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THU, 4/25/2019

Thursday, April 25, 2019

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The Misfits performs at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont on Saturday, April 27.

Best bets: Original Misfits plays Allstate; Joffrey performs 'Across the Pond'

The Original Misfits perform in concert at Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Trevor Noah performs at the United Center in Chicago and the Chicago Toy Show returns to the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles.
Modern rock band Badflower takes to the BaseCamp Pub stage for a free WKQX 101.1-FM show Saturday, April 27.

Sound check: Badflower rocks, rips your heart out at free WKQX show

California modern-rock band Badflower plays a free show at BaseCamp Pub in Lisle; AM Taxi's "Shiver By Me" hits vinyl at Beat Kitchen; songwriting legend Jimmy Webb plays Woodstock Opera House; Durty Nellie's hosts the Breaking The Silence 11 benefit for autism awareness; and North Coast Music Festival tickets go on sale Friday.
Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) records a message on his Iron Man helmet while drifting through space in “Avengers: Endgame.”

'Avengers: Endgame' is a satisfying piece of pop culture wish fulfillment

"Avengers: Endgame" delivers a satisfying, funny and emotional conclusion to 11 years' worth of Marvel movies.
This image made from video aired on “Jeopardy!” on Wednesday, and provided by Jeopardy Productions, Inc., shows James Holzhauer. A professional sports gambler who grew up in Naperville, Holzhauer won $131,127 during a show that aired Wednesday night, breaking the record that viewers saw him set last week.

'Jeopardy!' winner James Holzhauer keeps dominating. Does it matter if he broke the game?

The Naperville North High School grad, who is now a professional sports gambler in Las Vegas, is on the verge of winning $1 million -- and he's providing appointment viewing when TV is more fractured than ever.
A fundraiser Saturday will benefit the Catlow Theater in downtown Barrington.
Silent film fundraiser to benefit Catlow Theater in Barrington
The Silent Film Society of Chicago is sponsoring a fundraiser at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, in what's described as an effort to help keep downtown Barrington's Catlow Theater in business.
WLS air staff (1961): Gene Taylor, Art Roberts, Mort Crowley, Jim Dunbar, Dick Biondi, Clark Weber and Bob Hale
Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89
Though best known for his nearly four decades as a radio talk show host in San Francisco, Jim Dunbar will forever be remembered in Chicago as one of the original Top 40 jocks on WLS 890-AM, Robert Feder writes.
Jason Kinander and Peggy Kusinski
Feder: Peggy Kusinski debuts sports podcast with son
"The Sportscaster and Her Son" is the self-explanatory title of an appealing new podcast series launched this week on SoundCloud by Peggy Kusinski, the award-winning sports reporter for NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5, Robert Feder writes.
Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson), Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) and James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) look a bit concerned in “Avengers: Endgame.”
Where does 'Avengers: Endgame' rank among all 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe films?
Widescreen columnist Sean Stangland ranks all 22 Marvel Cinematic Universe entries, including this week's galaxy-sized blockbuster, "Avengers: Endgame."
Lyndsey Coppock at her March wedding with her father, Chet, mother Anna Busalacchi, and brother, Tyler Coppock. “He was so happy that day,” Tyler said of his Dad on his sister's wedding day.
O'Donnell: Coppock's final weeks were filled with work, hope, happiness … and then his family's sad vigil
Jim O'Donnell says Chet Coppock was very happy (and quite busy) until the end.
New Kids On The Block shares a bill with other 1980s and ’90s acts in “The Mixtape Tour” coming to the Allstate Arena in Rosemont.
Plan ahead: NKOTB and other 1980s, '90s acts head to Allstate Arena
Get your tickets now: New Kids on the Block shares the stage with Tiffany, Debbie Gibson and more on "The Mixtape Tour" at the Allstate Arena, a "Bohemian Rhapsody Sing Along" comes to Aurora's Paramount Theatre and the tribute show "Presley, Perkins, Lewis & Cash" plays the Batavia Fine Arts Centre.
Whether you’re talking d-o-g or G-o-d, Bulgarian immigrant and Hanover Park resident Nadia Ianakieva can tell a passionate story. Her book, “The Red Dress Decision,” features “stories of a life filled with God’s miracles,” and an essay about her dog, Oso, is included in “Life Lessons from the Dog.”
Constable: Hanover Park writer fueled by both tragic and uplifting dog tales
The people who brought you "Chicken Soup for the Soul" have a new book, "Life Lessons from the Dog: 101 Tales of Family, Friendship & Fun." One of those tales is from Nadia Ianakieva, a Bulgarian immigrant and Hanover Park writer whose first relationship with a dog ended horrifically.
Can you still wear that souvenir from a 1977 Led Zeppelin concert. The beloved concert T-shirt still carries its own history.
Sponsored | Ron Onesti: Wearing rock history
My dream is to one day host a vintage concert-shirt fashion show featuring the shirts' original owners. Now is the time to venture into attics, explore top shelves in the garage and dig out basement boxes stored behind the StairMaster. Grab that shirt from the Yes concert in 1979 and proudly wear it. You are part of a classic generation.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
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