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Michelle Lindstedt keeps an eye on a fire that broke out near a homeless encampment under a bridge on April 7, 2021, in Rockford.

Chicago’s MacArthur Foundation awards $100 million grant to Community Solutions to end homelessness

April 7, 2021 at 4:30 p.m.

Can we end homelessness? Community Solutions, a New York-based nonprofit, thinks we can — and the MacArthur Foundation is awarding the group a five-year, $100 million grant to help prove...

It's impossible not to love "Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella," starring Brandy in the title role and Whitney Houston as the fairy godmother. This production by Disney and ABC (also produced by Houston) originally premiered in 1997 and quickly became a culturally significant performance due to the groundbreaking casting. The film has had such an inter-generational impact that Disney+ only recently added the musical to the streaming site after fans and Brandy made many urging requests over social media. "Cinderella" stars Whoopi Goldberg, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Victor Garber, Natalie Desselle-Reid and Paolo Montalban. (Disney+) — Hannah Herrera Greenspan

What to watch: Chuckle with ‘Bad Trip’ and get hyped for the new episode of ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’

April 2, 2021 at 8:47 a.m.

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I've been rewatching this dramedy that ran for two seasons from 2003 to 2004, and it is as sardonic and easy-to-watch as I remembered. The premise: An apathetic 18-year-old (played by a wonderfully deadpan Ellen Muth) is killed by a piece of airplane equipment falling from the sky — a toilet seat, to be exact — and enters the afterlife equivalent of annoying temp work, helping recently deceased souls leave their bodies to move on to the next realm. She and her small group of "colleagues" (including the marvelous Jasmine Guy) have none of the perks you'd expect: They still more or less have to live on earth, scrambling for housing, but minus any meaningful human connections. Mandy Patinkin plays her boss (of sorts), who calls her "pumpkin" but cuts her zero slack. It might be my favorite (and least-known) show from creator Bryan Fuller, who would later go on to create "Pushing Daisies" and "Hannibal." (Tubi, Amazon Prime, VOD) — Nina Metz

What to watch: Descend into ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ or rise with Jason Sudeikis’ ‘Ted Lasso’

March 19, 2021 at 9:47 a.m.

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The front of the Field Museum on Jan. 21, 2021 in Chicago.

What Pritzker’s ‘bridge’ plan means for movies, theater, concerts and more

March 18, 2021 at 8:33 p.m.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced a plan for new, relaxed COVID capacity restrictions for indoor movie theaters, performance venues and museums Thursday, in what Music Box Theatre general manager Ryan...

What to watch: Netflix’s ‘Ginny & Georgia’, catch up on ‘Good Girls’ before new season and a ‘Real World’ reunion

March 12, 2021 at 7:00 a.m.

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Eat. Watch. Do: Must-try TikTok recipes, must-see Black films, and must-read commentary on ‘The Bachelor’ controversy

February 19, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Come inside and take a break, Chicago. You've shoveled out more parking spaces than you have in the past three years combined and your back is breaking. You've cursed it...

Ta-Nehisi Coates will receive the Harold Washington Literary Award at Printers Row Lit Fest, now rescheduled for Sept. 11-12.

Printers Row Lit Fest sets new Sept. 11-12 dates after pandemic cancels 2020 event

February 1, 2021 at 10:27 a.m.

Add Printers Row Lit Fest to the list of local cultural programs betting on a safe return this fall. After postponing the 2020 summer book fair due to the coronavirus...

Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

Watch this. Eat that: Binge on the ‘Saved by the Bell’ with Big Kids takeout. It’s magic.

January 29, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

Watch this: 'Saved by the Bell' Peacock's "Saved by the Bell" reboot is witty and funny, whether you grew up watching the students at Bayside High or you are just...

Eat. Watch. Do: Your weekend streaming recs, our favorite hot chocolate and more ways to make life more pleasant

January 22, 2021 at 12:43 p.m.

Good afternoon, Chicago. It's Friday, and the biggest television event of the week — Inauguration Day — is behind us, though it's still streaming. If you missed it, be sure...

Watch this. Eat that: ‘One Night in Miami’ demands a scoop of Shawn Michelle’s ice cream

January 21, 2021 at 2:54 p.m.

Watch this: 'One Night in Miami' Set in 1964, this juicy Miami story imagines what was said and done when heavyweight champ Cassius Clay (Eli Goree, a ringer vocally for...

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