Music
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The Wolf escapes with pardon in BataviaMar 08, 2015 1:00 am - The audience clearly chose to find the defendant, The Wolf, guilty Sunday at a joint performance of the Batavia High School drama club and the Fox Valley Philharmonic Or...
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Naperville Central band preps for Carnegie Hall performanceMar 07, 2015 6:30 am - Two Naperville Central High School music ensembles are preparing for a trip to New York City later this month, where they will play at two famed venues, including Carneg...
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Hans Zimmer on scoring TV boxing show; playing with PharrellMar 07, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer is known for powerful scores for such films as "Inception," ''Gladiator" and "The Dark Night." Now he's hoping to knock peo...
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Weekend picks: John Lithgow tells 'Stories' at ParamountMar 07, 2015 4:45 am - Master storyteller Multiple Emmy and Tony Award-winner John Lithgow returns to the suburbs with his one-man show “Stories by Heart” featuring works by authors P.G. ...
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Hersey show choir competition draws thousandsMar 07, 2015 12:00 am - More than 30 of the finest show choirs in the Midwest competed Friday and Saturday at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights in the 22nd annual Chicagoland Showcas...
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Just as 'Worthy': Bettye LaVette roars back with new albumMar 06, 2015 5:00 am - Bettye LaVette recorded her first single in Detroit in 1962, but aside from a couple of Top 40 songs on the R&B charts in the intervening years, she achieved only sp...
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Weekend picks: Jake and Sofia sail into RosemontMar 06, 2015 4:45 am - Animated performances If your kids love the TV shows “Sofia the First” and “Jake and the Never Land Pirates,” then take them to see the return of “Disney Junior Liv...
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Free concert at Fremont library:Mar 06, 2015 12:00 am - The Alliance Brass Quintet, which has a repertoire ranging from the early Renaissance to jazz and beyond, will perform a free concert at the Fremont Public Library, 1170...
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Shania Twain bringing final tour to Allstate July 29Mar 06, 2015 12:00 am - Shania Twain is embarking on what she says is her final tour this summer, and it includes a July 29 show at Rosemont's Allstate Arena. Twain announced this week that she...
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Judas Priest to play Rosemont Theatre in MayMar 06, 2015 12:00 am - Tickets are now on sale for heavy metal band Judas Priest and its "Redeemer of Souls" tour at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the Rosemont Theatre in Rosemont. The tour t...