Performing Arts
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Des Plaines mulls spending millions on downtown theaterJun 17, 2017 8:00 pm - Restoring the shuttered Des Plaines Theatre, a project that could cost taxpayers millions, might be the key to starting a string of suburban theaters showing live perfor...
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Weekend picks: Ko-Thi explores African dance at RaviniaJun 17, 2017 7:00 am - African dance Kids can learn about traditional African music and dances when Milwaukee's Ko-Thi Dance Company and its junior troupe, Ton Ko-Thi, perform the family-frien...
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Weekend picks: Celebrate your inner Scottish at Highland GamesJun 16, 2017 6:00 am - Scottish heritage See pipers, dancers and athletes compete at the 31st annual Scottish Festival and Highland Games this weekend at Hamilton Lakes, 1 Pierce Place, Itasca...
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'King & I' tour resplendent with strong cast, sumptuous designsJun 16, 2017 1:00 am - Can too much of "The King and I" in Chicago be a bad thing? A little over a year after the Lyric Opera of Chicago imported an acclaimed 2014 production from Paris, Rodg...
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Perkins Players to present 'Banking on Clams' about 1920s get-rich-quick schemeJun 15, 2017 11:00 pm - "This case has attracted more attention throughout northern Illinois than any other case of record. Hundreds of thousands of dollars are involved in the operations of Fr...
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Suburban Chicago's Got Talent auditions kick off for 2017Jun 15, 2017 1:00 am - Sharon A. Wlezien of St. Charles recently celebrated her “milestone” 50th birthday. And that is partially what propelled her to audition for the sixth year of Suburban C...
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Ice skating spectacular 'Cirque du Soleil Crystal' coming to Sears Centre ArenaJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - "Cirque du Soleil Crystal," a new touring ice skating spectacular, is coming to the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates. The arena-designed show, Cirque du Soleil's ...
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Art Garfunkel, Wynonna & The Big Noise part of NCC's Fine Arts lineupJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - Art Garfunkel, Wynonna & The Big Noise, Branford Marsalis and more are part of North Central College's 2017-18 Fine Arts Season in Naperville. The season opens with the...
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Metropolis announces upcoming Artists Lounge seriesJun 15, 2017 1:00 am - Donica Lynn, Heidi Kettenring and Michael Mahler are among the Broadway veterans and Joseph Jefferson Award-winning performers scheduled for Metropolis Performing Arts C...
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Steppenwolf delivers a bracing premiere of emotional, sobering 'Pass Over'Jun 14, 2017 6:00 am - Two-thirds of the way through Antoinette Nwandu's unflinchingly authentic “Pass Over,” after a harrowing encounter with a racist police officer, two young African-Americ...