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Discover Symphony offers student scholarshipFeb 2, 2021 4:10 PM - The Discover Symphony, formerly the Park Ridge Civic Orchestra, is offering a $1,000 scholarship to area high school senior instrumentalists. Candidates must be committed to the role of music in the community and continuing musical studies at the college level. The scholarship is underwritten by the J. Mark Waltz Memorial Scholarship Fund.
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Best Bets: Groundhog Days returns again to Woodstock
Jan 27, 2021 6:00 AM - Groundhog Days in Woodstock returns with mostly outdoor activities this year, the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago reopens and the College of Lake County streams the circus show "The Great DuBois: Master of Variety." -
Best Bets: MLK celebrations move online
Jan 12, 2021 6:00 AM - The African American Arts Alliance of Chicago and Black Ensemble Theater present a Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration online, and College of Lake County streams "Sinatra Forever" and "The Greatest Piano Men." -
The show goes on -- online -- for suburban symphonies
Jan 1, 2021 9:36 AM - Suburban-based symphony orchestras have had to turn to online and outdoor performances amid the coronavirus pandemic. -
Best Bets: 'Holiday Magic' returns to Brookfield Zoo
Nov 25, 2020 1:33 PM - Brookfield Zoo shines bright during its outdoor "Holiday Magic" light display, Six Flags Great America welcomes guests for its "Holiday in the Park Lights" and more this weekend. -
Chicago Symphony clarinetist John Bruce Yeh finding success with intimate, virtual CSO Sessions concerts
Oct 30, 2020 12:50 PM - Former Glenview resident John Bruce Yeh is the longest serving clarinetist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Yeh is featured in virtual concerts available this month as part of a socially distant series called CSO Sessions. -
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. -
CSO cancels more concerts through March 2021
Oct 15, 2020 7:13 PM - The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association has canceled its regularly scheduled season concerts and programs through March 30 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. -
Erin Wall, a veteran Lyric Opera and CSO soprano, dies at 44
Oct 15, 2020 11:21 AM - The classical music world is mourning Canadian sorpano Erin Wall, 44, who died from complications of metastatic breast cancer on Thursday. Wall was an alumna of the Lyric Opera of Chicago's Ryan Opera Center and went on to star in many leading roles, and performed often with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Ravinia Festival. -
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.
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