Music
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Best bets: Summer Mardi Gras fest, parade at Six FlagsJul 24, 2018 11:00 pm - Bon temps rouler A summer Mardi Gras Festival and Parade features nightly shows, parade floats, stilt walkers and New Orleans-inspired cuisine. The fun begins Satur...
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Grammy-winning rockers Halestorm don't care about the haters
Jul 24, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - When four-piece hard rock band Halestorm went back into the studio to work on their fourth album, they had already thrown out a bunch of songs th...
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5 things to do for $5 (or less) this week in the suburbsJul 24, 2018 6:00 am - Super folk Relive the brief time when Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty formed a supergroup in the late 1980s with "Unraveling The ...
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Woman struck by lightning at Country Thunder festival in serious but stable conditionJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - A Woodstock woman struck by lightning last week at the Country Thunder music festival in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin, remains hospitalized in serious but stable condition, off...
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The Millennials to play Hoffman Estates ThursdayJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - The band The Millennials will play the Hoffman Estates Village Green at 7 p.m. Thursday, as part of the "Summer Sounds on the Green" concert series. Billed as "classic r...
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'Hey Nonny' music venue opens Oct. 18 in Arlington HeightsJul 24, 2018 1:00 am - The planned gastropub/music venue Hey Nonny in downtown Arlington Heights has announced its opening date as Thursday, Oct. 18, with a grand opening weekend Oct. 25 - Oct...
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Hampshire fights pancreatic cancer Aug. 2 with '70s Disco NightJul 23, 2018 11:00 pm - In tribute to a longtime Hampshire resident who passed away from pancreatic cancer, The Shagadelics, a 1970s disco tribute cover band, will take to the stage during Hamp...
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Aurora church to host harp recital Aug. 12Jul 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Plano resident Nichole Luchs, a popular Chicago-area harpist, will perform a recital at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 12, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 14 N. May St. in Auror...
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Come out and sing with the Festival ChorusJul 23, 2018 11:00 pm - The Festival Chorus, a nonprofit community chorus, is currently seeking adult vocalists who enjoy the challenge of performing fine music. Entry auditions are solely for...
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Review: Lori McKenna has become a must-hear songwriter
Jul 23, 2018 7:00 am - Lori McKenna "The Tree" (CN Records via Thirty Tigers) It's rare to read about Lori McKenna without hearing that she got married at 19 and had the first of her five chil...