Entertainment Stories from August 3, 2022
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Dining events: Stargaze and sip during The Drake's Dessert by Starlight experience
Aug 5, 2022 8:33 AM - The Drake Oak Brook's new date-worthy Dessert by Starlight experience combines dessert, wine and stargazing. Plus, The Graceful Ordinary and Shaw's Schaumburg fete National Oyster Day Friday, Wildfire hosts Founders Brewing Co. Beer Dinners and Durty Nellie's offers budget-friendly deals. -
Audition for CLC theater's 'Lions in Illyria' Aug. 23-24
Aug 4, 2022 1:52 PM - Performers ages 16 or older are invited to audition for College of Lake County theater department's young audience production of "Lions in Illyria." -
Hanover Township features 'The American Folk Song' with troubadour Mark Dvorak
Aug 4, 2022 1:37 PM - The Hanover Township Senior Center welcomes Chicago's "official troubadour" Mark Dvorak to the Stars & Stripes Cafe for an afternoon of song and story on Thursday, Aug. 11. -
Pritzker Military Museum & Library to Host Major Tom Schueman for an Author Talk on 'Always Faithful'
Aug 4, 2022 12:43 PM - On Thursday, Aug. 11, at 6 p.m., the Pritzker Military Museum & Library will welcome Major Tom Schueman for an author talk to discuss his newest book, "ALWAYS FAITHFUL: A Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter." This event is free and open to the public. In August 2021, just days shy of the 20th anniversary of 9/11, America ended its longest war. During this time, thousands of Afghan citizens who had helped American forces over the course of two decades - and had been promised visas in return were suddenly stranded, in extreme and imminent danger. As the world watched the shocking scenes of desperation at the Kabul airport in the final two weeks of August, Major Tom Schueman fought to get his friend and former Afghan interpreter, Zak, out of Afghanistan before he and his family were discovered by the Taliban. -
Get Ready to Party on the Green on August 13
Aug 4, 2022 12:39 PM - Stop in at Village Green Park on August 13 for Party on the Green! -
Lake Zurich - Ela Township features Chicago folk artist on August 19
Aug 4, 2022 9:47 AM - The Ela Township Senior Center, 380 Surryse Road, welcomes back Chicago's "official troubadour" Mark Dvorak for an evening of song and story on Friday, August 19 at 7:00 pm. -
Ellen Pompeo cutting back on her 'Grey's Anatomy' episodes
Aug 4, 2022 7:00 AM - Dr_ Meredith Grey will be cutting back her workload next season on 'Grey's Anatomy.'
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One of the world's largest figure skating competitions returns to Bensenville this week
Aug 3, 2022 7:17 PM - Nearly 750 ice skaters are registered to compete in the 2022 ISI World Recreational Team Championships at the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville from Aug. 4 to 7. Mariah Bell, 2022 Olympian and U.S. Champion, stars in the Benefit Show on Saturday, Aug. 6. -
Brooke Eden learned to love herself after falling in love
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Driver gets 1 year in jail for death of Nicki Minaj's father
Aug 3, 2022 3:06 PM - The driver in a hit-and-run crash that killed the father of rapper Nicki Minaj last year was sentenced Wednesday to a year in jail, in keeping with a promise the judge made when the man pleaded guilty in May.
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