McHenry County Entertainment
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‘Working’ returns to its Chicago rootsFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - The newly revised version of the 1978 Broadway musical “Working” at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place is a Chicago homecoming for all intents and purposes. And...
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Enjoy the Grammys? Catch winners at local concertsFeb 13, 2011 11:00 pm - The Grammy Awards may be over, but you can catch several of the big winners — including Arcade Fire and Lady Gaga — locally when they perform in Chicago or the suburbs. ...
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Fox Valley's Smoking Popes go back to school in new recordFeb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - After hearing a teen pop song on the radio one day, Josh Caterer, leader of pop-punk band the Smoking Popes, realized he'd never written any songs that take a teenager's...
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Open mic and coffee house in BarringtonFeb 12, 2011 10:00 pm - “From the Heart,” an open mic and coffee house will be offered Friday, Feb. 18, at the BCAC Gallery at the Ice House Mall, 200 Applebee St., Barrington. Reception begins...
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Onstage: 'Flanagan's Wake' returnsFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Cry 'til you laugh Copley Theatre revives “Flanagan's Wake,” the interactive comedy in which residents of a fictional Irish village send off a favorite son with a toast,...
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Romance fixture for musicians of the baroqueFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Lincolnshire's Charles Geyer and Barbara Butler live together, raise their 16-year-old daughter together, teach trumpet together as Northwestern University professors, p...
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Concerts: Robert Cray Band and moreFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Daily Herald report Robert Cray Band, McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn: American blues guitarist and his band perform. 8 p.m. Frid...
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Grayslake actress evolves with showFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Grayslake resident Robin Hughes has been performing on and off in various productions of Eve Ensler's “The Vagina Monologues” since 2005. But each time she appears in th...
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What's new in theater: openings and closingsFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - • Steppenwolf Theatre's annual Garage Rep begins previews on Friday, Feb. 11, at the Merle Reskin Garage Theatre, 1624 N. Halsted St., Chicago. Among the ensembles featu...
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Witty 'Blithe Spirit' warms up a cold winter nightFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - Count on First Folio Theatre to warm up a winter evening. For six of the last seven years, the Oak Brook theater has served up thoroughly entertaining comedies that hel...