Performing Arts
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Elgin Fringe Festival continues with Family FringeSep 04, 2021 1:00 am - Parents and kids filled the new Civic Center Plaza in downtown Elgin on Saturday for Family Fringe, a part of the Elgin Fringe Festival geared toward the younger set. F...
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Spotlight: Ready for the Fringe? Elgin's arts celebration returns for its 8th yearSep 03, 2021 6:00 am - Elgin on the fringe The Elgin Fringe Festival, an annual celebration of music, theater, dance, film and the visual arts, returns this weekend for its eighth year with in...
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Paramount Theatre resumes live performances with exuberant 'Kinky Boots' revivalSep 02, 2021 8:00 am - “Kinky Boots” - ★ ★ ★ Paramount Theatre's “Kinky Boots” cast could have sung the phone book on a bare stage and the audience response to their performance likely would h...
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Batavia High School to put on 'Animal Farm' Sept. 16-18Sep 01, 2021 11:00 pm - Batavia High School will present George Orwell's "Animal Farm" at 5:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Sept. 16-18, at Batavia Fine Arts Centre, 1200 Main St. The drama, dire...
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Uncurated slate of artists at Elgin Fringe Festival allows audiences 'to take a chance'Sep 01, 2021 1:00 am - The Elgin Fringe Festival is back for its eighth year, and Executive Director Erin Rehberg hopes people who don't consider themselves “fringy” will give it a shot. “The...
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Best Bets: John Legend, Lady A and The Roots play Ravinia this weekendAug 31, 2021 10:00 am - Legend for love & more The Ravinia Festival brings in plenty of big-name music acts over Labor Day weekend. Lady A brings their "What a Song Can Do Tour" with supporting...
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Mosaic Players set to kick off Fall Tour with comedyAug 30, 2021 11:00 pm - "On the Verge or The Geography of Yearning," a comedy by playwright and television producer/writer Eric Overmyer, will kick off Mosaic Players' Fall Tour Saturday and Su...
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Good News Sunday: Artist who started out with memorable snow sculptures tries new medium - strawAug 29, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: As a scrawny Wisconsin kid from the Nort...
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Ravinia, Writers Theatre among suburban arts centers receiving COVID relief fundsAug 27, 2021 1:00 am - Ravinia Festival in Highland Park, Writers Theatre in Glencoe and The Improv Playhouse in Libertyville are among North suburban arts and cultural businesses set to recei...
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Elgin Shakespeare Project delivers 'Henry V' the Elizabethan way - without directions and rehearsalsAug 26, 2021 6:00 am - The Elgin Shakespeare Project is not your grandfather's Shakespeare. And that's OK, says Sean Hargadon, the project's founder and producer. Audiences can see for themsel...