Music
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Popular 'Girl from Ipanema' now a mature 50Jul 20, 2012 2:00 pm - RIO DE JANEIRO — “Tall and tan and young and lovely ...” You've heard of her. The Girl From Ipanema. You might have come across the bossa nova classic while on hold on t...
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Competition heats up among top 10 in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent to proveJul 20, 2012 6:00 am - Now is the time for the top 10 finalists in Suburban Chicago's Got Talent to prove that they are more than one-trick ponies. At 7 p.m. Sunday, finalists will vie for a ...
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Gary Sinise's Lt. Dan still standing up for veteransJul 20, 2012 6:00 am - In an Academy Award-nominated role, he played a double amputee injured in Vietnam, battling booze and bitterness at home and ultimately walking again. Now, actor Gary ...
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Rockin' for the Troops concert supports programs for military, familiesJul 20, 2012 6:00 am - At more than 13,000 feet above southern Florida, Mary Kubik prepared to jump. The New Jersey woman joined other families of fallen troops in a tandem sky-dive with memb...
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Don't forget to keep voting!Jul 20, 2012 6:00 am - In the Fan Favorite competition, round one goes to ... Woody James. The singer received the highest number of online votes among the top 20 finalists in Suburban Chicago...
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'Glee' star Chris Colfer inspires teens at Naperville bookstoreJul 19, 2012 10:00 pm - Casey Cogan came all the way from Canada to meet her idol - and she brought gifts. The Ontario native, 17, wants Chris Colfer to know that no matter what life brings h...
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Gospelfest comes to Lake County:Jul 19, 2012 6:07 pm - Hear uplifting gospel music by award-winning artists and praise dancers from 3 to 7 p.m., Sunday, July 22 at the Greenbelt Cultural Center’s free Gospelfest. Performers ...
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Barrington Strings free concert FridayJul 19, 2012 4:04 pm - Members of the Barrington Strings Summer Camp will hold a free concert at 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 20 in the air-conditioned Jewel Tea Pavilion at Citizen’s Park, just nor...
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Country band returns home to play Lake County festsJul 19, 2012 6:00 am - Nashville is home to many influential country stars. It's a place that can make or break a career. That's why the suburban natives who make up the country/pop band The A...
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Annual concert series, camp fills void in vocal jazz educationJul 19, 2012 6:00 am - Janice Borla believes the heart and soul of jazz music is its improvisatory nature. Other musical forms, like pop, are rehearsed and run through to perfection before...