Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Chris Young's 'Losing Sleep Tour' plays RiverEdgeAug 17, 2018 6:00 am - He's 'Comin' Over' Country star Chris Young ("I'm Comin' Over," "Voices") brings his "Losing Sleep Tour" with Brown & Gray and Travis Denning to RiverEdge Park, 360 N. B...
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From giving birth at 12 years old to 'physical fights': The difficult life and times of Aretha FranklinAug 17, 2018 1:00 am - Aretha Franklin's music is tinged with a confident power - most notable in the way she transformed Otis Redding's "Respect" into a towering, demanding hurricane of a son...
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Theater events: Music Theater Works revives 'Anything Goes'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - • Music Theater Works continues its season with Cole Porter's madcap 1934 musical comedy "Anything Goes," about a stowaway aboard an ocean liner who falls in love with a...
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Naperville North to present 'Delightful Quarantine'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Theater students at Naperville North High School will present five plays this year, starting in early September with a freshman/sophomore production of "A Delightful Qua...
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College of Lake County grad discusses his long career and current project 'A Shayna Maidel'Aug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - All his life, Charles Stransky wanted to be an actor. Mostly, that's what he's done. "I never learned to wait on tables, drive a cab or tend bar," joked Stransky, refer...
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Jazz on the Square teams up with Jamey Aebersold to bring jazz education resources to McHenry County schoolsAug 16, 2018 11:00 pm - Jazz on the Square, a McHenry County nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting jazz education and live jazz performances in McHenry County, has teamed up with Jamey ...
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5 minutes with ... Sunday CruiseAug 16, 2018 6:00 am - Side Street Studio Arts has spent the last five summers giving up-and-coming new acts exposure to fans (and to each other) with its summerlong Battle of the Bands. Speak...
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10 hot tickets: Carrie Underwood, Thom Yorke and Echo & The Bunnymen on sale this weekendAug 16, 2018 6:00 am - Chris Knight: 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12, at FitzGerald's, 6615 W. Roosevelt Road, Berwyn: Americana. $35-$40. (866) 468-3399 or ticketweb.com. Carrie Underwood...
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Concerts: Michael Charles, Don McLean, Chris Young and moreAug 16, 2018 6:00 am - Chicken Fried, Soul Shine, School of Rock - Naper Nights Concert: 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17, at Naper Settlement, 523 S. Webster St., Naperville. $10-$15. napernights.org. ...
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Wine Down by the Creek in Rolling MeadowsAug 16, 2018 1:00 am - Rolling Meadows will host its 4th Annual Wine Down by the Creek concert Friday night in Kimball Hill Park. The family-friendly evening kicks off at 6 p.m. Music from Eag...