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Don Reger is a mild-mannered Joliet engineer 364 days a year. But one day every year (he boasts it’s the only time) he becomes Rogue Reger, a tough-talking, merciless champ and the world’s greatest hearts player. Count on him to be sneering his way through the competition at the Sixth Annual Cutthroat Hearts Tournament beginning today at 9 AM at the Louis Joliet Renaissance Center, 214 N. Ottawa in Joliet. Sponsored by the International Society of Hearts Players, the tournament guarantees three games to each player for the $7 entry fee; free to onlookers. For more information, call 815-726-1840.
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Gerri’s Palm Tavern on 47th Street helped make the south side a capital of nightlife during the 1940s and ’50s. Gerri’s is in the spotlight again as a backdrop for an hour-long TV special, Precious Moments: Strollin’ 47th Street, on Channel 11 (WTTW) at 8. Chicago’s own Kuumba Theatre re-creates the scene, those who lived it the first time around retell it, and the Giants of Jazz play hits of Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, and Muddy Waters.
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