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Chicago dance is at a crossroads as Links Hall fights for survival
Another longtime creative force, Chicago Moving Company, is shutting down. Chicago’s dance institutions have faced...
!["St. Denis Medical" follows the overworked, sometimes incompetent staff of a small regional hospital in Oregon. It might take some time for the sitcom mockumentary to find its own voice and point of view.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CTC-L-ST-DENIS-MEDICAL-02-e1731017629308.jpg?w=618 ""St. Denis Medical" follows the overworked, sometimes incompetent staff of a small regional hospital in Oregon. It might take some time for the sitcom mockumentary to find its own voice and point of view.")
‘St. Denis Medical’ review: New NBC sitcom is ‘The Office,’ but in a hospital
"St. Denis Medical" follows the overworked, sometimes incompetent staff of a small regional hospital in...
Arts
![Green Hills Public Library District’s first podcast, “Checked Out," features discussions of books, TV, movies and more.](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/STA-L-green-hills-podcast-1111-02.jpg?w=525 "Green Hills Public Library District’s first podcast, “Checked Out," features discussions of books, TV, movies and more.")
Talking in the library: Trio of librarians launch podcast at Green Hills
Green Hills Public Library District’s first podcast, “Checked Out," features discussions of books, TV, movies and more.
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Elmhurst Art Museum has new executive director and chief curator
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Review: ‘Midway’ to here: Paul D’Amato photographs the people and places surrounding Midway Airport
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Politics feel like a circus? Go see ‘The Great Farce,’ an art exhibit now at Northwestern
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Sixth edition of Chicago Architecture Biennial is coming next September
Books
![Mike Thomas finished writing a book Bill Zehme started called “Carson the Magnificent," all about the television host. ](https://www.chicagotribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/CTC-L-ENT-JOHNNY-CARSON.jpg?w=525 "Mike Thomas finished writing a book Bill Zehme started called “Carson the Magnificent," all about the television host. ")
Column: Heeere’s Johnny Carson, brought to you in a book by Bill Zehme and Mike Thomas
Mike Thomas finished writing a book Bill Zehme started called “Carson the Magnificent," all about the television host.
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Biblioracle: Charles Baxter’s new novel ‘Blood Test: A Comedy’ is a vibe
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Biblioracle: Robert Coover has died at 92. He’s a writer worth reading and worth remembering
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Biblioracle: John A. Williams deserves to be in the literary canon. Here’s why.
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Removing books from libraries often takes debate. But there’s a quieter way.
Movies
Mattel says it ‘deeply’ regrets misprint on ‘Wicked’ dolls packaging that links to porn site
Toy giant Mattel says it “deeply” regrets an error on the packaging of its “Wicked” movie-themed dolls, which mistakenly links toy buyers to a pornographic website.
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Tinley Park resident helps support documentary about Dick Biondi, which premieres in Beverly
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Review: ‘Blitz’ stars Saiorse Ronan as a 1940 wartime Londoner searching for her son
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Ruby slippers from ‘The Wizard of Oz’ are on the auction block nearly 2 decades after they were stolen
TV and Streaming
Chris Wallace is leaving CNN. He says he wants to see what the new media environment has to offer
Chris Wallace says he’s leaving CNN after three years and, at age 77, is eager to see what a transformed media environment has to offer.
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Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul: How to watch Friday night’s fight on Netflix
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‘Saturday Night Live’ to Trump: ‘We’ve been with you all along’
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Today in History: ‘Sesame Street’ makes its debut
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St. Louis Cardinals reach multiyear agreement with Diamond Sports Group to broadcast games
Music and Concerts
No Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago for summer 2025
Pitchfork Music Festival announced Monday that it would not hold a music festival in Chicago next summer.
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Billy Gibbons talks about the long, good-time road of ZZ Top
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Taylor Swift wins big and Rita Ora pays tribute to Liam Payne at the MTV EMAs
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Review: At the CSO, two programs alike only in their headliner: Riccardo Muti
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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles approves new charges against Lil Durk
Entertainment
Column: An exhibition and a book revisit the life and death of Emmett Till
On Nov. 23, the Chicago History Museum is opening a new exhibition, “Injustice: The Trial for the Murder of Emmett Till.”
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Review: ‘A Wonderful World’ on Broadway tries to sum up the whole of Louis Armstrong
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Review: For ‘Frozen,’ Paramount Theatre has created winter world that’s simply spectacular
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Review: ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ by Lyric Opera leans into the comedy of a tricky story
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Review: The special show ‘Every Brilliant Thing’ starts with a list and the audience takes it from there
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Review: Big-hearted ‘White Christmas’ is back in town for the holidays
It's snowing already at the Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire as the musical with the familiar Irving Berlin songs takes the stage.
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Bob Gaudio on how he channeled Neil Diamond’s music to make ‘A Beautiful Noise’
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Review: ‘Leroy and Lucy’ at Steppenwolf is a revision of an old blues legend
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‘House on Mango Street’ is becoming an opera, with Sandra Cisneros’ help
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LATTE production channels universal feeling of ‘being an outsider’
Trending Nationally
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