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By late May, the Chicago-area cancellation list has grown for Fourth of July 2020 fireworks. From Arlington Heights to Naperville, we have the latest.
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Get your Chicago theater fix online: Our updating list of play videos, interactive classes, concerts and more.
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Patios are open now in the suburbs and opening soon in the city. Below, you’ll find a running list of sortable outdoor dining options. If you are a restaurant owner with a patio or rooftop, please add your information to our list here.
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A list of things to do while you're quarantined during coronavirus outbreak.
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Here are some new movies coming to streaming services during coronavirus quarantine.
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Howard Reich previews the newly announced Millennium Park at Home series.
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Chicago musiican Nika Nemirovsky has new music, called Close But Not Too Close
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Howard Reich reports on lineup for Chicago Opera Theater's 2020-21 season.
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Creative ways to celebrate the holiday weekend. It may be a bit different this year due to COVID-19.
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When the pandemic hit, one of Nate Young's spring shows moved online. The other got postponed, and so he kept refining the work for it.
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‘Celluloid Skylines’ is an at-home film festival ranging from ‘The Hudsucker Proxy’ and ‘Columbus’ to ‘Blade Runner’
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The Chicago singer-songwriter was to have played a record release show May 8 for "Last Flight Out," the new album from his Funeral Bonsai Wedding band.
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With so much canceled due to COVID-19, books are where it's at this summer: Here’s a roundup to help plan your reading lists.
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The Chicago Children’s Choir will host its Paint the Town Red concert alongside special guest artists this year. The free, virtual concert will be livestreamed Thursday, May 21 from 7-8pm, on the Chicago Children’s Choir website and other social media sites.
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We reached out to high schools throughout Chicago asking students to submit songs that have been on their playlists lately, or reminded them of their senior year.
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Review of Runaway Dog the new Retirement Party album
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DoStuff At Home is a new effort aimed at getting people entertainment, and independent venues and performers much needed help
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The Chicago Cinema Workers Fund raised $17,000 to help out furloughed movie theater employees. They're throwing a virtual trivia contest Friday night to get to $25,000. Twenty bucks to sign up by noon, April 1!
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During the coronavirus lockdown, Tribune film critic Michael Phillips is scratching off films on his long-overdue movie list. Today he sees what the boys in the back room will have: "Destry Rides Again."
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Practice social distancing and participate in upcoming virtual walks and races
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Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
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A lot of us may be finding ourselves staying home more than usual these days. And we’ll be needing things to watch, listen, read and do.
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How to submit a virtual event to Chicago Tribune's event calendar.
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Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week.
Music
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Riot Fest 2020 is off, and the event will move to 2021 with next year's headliners, such as My Chemical Romance and others, already known
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In the limited series streaming on BritBox, a quartet of 15-minute films offer slice-of-life takes on people under the quarantine’s thumb, including a pregnant woman abandoned by her married lover; a son tending his ill father; a hypochondriac in counseling and a family man with a crumbling marriage.
Movies
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Last month, director Zack Snyder announced that he would be releasing a recut version of the 2017 superhero film “Justice League” for HBO Max.
The Theater Loop
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Why did the Mercury Theatre -- one of Chicago’s great, intimate stages -- close?
Books
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Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park offering members chance to work from famed writer’s home