Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Allegiance Color Guard hosts Marengo Community Showcase Jan. 25Dec 31, 2024 4:24 pm - Marengo's Allegiance Color Guard will showcase their 2025 productions on Jan. 25 while collecting donations for the local food pantry.
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Brothers’ hip-hop version of ‘The Prince and the Pauper’ has Midwest premiereDec 31, 2024 2:56 pm - Suburban siblings and award-winning theater artists Brian and Marvin Quijada collaborate on “Kid Prince and Pablo,” a hip-hop tuner inspired by Mark Twain’s “The Prince and the Pauper” in its Midwest premiere at Lifeline Theatre.
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Best Bets: Hey Nonny celebrates women in jazzDec 30, 2024 9:13 pm - Start 2025 with music and laughter courtesy of Hey Nonny’s Women’s Jazz Festival, comedian Jeff Dye at Zanies Rosemont, and comics Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood at the Rialto.
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Things to do Jan. 3-9: Kevin Hart, Frosty Fest, Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show and moreDec 30, 2024 12:57 pm - Mark your calendar for Kevin Hart’s “Acting My Age,” Frosty Fest in Gurnee, the Discover Boating Chicago Boat Show, the final days of Morton Arboretum’s Illumination: Tree Lights and Chicago Botanic’s Lightscape and more happening this week.
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Concerts Jan. 3-9: Mr. Blotto, Modern Day Romeos and moreDec 30, 2024 12:52 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Alfonso Ponticelli, Mr. Blotto, The Bad Examples, the David Bowie Birthday Bash and more.
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Spotlight: ‘Shucked,’ Broadway’s corn-fed tuner, plays CIBC TheatreDec 30, 2024 10:22 am - The Broadway tuner “Shucked” comes to Chicago for a brief run, Pegasus Theatre showcases teen playwrights, and Broadway vet Courtney Reed headlines Elgin’s Hemmens this week in Chicago-area theater.
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Ron Onesti: ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside,’ but here’s how to stay warm!Dec 27, 2024 4:30 am - When did we get so scared of the cold? I can remember a snowstorm in the late 1960s and EVERYBODY was outside! There is a picture of me somewhere as a 5-year-old bundled up looking like the “Michelin-Man” on top of a snow mountain made by the city snow plows.
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10 shows for winter: Local premieres heat up Chicago-area theaterDec 24, 2024 7:59 am - In an effort to entice theater fans from their cozy confines this winter, Chicago-area companies are staging local premieres of Broadway hits along with a smattering of revivals.
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Concerts Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: The BoDeans, American English, Jay & The Americans and moreDec 23, 2024 3:18 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include The BoDeans, American English, Pino Farina Band, Jay and The Americans and more.
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Things to do Dec. 27 to Jan. 2: Blue Man Group, New Year’s Eve, holiday light shows and moreDec 23, 2024 1:30 pm - Mark your calendar for the final Blue Man Group shows in Chicago, the Harlem Globetrotters at Allstate Arena, New Year’s Eve events, holiday light shows and more happening this week.