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Best Bets: Brookfield Zoo streams 'The Dolphins of Sarasota Bay'
Jan 19, 2021 6:00 AM - Brookfield Zoo co-hosts a virtual lecture on "The Dolphins of Sarasota Bay," the New Philharmonic streams "A Night of Broadway and Opera" from Glen Ellyn, and North Central College in Naperville streams the classic rock concert "The Hit Men" featuring past musicians from Foreigner, Journey, Styx, The Hooters and more. -
Best Bets: 'Holiday in the Park' continues at Great America
Jan 6, 2021 6:00 AM - Stave off the winter doldrums as Six Flags Great America continues its Holiday in the Park Drive-Thru Experience in Gurnee. Plus, Chicago's Third Coast Percussion teams up with Movement Art Is for a virtual screening of "Metamorphosis" and the Raue Center for the Arts hosts a virtual performance of Greenroom Improv. -
Best Bets: New Philharmonic, Second City, Zanies stream NYE shows
Dec 22, 2020 6:00 AM - The New Philharmonic performs a virtual New Year's Eve Concert from College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, comedian Calvin Evans hosts "New Year's Zeve" from Zanies in Rosemont and The Second City holds a virutal "Happy Hour New Year's Eve" show. -
Spotlight: Goodman associate Dael Orlandersmith's 'Until the Flood' receives broadcast premiere
Nov 18, 2020 8:29 AM - Goodman Theatre artistic associate Dael Orlandersmith's latest solo work, "Until the Flood," has its broadcast premiere on the All Arts platform, and Steel Beam's virtual "Women of Steel" series continues with a salute to the women in Alexander Hamilton's life. -
There are a lot of words, and comedian Harry Shearer wants to use them all
Nov 14, 2020 7:25 AM - Every Friday, national arts reporter Geoff Edgers hosts The Washington Post's Instagram Live where he has interviewed actress Jamie Lee Curtis, immunologist Anthony Fauci, actress Tracee Ellis Ross and others. Recently, Edgers chatted with comedian Harry Shearer about social media, comedy and the government.
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Best Bets: Jay & Silent Bob bring their comedy tour to McHenry
Oct 29, 2020 6:00 AM - "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" tours to the McHenry Outdoor Theater, and magician Justin Willman performs a virtual "Magic for Humans (at Home)" show. -
Best bets: New Philharmonic performs virtual 'Music of John Williams' concert
Oct 20, 2020 3:07 PM - The New Philharmonic performs a virtual concert of "The Music of John Williams" this weekend, comedian and actor Rob Schneider does standup at Schaumburg's Improv Comedy Showcase, and the Kane County Fairgrounds in St. Charles hosts a socially distanced Chicago Toy Show Sunday. -
Chicago's Second City for sale
Oct 6, 2020 4:57 PM - Chicago's Second City, the comedy institution whose alumni include such luminaries as John Belushi, Bill Murray and Tina Fey, is for sale, Variety reports. -
Best Bets: 'Get Happy' with Angela Ingersoll or explore first Wheaton Art Walk
Oct 6, 2020 6:00 AM - Things to look forward to this week: A special Artists Live Lounge livestream Sunday of "Get Happy: Angela Ingersoll Sings Judy Garland" assists closed live theaters, the first Wheaton Art Walk debuts this weekend and Mundelein Parks District hosts a Doggy Trick-or-Treat Saturday. -
Spotlight: Live improv returns to Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater
Sep 18, 2020 6:00 AM - Live improv returns to Schaumburg's Laugh Out Loud Theater, and Otherworld and Stupid Shakespeare theater companies collaborate on the Shakespeare parody "The Merchant of Sesame Street," this week in Chicago-area theater.
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