Performing Arts
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Prairie Center announces season scheduleAug 22, 2013 5:00 pm - The Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg has announced its 2013-14 season of family-friendly performances in music, dance, theater and more. Among the highlights: ...
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Glen Ellyn preparing for Festival of the ArtsAug 22, 2013 11:30 am - As the oldest service organization in DuPage County, the 90-year-old Glen Ellyn Lions Club long has been involved in charity work for those with visual and hearing disab...
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Talent finalists open for suburban music showAug 21, 2013 5:32 pm - Five of the top 10 finalists in the Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent competition made a Wednesday evening appearance at one of the competition’s sponsors, Randhurst Village...
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Harper College presenting ‘Driving Miss Daisy’Aug 21, 2013 2:46 pm - Harper College is presenting “Driving Miss Daisy” weekends Aug. 30 through Sept. 8. The timeless Pulitzer Prize-winning play tells the warmhearted, humorous and poignant...
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Batavia actress does double duty at Fringe FestivalAug 21, 2013 6:00 am - Batavia-based singer/actress Julie Bayer embraces two very different sides of performing. A classically trained singer, she has sung opera at Ravinia, among other place...
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‘50 Shades! The Musical’ returnsAug 20, 2013 1:44 pm - “50 Shades! The Musical,” a comedy that spoofs the whole “Fifty Shades of Grey” literary phenomenon, is set to return to Chicago. “50 Shades! The Musical” previously pl...
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Best bets: Rock out with Joan Jett in ElginAug 20, 2013 6:00 am - Top pick 'I love rock 'n' roll' Feel the beat as the summer comes to a close with Joan Jett and the Blackhearts and Eric Burdon & the Animals Saturday at Fest...
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Metropolis leader says finances are looking upAug 20, 2013 5:30 am - Although the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre ended its last fiscal year with a deficit and a need for increased village funding, Executive Director Charlie Beck said t...
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St. Charles’ Arcada Theatre stays alive where others failAug 20, 2013 5:30 am - Eight years ago, the Arcada Theatre was an unkempt piece of history — a 1920s vaudeville hall that hosted George Burns and Gracie Allen in its heyday, but ended up showi...
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Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent winner not just a pretty voiceAug 19, 2013 4:00 pm - Gabriela Francesca won Suburban Chicago’s Got Talent this summer by singing pop and R&B tunes made famous by the likes of Whitney Houston, Bruno Mars and Shirley Bassey....