Performing Arts
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Best bets: Circus comes to town, storytelling fest, 'thunder drums'Oct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Join the circus The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus goes "ZING, ZANG, ZOOM" in its latest spectacular featuring exotic animals, trapeze artists, clowns and man...
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Antioch High turns best-seller on teen suicide into fall playOct 26, 2009 11:00 pm - A nationally known, best-selling author will be in the audience when Antioch Community High School students present their fall play, "13 Reasons Why." After all, it's hi...
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Trick-or-Treat Trails event comes to North ChicagoOct 24, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Trick-or-Treat Trails Youngsters and their families can get into the Halloween spirit a bit early at the Trick-or-Treat Trails event at North Chicago'...
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Plays, musical, garage sale and more in Dist. 211 on SaturdayOct 23, 2009 11:00 pm - 'Girls of the Garden Club' at Palatine Palatine High School presents "The Girls of the Garden Club," 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, in the school's Altergott Auditorium, 1111...
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'Romeo and Juliet' with a twist -- It's sans RomeosOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - Gender-blind R&J Janus Theatre puts a different spin on "Romeo and Juliet" by staging Shakespeare's tragedy about the young star-crossed lovers with an all-female cast. ...
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Local auditionsOct 22, 2009 11:00 pm - • Volunteers are being sought for the 76th McDonald's Thanksgiving Parade from 6 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Nov. 26, in Chicago. More than 1,300 volunteers are needed in ...
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Adaptation of beloved teen novel is close to playwright's heartOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Imagine being asked to adapt for the stage a novel taught in classrooms across the country and translated worldwide, knowing it was written by a well-known author who wo...
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Joffrey's 'Othello' combines classical and contemporary danceOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - You may have seen "Othello," William Shakespeare's classic tale of jealousy and betrayal, on stage, but chances are you haven't seen it performed as a ballet. You have o...
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Singing for Mickey puts spotlight on kidsOct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Preschoolers got a chance to flex their pipes at a Disney "fun-dition" at Woodfield mall in Schaumburg Wednesday. Nine children sang karaoke-style to their favorite Disn...
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Suburban native embraces her heritage in 'House on Mango Street'Oct 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Some come to acting early, some come to it late. But few people come to acting after preparing, as Mount Prospect native Mari Stratton did, for a career in opera. Stratt...