Articles filed under Music
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Roundup of fairs, festivals this weekendJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - Des Plaines Park District's Chase to the Taste Fun Run/Walk, |Downtown Des Plaines, along Ellinwood Avenue: 8 to 9 a.m. Saturday, June 6. (847) 922-0556. Visit desplaine...
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Ravinia opens for the summer season this weekendJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - A picnic on the lawn, an admission price freeze and a typically wide-ranging menu of music by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and leading artists. It can mean only one th...
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Local auditionsJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - • The Lyric Opera of Chicago holds auditions for 18 solo dancers for its 2010 production of "The Damnation of Faust" from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, June 20, at 20 N. Wack...
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Whitney Houston's new album due in SeptemberJun 03, 2009 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The date for Whitney Houston's comeback has been set. Arista Records says her long-awaited album will be released Sept. 1. Houston hasn't released a CD in se...
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Grammy-winning Chicago blues legend Koko Taylor dies at 80Jun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Koko Taylor, a sharecropper's daughter whose regal bearing and powerful voice earned her the sobriquet "Queen of the Blues," has died after complications from surgery. S...
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Jimi Falls returning to John BarleycornJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - The local rock band Jimi Falls returns to its Northwest-suburban stomping grounds with a show at Schaumburg's John Barleycorn today. Jimi Falls performs at 9:30 p.m. Fri...
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Summer concert season brings reunion tours, big namesJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - If you missed some of your favorite '80s and '90s bands the first time around, there's a good chance you can catch them on the reunion trail this summer. Reunions, packa...
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Best bets: 'Camelot', Gospel Music FestJun 01, 2009 11:00 pm - King Arthur & Co. The beloved Lerner and Lowe musical "Camelot" officially opens the 2009 Ravinia Festival in a special concert featuring two-time Tony Award-winner Geor...
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Live Nation nixes some summer concert ticket feesMay 31, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Live Nation Inc., the world's largest concert promoter, is opening the summer season with a promotion every Wednesday that eliminates some ticket fees, th...
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Spector gets 19 years to life in prison for murderMay 29, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- With his carefully tailored suit and coifed hair, Phil Spector kept up appearances even as a judge sentenced him to 19 years to life in prison for second...