Music
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Elgin Opera launches biggest show in its historyFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Soprano and Elgin resident Solange Sior joked with a sigh, "I'm wearing too many hats." Contacted by phone last Saturday a week before opening night, Sior was not only b...
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Grammys turn 50Feb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Part popularity contest, part marketing juggernaut, part tabloid event, the Grammy Award telecast is another one of those annual pop culture events that works on many di...
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Cat Power transforms coversFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - When a live performance turns into a psychological meltdown, it's newsworthy. But for Chan Marshall -- known in indie rock circles as Cat Power -- it's part of the packa...
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Recently announced showsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - Following is a list of recently announced shows. Ticket prices do not reflect service or handling fees. Twista, AG Squad, Kevo Da King, Doughboy, Durty Nellie's, 180...
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AuditionsFeb 07, 2008 10:00 pm - • Elgin Community College Theatre auditions for its production of Frank Wedekind's controversial 1891 teenage drama "Spring Awakening." Auditions for men and women aged ...
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Brit's back, and the paparazzi ready to roll
Feb 06, 2008 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Britney Spears was quietly released from a hospital Wednesday and slipped away unnoticed, only to be spotted hours later driving through Los Angeles with ...
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Restraining order accuses Spears' manager of taking over her life
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Pearl Jam headlining BonnarooFeb 05, 2008 10:00 pm - Pearl Jam will headline the seventh installment of the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, June 12 to 15 in Manchester, Tenn., it was announced Tuesday. Tickets for the fo...
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A powerful 'Ainadamar' comes to CSOFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - This is "Ainadamar" week in Chicago. For those who missed the 2006 area premiere of Osvaldo Golijov's acclaimed opera at the Ravinia Festival, with conductor Robert Span...
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Events dedicated to dramatist LorcaFeb 04, 2008 10:00 pm - Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed in 1936, might not be well-known to Americans, but nonetheless ranked among the literary heavyweights ...