Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Taylor Swift wins big at AMAs and encourages fans to voteOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Taylor Swift kicked off her week with a rare political post on social media, and at the American Music Awards she continued the conversation by encouraging fans to vote ...
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Tough drama, timely message: Cary-Grove High School to present 'The Laramie Project'Oct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Friday, Oct. 12, marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming, who was brutally murdered because of his...
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Old Crow Medicine Show founder sings, speaks to kids in AuroraOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - A writer and musician known for staging his folk talents with the band Old Crow Medicine Show found a younger audience than usual when he visited an Aurora elementary sc...
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Second Sunday Concert Series opener to feature Chicago Brass Band PlayersOct 07, 2018 11:00 pm - The Chicago Brass Band Players will open the McHenry County College Second Sunday Concert Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Luecht Conference Center at the colleg...
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Weekend picks: Death Cab for Cutie plays Auditorium TheatreOct 07, 2018 7:23 am - Death Cab in Chicago Death Cab for Cutie, the alternative rock band behind the mid-2000s heart-wrenching hit "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" and 2011's "You A...
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Best bets this week: WWE Monday Night Raw in Rosemont, Lee DeWyze at Chicago's Lincoln HallOct 07, 2018 7:00 am - Top pick Beefy brawlers Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman and Seth Rollins are just a few of the star wrestlers in the line up for WWE Monday Night Raw on Monday at...
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Pianist Vadym Kholodenko joins Wheaton College for his Artist Series debutOct 06, 2018 11:00 pm - "What is Music? How do you define it? Music is a calm moonlit night, the rustle of leaves in Summer. Music is the far off peal of bells at dusk! Music comes straight fro...
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Weekend picks: Schaumburg Improv hosts 'Community' comedian Joel McHaleOct 06, 2018 7:23 am - 'Community' comic Fans of the TV series "Community" and "The Soup" won't want to miss their chance to see Joel McHale perform standup live this weekend at the Improv...
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Tina Turner reveals husband gave her kidney for transplantOct 06, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tina Turner has revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ donated by her husband. The 78-year-old singer says in an upcoming autobiogra...
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'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' an intermittently entertaining hodgepodgeOct 05, 2018 1:00 pm - “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” - ★ ★ ½ In its touring debut at Chicago's Oriental Theatre, “Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” is missing a key ingredi...