Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Music review: Watkins Family Hour captures spirit of variety showsAug 22, 2022 1:00 am - "Vol. II," Watkins Family Hour (Family Hour Records) Tom Petty's pianist plays "Tennessee Waltz," an Ernest Tubb classic rides a Bo Diddley beat, and a deep cut by ...
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R. Kelly accuser's mom says she feared for lifeAug 22, 2022 1:00 am - A mother whose daughter prosecutors say R. Kelly sexually abused starting when she was 14 told jurors Monday at the singer's federal trial that she lied to a state grand...
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Tom Dreesen's one-man show 'The Man Who Made Sinatra Laugh' comes to The MAC Sept. 10Aug 21, 2022 11:00 pm - On Saturday, Sept. 10, Tom Dreesen will perform his one-man show, "The Man Who Made Sinatra Laugh" for one night only at the 800-seat Belushi Performance Hall. "We are e...
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Lombard's Cruise Nights & Summer Concerts ends season with 7th HeavenAug 21, 2022 11:00 pm - The village of Lombard will host a concert featuring 7th Heaven, a popular pop/rock band, at the final 2022 Cruise Nights and Summer Concert Series event in downtown Lom...
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Local band in final stretch of winning contest for a major LA gigAug 21, 2022 11:00 pm - Chicago's own Pino Farina Band is in the final stretch to secure a major opening gig at The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California and win $10,000. Audacity's We Can...
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ESO, musicians agree to two-year contract, helping secure fiscal sustainability while enhancing community engagementAug 21, 2022 1:00 am - ELGIN - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra (ESO) and its musicians have agreed on a mutually beneficial two-year contract that lays the groundwork for sustainability and growt...
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Neil Simon's 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' opens 94th season at the Theatre of Western SpringsAug 20, 2022 11:00 pm - For its first Mainstage production for the 2022-23 season, the Theatre of Western Springs will be putting on Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs" directed by Karen Holb...
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Mount Prospect music festival features 78 bands at 16 venuesAug 20, 2022 1:00 am - Red Orange was just one of the artists performing during 56 Music Fix, a three-day music festival in downtown Mount Prospect featuring 78 bands at 16 venues, as the even...
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Wainwright's new music takes inspiration from turning 75Aug 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Loudon Wainwright III points out that the first line of the first song on his first album, released when he was 23, is about aging: 'œIn Delaware when I ...
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Spotlight: Elgin Shakespeare Project follows original practices with 'Romeo/Juliet' adaptationAug 19, 2022 6:00 am - Old-school Shakespeare Janus Theatre concludes its multiyear Elgin Shakespeare Project with "Romeo/Juliet," a hybrid production of William Shakespeare's tragedy incorpor...