 and 28, and one at the Bologna Performing Arts Center in Cleveland, SuperTalk Mississippi reported. “2027 marks the 60th consecutive year Chicago has toured, never missing a year!...
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This Old-Time Illinois Bowling Alley Still Sets Pins the Old-Fashioned Way
Bowling feels refreshingly stuck in another era at Fireside Bowl in Chicago’s Logan Square. This Fullerton Avenue institution has been sending balls down its 16 lanes since the 1940s, preserving a wonderfully retro atmosphere without the oversized screens and high-tech distractions of modern bowling centers. Vintage scoring equipment and...
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Frank Lloyd Wright built a $45,000 jewel box in Oak Park, and it has no windows
You walk up to a gray concrete block on a busy street in Oak Park, Illinois, and nothing about it says you should go inside. No windows face the sidewalk. No sign points to a door. Frank Lloyd Wright built this church in 1908 on a budget of just $45,000, and he called it his little jewel box. From the outside, you’d never guess why.
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Whisper of Wildlife: the Zookeeper Within our School
Scott Katzberger, the head science, zoology and AP Environmental Science teacher here at Morton West High School, has gained a plethora of wisdom in his 13 years of work as a teacher, but it’s his experience before the classroom that often intrigues those around him. Before the daily ritual...
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Writers for new 'Avatar' show, 'Seven Havens', hail from Midwest
"Avatar: Seven Havens" Executive Producer Sehaj Sethi and Story Editor Chad Quandt both come from the Midwest and now work on the new animated series. Sethi comes from the greater Chicago area, but now resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, while Quandt hails from South Bend, Indiana. "Avatar: Seven Havens" is...
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Rod Wave Fans Face Halloween Costume Ban At Chicago Concerts
Rod Wave fans heading to Chicago for Halloween weekend will have to leave their costumes behind under a United Center rule covering his October 31 and November 1, 2026 concerts. The arena’s event notice bars Halloween outfits, costume props and accessories. Masks that hide a guest’s identity and imitation weapons,...
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Chicago’s Prudential Plaza to become permanent home of to Siskel & Ebert statue
Wanxiang America Real Estate Group, owner of Prudential Plaza, announced the planned installation of a life-size bronze sculpture honoring famed film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert in Pru Plaza in Chicago. The six-foot-five statue, called “Siskel & Ebert: Two Thumbs Up,” is an homage to the duo’s famous movie...
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Men’s Golf: Northwestern closes fall slate with T-8 finish at The Preserve
After a slow start, the ‘Cats posted their best round in Round 2, then held steady in a tough final round. Northwestern Men’s Golf wrapped up its fall slate this week with a T-8 finish in an 11-team field at The Preserve Golf Club Collegiate in Carmel Valley, California, a two-day event taking place on Monday and Tuesday. The ‘Cats finished 1 under (863), tying with Duke and Little Rock.