Music
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Heritage Series to benefit Downers Grove coffee houseJun 16, 2025 8:36 pm - The Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove will host a matinee concert on June 29, featuring folk musicians The Woodshop Boys, singer-songwriter Jack Kennedy, Midwest troubadour Mark Dvorak, and Ashley & Simpson.
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Things to do June 20-26: Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest and moreJun 16, 2025 5:58 pm - Mark your calendar for Naper Nights, Swedish Days, Wauconda Fest, Wood Dale Prairie Fest, Lake Fest, concerts and movies in the park and more happening this week.
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What to stream: ‘The Gilded Age,’ Benson Boone, astronaut Sally Ride and digital dinosaurs
Jun 16, 2025 5:30 am - Lifelike digital Triceratops and Spinosaurus lumbering through a reimagined “Walking with Dinosaurs” and Benson Boone's sophomore album “American Heart” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Wheaton Municipal Band celebrates the music of Alfred Reed June 19Jun 13, 2025 8:45 pm - Wheaton Municipal Band spotlights prolific band composer Alfred Reed on June 19, featuring his well-known "Armenian Dances," with guest Reed expert Yasuhiro Murakami conducting.
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Dierks Bentley’s ‘Broken Branches’ offers familiar country
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Dua Lipa confirms engagement to actor Callum Turner
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Strong groove, word-of-mouth, deliver veteran band Dispatch to RaviniaJun 12, 2025 7:29 am - Dispatch, which has built a considerable following over a 30-year career almost entirely by word of mouth, comes to the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park on Saturday, June 21.
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Marimba maestro to bring literary beats to St. Charles libraryJun 11, 2025 11:20 pm - Percussionist Josh Graham concludes the St. Charles Library's 2024-25 Sunday Concert Series on June 22, performing recently commissioned marimba works inspired by works of literature.
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10 songs to celebrate the life, legacy of Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson
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For a couple of years, Beach Boy Brian Wilson called St. Charles homeJun 11, 2025 3:25 pm - Legendary Beach Boys leader and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Brian Wilson, who died Wednesday at 82, spent some time in Illinois, living in a five-bedroom St. Charles home with a custom-built basement recording studio.