Traverse City Winter Comedy festival slated
January 21, 2015 Comments Off on Traverse City Winter Comedy festival slated
By Ray Hanania The star-studded lineup for the Fifth Annual “Traverse City Winter Comedy Arts Festival” — the world’s ONLY festival that has six words in its name will feature big name entertainers and comedians, according to a release put out by filmmaker and activist Michael Moore. The festival will be held Feb. 13 - […]
Continue reading …Bastien shares life story in new one-person play
January 9, 2015 Comments Off on Bastien shares life story in new one-person play
To honor families everywhere, we are pleased to announce that Stephen R. Bastien, successful entrepreneur, businessman, and writer will be performing his one person play, “A Championship Life,” as part of the 18th Annual Fillet of Solo Festival presented by Lifeline Theatre beginning this Saturday at 4pm at the Heartland Studio venue, 7016 N. Glenwood […]
Continue reading …Movie Theater Review: iPic in Bolingbrook
January 3, 2015 Comments Off on Movie Theater Review: iPic in Bolingbrook
By Ray Hanania It only took me two years after receiving a gift card for iPic Theaters that I finally used it. And I am glad I did. The whole iPic experience may cause you to hesitate. They’re not very good at explaining how it all works. Basically, you see a movie and eat a […]
Continue reading …Interstellar takes 2001 Space Odyssey to 21st Century
November 9, 2014 Comments Off on Interstellar takes 2001 Space Odyssey to 21st Century
Movie Review: Interstellar takes the audience beyond the 2001 and 2010 movie frontiers By Ray Hanania I was only 15 in 1968 when the science fiction movie “2001: A Space Odyssey” and it was a blockbuster that pushed our generation to the edge of imagination. We not only started to think about and imagine space travel […]
Continue reading …Mayor Getty Brings the Kelly Miller Circus Back to Lyons The Kelly Miller Circus is set to return to Lyons for two days of performances scheduled for Tuesday, September 2nd and Wednesday, September 3rd at Smith Park. Famously known as “America’s One Ring Wonder,” the Kelly Miller Circus is one of the few remaining traveling […]
Continue reading …Travel: Norwegian Epic cruise to the Eastern Caribbean By Ray Hanania Last Thanksgiving we cruised on the Norwegian Epic, a phenomenally large boat that featured an outdoor water park with several water slides and a cyclone funnel, as well as the only ship to offer performances of Blue Man Group. The Norwegian Epic is a […]
Continue reading …RTA offers help to navigate summer festival traffic jams; CHicago prepares to launch Taste of Chicago with preview
June 20, 2014 Comments Off on RTA offers help to navigate summer festival traffic jams; CHicago prepares to launch Taste of Chicago with previewRTA offers help to navigate summer festival traffic jams; Chicago prepares to launch Taste of Chicago with preview By Ray Hanania Summer Events and Festivals Mean Fun in RTA Region: RTA Trip Planner Offers Easy Way to Plan Routes; Avoid Traffic Jams on the Way to “Jam “ Chicago – The Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) […]
Continue reading …Beverly Hillbillies make stage musical comeback
May 27, 2014 Comments Off on Beverly Hillbillies make stage musical comebackBeverly Hillbillies make stage musical comeback By Ray Hanania Anyone of baby boomer age knows the musical theme for the 1960s television favorite, The Beverly Hillbillies. The TV sitcom ran from 1962 until 1971 and lampooned the Hillbillie lifestyle through an imaginary family, the Clampetts, who struck oil while hunting for possum out in the mountains. […]
Continue reading …Chicago announces restaurants at 2014 Taste of Chicago festival
May 15, 2014 Comments Off on Chicago announces restaurants at 2014 Taste of Chicago festival
Chicago announces restaurants at 2014 Taste of Chicago festival Includes a diverse showcase of five-day restaurants, one- to two-day Pop-Ups and food trucks Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pleased to announce an assorted lineup of 66 restaurants that will participate throughout the highly anticipated, five-day food and entertainment festival Taste of Chicago, July 9-13 in Grant […]
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- Is McLaughlin eying fulltime job as Orland Park mayor? September 30, 2015 Ray Hanania
- Former Chicago FOX reporter Saxenmeyer launches new project September 29, 2015 Ray Hanania
Shameless love for ShowTime’s Sunday night lineup
January 12, 2015 Comments Off on Shameless love for ShowTime’s Sunday night lineupBy Ray Hanania There is no doubt that in the past decade, Cable Television has surpassed commercial television in terms of quality entertainment. As much as I dislike the Cable TV industry though, for their greed and excessive costs (the sell everything including the good, the bad and the garbage, for a fee), I couldn’t […]
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