Music
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Do you ukulele? Aurora wants you to at City of Lights Ukulele FestAug 23, 2018 6:00 am - Its most popular song is "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," but there's more to the ukulele than Hawaiian songs and hula music. The instrument is the focus of a new event la...
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Constable: Glenbard South 'band geek' ends up on big Chicago, New York stagesAug 23, 2018 5:22 am - Voted "Best Marcher" for three straight years as a trumpet player with the Glenbard South High School marching band, college-bound James Monroe Števko had a pretty good ...
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DuPage County's Plain White T's aim for more vulnerable sound with new albumAug 22, 2018 11:00 am - The thing about being around for 21 years as a band is that evolution isn't only inevitable, it's necessary. And the thing about naming your new album “Parallel Univers...
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Sound check: Jason Mraz is all about the wordplay at RaviniaAug 22, 2018 6:00 am - Mr. A-Z Jason Mraz, the erstwhile “curbside prophet,” didn't have to wait long for his rocket to come when his hit single “The Remedy (I Won't Worry)” took over airw...
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Best bets: Pop culture fans meet up for Wizard World Chicago Comic ConAug 22, 2018 6:00 am - Pop! Culture! Thousands of fans of comics, sci-fi, video games and more meet up this weekend (many in costume) for the Wizard World Chicago Comic Con. Meet stars li...
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10 hot tickets: Smokey Robinson, Travis Scott and moreAug 22, 2018 1:00 am - Here are 10 suburban and city concerts going on sale this weekend: Smokey Robinson: 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 26, at Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., Waukegan: R&B, pop. $...
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Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights announces opening weekend lineupAug 21, 2018 11:00 pm - New venue to debut in late October
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8 not-to-miss September festivalsAug 21, 2018 6:00 am - September is a weird time of year, when summer is kind of over, but not quite, and fall is kind of here, but not really. Usually, though, it's a time when the weather is...
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Downtown Palatine Street Fest features more food, music, activities for all agesAug 20, 2018 11:00 pm - According to Michael Jacobs, Palatine's deputy village manager, the purpose of Downtown Palatine Street Fest, which began in 2000, is to serve as a community party, allo...
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MTV VMAs: 10 things to know, from the Madonna incident to the Ariana Grande-Pete Davidson lovefestAug 20, 2018 11:00 pm - The MTV Video Music Awards show is known for drama - but aside from one seriously weird Aretha Franklin tribute from Madonna, this year's ceremony was actually pretty ta...