Performing Arts
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CLC dance showcase:Jul 26, 2013 5:49 pm - The third Annual Summer Dance Showcase will be presented at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2 and 3 by the College of Lake County Dance department. This free event w...
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Singers to perform Best of Broadway in LibertyvilleJul 26, 2013 11:03 am - Liberty Town Productions, Libertyville’s not-for-profit entertainment company, hosts its fifth annual Musical Summer Showcase, featuring the Best of Broadway Saturday, A...
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Theater events: First Folio's 'Rainmaker' a family affairJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - A family affair A con man promises to change the lives of a family in a drought-stricken town, including spinster Lizzy, in the 1954 drama “The Rainmaker.” First Fo...
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Modern-day 'Medea': Transplanted tragedy set in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhoodJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - Conflicts between obligation and self-interest, between assimilation and isolation, propel “Mojada,” Luis Alfaro's retelling of Euripides' “Medea” in its world premiere ...
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Local talent flocking to Whippersnap music festivalJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - You can find a music festival somewhere in the Chicago area almost any summer weekend. Pitchfork and Warped wrapped up last weekend, and Lollapalooza and Riot Fest are o...
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Catching up with Steely Dan before Ravinia gigJul 26, 2013 6:00 am - America's quirkiest jazz-rock icons, Steely Dan, return to Ravinia Festival in Highland Park next week to present "Mood Swings Tour 2013: 8 Miles to Pancake Day." In a...
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BTE to stage musical, two comediesJul 25, 2013 4:25 pm - Glen Ellyn-based Buffalo Theatre Ensemble announced its 2013-14 season of three plays Thursday and its intended return in January to College of DuPage’s McAninch Arts Ce...
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Curtain comes down on COD arts center directorJul 25, 2013 11:20 am - Leader leaving McAninch Center
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Music notes: Samples hit the Montrose RoomJul 25, 2013 6:00 am - Get Sampled Veteran alt-pop group the Samples will perform in the suburbs this weekend. The band formed in Colorado in the mid-1980s, and it has developed a devoted foll...
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Kanye West’s ‘Yeezus’: Heaven-sent or weak event?Jul 25, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — To no one’s surprise, Kanye West’s sixth solo effort debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 charts last month. But “Yeezus” only sold 327,000 units that week —...