Performing Arts
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Discover Symphony offers student scholarshipFeb 02, 2021 12:00 am - The Discover Symphony, the reconstituted Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, is offering a $1,000 scholarship to area high school senior instrumentalists. Candidates must be com...
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Glenbard East Theatre to livestream 'Almost, Maine'Feb 01, 2021 10:00 pm - Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Glenbard East Theatre's winter play production will be recorded and available for online viewing at www.gefinearts.org/theatre. Glenbard Ea...
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Apply for performing arts scholarship by April 2Feb 01, 2021 10:00 pm - The Dennis Taylor Scholarship Foundation for the Performing Arts will be awarding college scholarships for the 2021-22 school year. The deadline for submitting applicat...
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Eclectic Full Contact Theatre founders to be featured on 'It's Showtime with Rikki Lee' Feb. 5Feb 01, 2021 10:00 pm - On Friday, Feb. 5, the episode of the radio show “It's Showtime with Rikki Lee” will feature an interview with two of the founding members of critically acclaimed Chicag...
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Bechdel Fest goes virtual to showcase underrepresented theater artistsJan 30, 2021 6:30 am - The theater artists participating in Broken Nose Theatre's 2021 Bechdel Fest are a committed group. To comply with COVID-19 pandemic-mandated shutdowns, they initially a...
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Spotlight: Local favorites appear in Northlight's livestreamed readingJan 29, 2021 5:00 am - Bechdel Fest 8 Broken Nose Theatre presents Bechdel Fest 8: Realign, a festival of short plays featuring femme, female-identifying, nonbinary, transgender and queer acto...
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Visual effects make Metropolis' Sherlock Holmes-inspired streaming comedy possibleJan 27, 2021 10:00 pm - Audiences tuning in to the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre's virtual production of "Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery" might be curious about how the...
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Best Bets: Groundhog Days returns again to WoodstockJan 27, 2021 5:00 am - Shadow act There may be a pandemic happening, but there are still plenty of outdoor activities on offer as part of Woodstock Groundhog Days, which celebrates the beloved...
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Paramount Theatre offering free virtual reading of new playJan 25, 2021 12:00 am - Aurora's Paramount Theatre presents a free virtual reading of "BULL: a love story" at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28. The new play by Nancy García Loza follows a young Mexican...
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Hersey High to virtually stage 'The Laramie Project' sequelJan 24, 2021 10:00 pm - The John Hersey High School theater department will soon release its virtual production of "The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later." In 2008, the team that produced "The La...