Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Enter sweets season with Long Grove Apple FestSep 21, 2018 6:00 am - Tasty to the core Sample a mix of tasty treats while enjoying music and carnival attractions at the Long Grove Apple Fest at 308 Old McHenry Road, Long Grove. $5; k...
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Constable: 'The King' is dead, but the legend lives in St. CharlesSep 21, 2018 1:00 am - Hailed as "The King" of rock 'n' roll, Elvis Presley died in 1977 at age 42. The following 41 years without Elvis have been filled with Elvis Presley tribute artists and...
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Theater spotlight: Firebrand Theatre opens its season with 'Caroline, or Change'Sep 20, 2018 11:45 am - 'Caroline, or change' Firebrand Theatre, a company committed to expanding opportunities for women on and offstage, opens its season with a revival of the Jeanine Tesori-...
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Theater events: Otherworld previews superhero comedy 'All I Want is One More Meanwhile'Sep 20, 2018 8:25 am - • Eclectic Full Contact Theatre opens its seventh season with J.M. Barrie's play "Dear Brutus," about the guests at a country house - including an artist, a philanderer,...
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Best bets: J. Cole's 'KOD Tour' hits AllstateSep 19, 2018 6:00 am - Euro zone Get a sample of overseas culture with the return of the Passport Europe Festival. Hear bands playing Spanish flamenco or Italian jazz, or watch dances fro...
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DeVos' dramatic confirmation hearing inspires drama on stage
Sep 18, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Guns in schools to protect students from grizzly bears? Betsy DeVos endured yet another rocky Senate confirmation hearing to become education secretary...
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Steppenwolf's new drama 'Downstate' explores the lives of sex offendersSep 18, 2018 2:00 am - Elmhurst resident and longtime Steppenwolf Theatre ensemble member Francis Guinan is both excited and apprehensive to be starring in Bruce Norris' new drama “Downstate,”...
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See 'The Skin of our Teeth' performed at Oakton Community CollegeSep 18, 2018 1:00 am - Thornton Wilder's classic play, "The Skin of Our Teeth," will be presented Oct. 4-7 and Oct. 11-14, at Oakton Community College's Footlik Theater, 1600 E. Golf Road, Des...
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Penn & Teller tour coming to Waukegan's Genesee TheatreSep 17, 2018 1:00 am - Broadway veterans and the title stars of The CW's "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" are bringing their brand of comic illusions to Waukegan. Penn & Teller play the Genesee Theat...
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Harvest Christian Academy to present 'The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe' Oct. 4-5Sep 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Be whisked away into the fantasy world of Narnia by Harvest Christian Academy's theater arts department's production of "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe" by Joseph ...