Susan Klovstad
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Fox schools stage spring musicals, comediesApr 19, 2012 3:09 pm - It's a busy weekend for the performing arts in the Fox Valley, with three high schools staging their spring plays: Dundee-Crown with “Beauty and the Beast,” Jacobs with ...
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The arts come alive at Kaneland festivalApr 19, 2012 3:09 pm - Imagine immersing yourself in the visual and performing arts for an entire day. Taking a workshop on glass fusing, mime performance or caricature drawing. Watching a ban...
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Kaneland students tackle 'Les Mis'Mar 17, 2012 9:36 am - I've written — and edited — enough high school play stories to know “Les Miserables” has a reputation. It's supposed to be one of the most difficult plays to produce. Wh...
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'How to Succeed in Business' at South Elgin High SchoolMar 05, 2012 6:13 am - If you like the AMC series “Mad Men,” you'll want to check out South Elgin High School's spring musical. “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” will be perfo...
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Celebrating the arts in District 303Mar 01, 2012 2:15 pm - What do you get when you cross an alternative folk rock band with a nationally known visual artist, ballet dancers, a middle school band and elementary students playing ...
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‘Singin’ in the Rain’ at Elgin High SchoolFeb 23, 2012 1:31 pm - “Singin’ in the Rain” is one of those musicals just about everybody has heard of. Who can forget the iconic scene from the 1952 movie with Gene Kelly tapping and dancing...
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The music never stops in CYT Aurora’s ‘Joseph’Feb 16, 2012 1:28 pm - The 100-plus cast members of Christian Youth Theater Aurora’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” can only benefit from the experience their director brings t...
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“Twelve Dancing Princesses” take St. Charles stageJan 14, 2012 7:54 am - You may not have heard of the fairy tale “Twelve Dancing Princesses.” But according to Daina Giesler, this story has all of the bases covered, when it comes to fairy tal...
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Suburbia's Got Talent: Geneva High School's lip dubDec 22, 2011 9:25 am - It all started as a project to jolt students out of a midsemester funk, according to Jason Santo. "I'd seen (lip dubs) over the summer and thought it would be cool if w...
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Nearly 100 years old, Elgin bungalow gets new kitchenDec 20, 2011 5:24 am - When Len Govednik bought his 1913 bungalow in Elgin in 1988, remodeling the kitchen was on his to-do list. But the gut rehab of the kitchen, once only 10 square feet, w...