Articles filed under Music
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Ron Onesti: Crystal Bowersox is worthy of an ‘Idol’ titleJan 24, 2025 6:00 am - I have been producing music and food festivals for the past 35 years. During that time, I have crossed paths with a regular stream of entertainers who have graced our various festival stages. Most were good, some not so good, a couple, were “idols” in the making. One individual who fit into that last category was a young girl with dreadlocks, a guitar and an uncertain musical future.
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Best Bets: ‘Sustenance & Land’ exhibit, Lunar New Year, Brooke Shields and moreJan 22, 2025 8:46 am - Elmhurst Art Museum’s new exhibit “Sustenance and Land” opens, Elgin’s Side Street Studio Arts hosts its sixth Winter Mini Fringe, Brooke Shields discusses her memoir at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre and more.
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Concerts Jan. 24-30: Little River Band, Poi Dog Pondering, Meshell Ndegeocello and moreJan 21, 2025 11:14 am - Upcoming concerts this week include Little River Band, Ralph Covert, Poi Dog Pondering, Meshell Ndegeocello and more.
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Things to do Jan. 24-30: Norge Winter Ski Jump Tournament, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks and moreJan 21, 2025 10:39 am - Mark your calendar for the Norge Annual Winter Ski Jump Tournament, Hot Wheels Monster Trucks Live Glow-N-Fire, Marlon Wayans’ “Wild Child Tour” and more happening this week.
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Ron Onesti: Their gifts just keep on givingJan 17, 2025 5:00 am - Oh, how the years are flying by! And how the legends and icons in music are retiring or leaving us at an incredible pace! I have been putting on shows for about 40 years now. When I started, Charlie Chaplin was still alive, and Heart was an opening band! Since then, many superstars have come and gone, so the ones that are still kickin’ are even more treasured!
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Concerts Jan. 17-23: Kelsea Ballerini, Big Head Todd & the Monsters and moreJan 14, 2025 5:32 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Kelsea Ballerini with Sasha Alex Sloan and Marynn Taylor; Blood, Sweat and Tears with Jason Scheff; Big Head Todd and the Monsters with Glen Phillips of Toad The Wet Sprocket and more.
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Things to do Jan. 17-23: Wheeling Winterfest, MLK Day events, Chicago Fishing Expo and moreJan 14, 2025 10:34 am - Mark your calendar for Wheeling Winterfest, Martin Luther King Jr. Day events throughout the suburbs, the Chicago Fishing Expo and more happening this week.
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Best Bets: New Elmhurst History Museum exhibit opensJan 13, 2025 3:06 pm - A new Elmhurst History Museum exhibition chronicles the transformation of the community, Martin Luther King Jr. tributes take place in Chicago, and Disney on Ice skates into Rosemont’s Allstate Arena next week.
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Ron Onesti: Unsung heroes at the theatersJan 10, 2025 7:00 am - It was 20 years ago when I first came to The Arcada Theatre in St. Charles. The building was 80 years old at the time with so much history, and so many memories. An element that literally came with the building was a gentleman named Jim Shaffer. He was at The Arcada for many years before I got there. A couple other guys, Bob Linn and Stan Battles, came on in the early ’90s and would ultimately make up the core of our usher team.
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Grant Park Music Festival sets summer lineupJan 07, 2025 11:07 am - The Grant Park Music Festival on Tuesday announced its 2025 season, the first under new artistic director and principal conductor Giancarlo Guerrero. The free concerts June 11 through Aug. 16 include classics as well as new works.