Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Things to do May 17-23: Long Grove Chocolate Fest, Aurora Greek Fest, Wanda Sykes and moreMay 13, 2024 11:14 pm - Mark your calendars for the Long Grove Chocolate Fest and Aurora Greek Fest and performances by Wanda Sykes, WAR’s 50th Anniversary Tour, the Decemberists and more happening this week.
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Élan Dance Company to present free Dance Showcase May 31May 13, 2024 9:27 pm - Company auditions set for Tuesday, May 28 Naperville Park District invites the community to the Élan Dance Company “2024 Showcase” on Friday, May 31 at Pfieffer Hall...
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Schaumburg Choral Artists to perform hometown concert before tour of Ireland, ScotlandMay 13, 2024 5:20 pm - Schaumburg Choral Artists, one of the newer enterprises of the village of Schaumburg’s Cultural Services Department, will perform a concert in their hometown Sunday, May 19, before embarking on a three-stop tour of Ireland and Scotland next month.
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U-46 board honors Bartlett High School studentsMay 10, 2024 11:07 pm - Group received top spot in musical theater competition The Elgin Area School District U-46 board on Monday night honored nine students from Bartlett High School for ...
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Ron Onesti: There is only one Sophia LorenMay 10, 2024 9:57 pm - “This cannot be happening.” That was Ron Onesti’s reaction when he was offered a chance to host Sophia Loren in a show.
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‘We were all united’: How St. Charles-area home front, victory gardens supported war front in WWIIMay 10, 2024 4:00 am - Author/historian Jerome O’Connor’s “Chicago and the Home Front in WWII” presentation detailed the efforts of some notable Fox Valley residents, including victory garden champions Lester and Dellora Norris.
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Unearthly dramedy premiering at BTE needs some tweakingMay 09, 2024 3:37 pm - “Into the Earth With You,” Brian Watkins’ supernatural-tinged family dramedy premiering at Buffalo Theatre Ensemble, needs a few revisions.
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‘Beautiful’ is lovely: Feel the earth move with vibrant take on Carole King’s life at ParamountMay 08, 2024 3:29 pm - It might be an oxymoron to call a toe-tapping and funny musical gripping, but “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical” playing at Aurora’s Paramount Theatre is just that.
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Shrewd satire: Earnest performances, canny direction animate Steppenwolf’s ‘Thanksgiving Play’May 08, 2024 9:30 am - Playwright Larissa FastHorse packs a lot of satire into the 90-minute “The Thanksgiving Play,” which skewers Indigenous stereotypes, liberal guilt, sanitized history, theater and wokeness. Steppenwolf Theatre’s Chicago premiere runs through June 2.
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Things to do May 10-16: Northbrook-On-Ice, Portugal. The Man, Mother’s Day events and moreMay 08, 2024 6:13 am - Mark your calendars for Lombard Lilac Time and Northbrook-On-Ice, performances by Portugal. The Man, Henry Cho and Nazereth, and several Mother’s Day events and more happening this week.