Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Forget Netflix - The real joy of movies is still in theatersFeb 22, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sure, it's easy to Netflix and chill these days. Or Prime and recline. Or Hulu and ... well, whatever. But if you really want to savor a film, there's st...
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Theater events: Chester Gregory sings Motown hits at the MetropolisFeb 22, 2019 5:00 am - • Porchlight Music Theatre celebrates 1941 as part of its New Faces Sing Broadway series. The series showcases songs from such 1941 tuners as "Pal Joey," "Cabin in the S...
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Concerts: Angela Ingersoll, Bob Mould, the Gin Blossoms and moreFeb 22, 2019 5:00 am - Shawn Rieke, Stolen Enterprise, Alex Wolfe: 6:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 22, at Wire, 6815 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn. $10-$12. (708) 669-9473 or wireismusic.com. Gin Blossoms ...
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'Monsters' at Stevenson HighFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - Tickets for Stevenson High School's winter play, "She Kills Monsters," are available now. Shows are scheduled for 7 p.m. March 8 and at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. March 9 in the ...
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R. Kelly turns himself into Chicago policeFeb 22, 2019 12:00 am - R. Kelly, the R&B star who has been trailed for decades by allegations that he violated underage girls and women and held some as virtual slaves, was charged Friday with...
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Aurora Public Library joins First Friday with an early St. Patrick's Day celebrationFeb 21, 2019 10:00 pm - The Aurora Public Library joins the First Fridays festivities on Friday, March 1, in downtown Aurora with a pre-Saint Patrick's Day celebration. What should you expect?...
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Review: Fiancee helps Hayes Carll deliver his prettiest workFeb 21, 2019 6:00 am - Hayes Carll, "What It Is" (Dualtone) Dysfunctional relationships abound on Hayes Carll's new album, from the one-on-one wounds described in the opener "None'ya" to the c...
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Review: UK's Yola sings vintage country-soul on debut albumFeb 21, 2019 6:00 am - Yola, "Walk Through Fire" (Easy Eye Sound) Yola's "Walk Through Fire" is a scrumptious period piece of an album, its strings, harpsichords, steel guitars, electric piano...
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10 hot tickets: Dave Matthews Band, Al Green and Lara Fabian on sale this weekendFeb 21, 2019 5:00 am - "Rock of Ages": 8 performances between Tuesday to Sunday, April 23 to 28, at Nederlander Theatre, 24 W. Randolph St., Chicago: 10th anniversary of the jukebox musical po...
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Peter Tork, endearingly offbeat bassist and singer in the Monkees, dies at 77Feb 21, 2019 12:00 am - Peter Tork, a blues and folk musician who became a teeny-bopper sensation as a member of the Monkees, the wisecracking, made-for-TV pop group that imitated and briefly o...