Music
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Best Bets: Where to catch ‘The Nutcracker’ before it dances awayDec 17, 2024 12:49 pm - Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake and the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake are hosting some of the season’s final “Nutcracker” performances this weekend.
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Things to do Dec. 20-26: ‘The Nutcracker,’ Christmas concerts, light shows and moreDec 17, 2024 12:07 pm - Mark your calendar for several productions of “The Nutcracker,” Christmas concerts, holiday light shows and more happening this week.
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Rock pioneer Brenda Lee shines in new documentary: ‘I just wanted to sing’
Dec 16, 2024 2:53 pm - NEW YORK — Come and take a trip to the giddy birth of rock ‘n’ roll through the eyes of one of its pioneers — Brenda Lee. The “I'm Sorry” and “Rockin’ Around the Christm...
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Join Fox Valley Orchestra’s 13th annual ‘Sing-Along Messiah’ Dec. 22Dec 16, 2024 10:48 am - The Fox Valley Orchestra and Chorus is hosting its 13th annual community sing-along tradition of Handel’s “Messiah.”
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Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians, dies at 73
Dec 16, 2024 7:10 am - Zakir Hussain, one of India’s most accomplished classical musicians who defied genres and introduced tabla to global audiences, died on Sunday. He was 73.
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What to stream: MrBeast jumps to TV, Little Big Town’s holiday special and Squid Game: Unleashed
Dec 16, 2024 6:00 am - The gripping Vatican-based thriller “Conclave” and Dwayne Johnson starring as Santa’s bodyguard in the movie “Red One” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
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Selena Gomez reveals engagement to Benny Blanco
Dec 12, 2024 11:57 am - Selena Gomez is having quite a year, and it's being capped with an engagement to music producer and songwriter Benny Blanco.
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‘Dimensions’ art show, concert this week at Maine West HSDec 10, 2024 2:49 pm - Students in Maine West High School’s band, choir and orchestra classes, as well as music production students, will be featured during the “Dimensions” concerts at 5:30 p....
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Lauren Mayberry steps out of the band Chvrches for a solo album that shows her influences
Dec 10, 2024 11:17 am - The birth of Lauren Mayberry as a solo artist should be marked by something like a wolf cry. The vocalist and percussionist from the Scottish pop band Chvrches has a new solo album out titled “Vicious Creature.” She will perform at Thalia Hall in Chicago on Feb. 5.
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Still rockin': As Brenda Lee turns 80, the Christmas song she made as a teen is bigger than ever
Dec 10, 2024 11:09 am - NEW YORK — Her memories of recording “Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree” are a little hazy. She remembers the producer placing decorations around the studio and blasting ...