Music
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Haitink stepping down after Beethoven festJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Bernard Haitink's stewardship of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra podium is ending this month on a triumphant note with a three-week Beethoven festival at Symphony Center/...
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Johnson predictable but oh-so pleasant
Jun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Jack Johnson, "To the Sea" (Brushfire Records) It's hard not to like Jack Johnson. What's not to like? He strikes you as the sort of guy you'd like to hang out with, sla...
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Cheap stuff: Classic baseball, Nigel Mack, line dancingJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Free Batter up! Learn how the game of baseball was played in the Civil War era as Cantigny Park hosts an old-time baseball exhibition tournament. The tournament features...
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Acclaimed guitarist Landreth brings a taste of La. to the suburbsJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Few artists create as vivid a sense of place with their music as Sonny Landreth does. Listen to one of Landreth's songs and you're transported to the Louisiana of his yo...
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Suburban rocker delivers pop for the preschool setJun 02, 2010 11:00 pm - Suburban parents know that when children's music is bad, it's really bad. Thankfully, there are musicians like Justin Roberts who even things out. The 40-year-old Robert...
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Best bets: Gospel Fest, Ron White at the Rosemont, plenty o' choral musicJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Rise and sing! Catch more than 50 gospel music performances over the course of the weekend during the annual Chicago Gospel Music Festival at Millennium Park, near Colum...
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Temptations singer Ali-Ollie Woodson dies at 58
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Fans gather to remember Ronnie James DioMay 30, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- The mammoth service for fiery frontman Ronnie James Dio was more akin to a spirited rock concert than a dreary funeral. With chants of "Dio, Dio, Dio," he...
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Violist brought top musicians to the Northwest suburbsMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Jan Paul Varney ~ 1946-2010
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Janelle Monae refuses to play it safeMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - If you're going to a Janelle Monae performance, be prepared to get up and dance. Even if the music doesn't move you - and it most likely will - her agents will plot to g...