Performing Arts
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Cheap fun this weekend: 'Guitar Idol' winner, fests and fun runMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - $10 and under Mr. Green on guitar Acoustic guitar player and winner of the 2004 "Guitar Idol" competition, Jim Green, who performs under the name of "The Wandering Endor...
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Despite its charms, good-natured 'Baby' doesn't quite deliverMay 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Picking on "Baby" would be like taking candy from one. An agreeably innocuous confection, the 1983 musical about impending parenthood as seen through the eyes of three c...
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Visit the Prairie Arts Festival in SchaumburgMay 23, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Prairie Arts Festival Visit the Prairie Arts Festival, a fine arts show and sale with works by more than 150 artists. See works of glass, fiber, sculp...
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Steel Beam's 'Wild Goat' tamer than expectedMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - "Wild Goat" can be charming, fun and also a bit of a let down. Many top-notch ingredients are in place to make "Wild Goat" a rollicking and family-friendly musical, but...
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Drury Lane to present 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'May 20, 2009 11:00 pm - Drury Lane Oakbrook presents "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the roots rock, bluegrass and country western revue in which a quartet of likable grease monkeys and a pair of sas...
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Local auditionsMay 20, 2009 11:00 pm - • Artists are needed to exhibit at "Art & Soul on the Fox" as part of the third annual FoxFireFest of the City of Elgin, which is to be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1-...
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More than 300 crafters at 41st annul Fair DiddlyMay 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! The sun always seems to shine on Fair Diddly! Shop outdoors and browse through the artwork of more than 300 crafters from across the United States at ...
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New musical by 'Urinetown' composer bleats at Steel BeamMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but how about a goat? That's a question concerning "Wild Goat," a new musical comedy by Tony Award-winning composer and l...
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Arts agendaMay 14, 2009 11:00 pm - • Artists are needed to exhibit at "Art & Soul on the Fox" as part of the 3rd annual FoxFireFest of the City of Elgin, which is to be held on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 1...
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Girl-power returns to Chicago with 'Legally Blonde The Musical'May 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Die-hard "Wicked" fans still mourning the Chicago departure of that long-running hit musical can take heart. "Legally Blonde The Musical," another rah-rah girl-power mes...