Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Beyoncé to remove offensive word from songAug 01, 2022 1:00 am - Beyoncé is removing an offensive term for disabled people from a new song on her record "Renaissance," just weeks after rapper Lizzo also changed lyrics to remove the sa...
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Rapper Mystikal again accused of rapeAug 01, 2022 1:00 am - Rapper Mystikal was jailed in Louisiana on Monday, accused of rape more than a year after prosecutors dropped charges that had kept him jailed for 18 months in another p...
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Community garage sale kicks off North Aurora DaysJul 31, 2022 11:00 pm - North Aurora Days is returning on Aug. 5-6 with two days full of music, food, and activities. Favorite activities, including Touch-A-Truck, the softball tournament, and...
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Barbara Mandrell returns to the Opry for 50th anniversaryJul 31, 2022 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country Music Hall of Famer and Grammy winner Barbara Mandrell retired from music more than two decades ago, but the Grand Ole Opry still feels l...
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Prospect High alum who made 'Gloria' popular dies of strokeJul 30, 2022 1:00 am - Jimy Sohns, the man who made "Gloria" popular, has died. The Roselle man suffered a stroke July 22 and died Friday at Alexian Brothers Hospice Residences in Elk Grove V...
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Review: Beyoncé escapes to dance world in 'Renaissance'Jul 29, 2022 7:00 am - "Renaissance," Beyoncé (Columbia Records) Beyoncé has been reborn again; this time it's on a shimmering dance floor. But in her seventh studio album, "Renaissance," s...
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'Iconic' Hemmens in Elgin one step closer to $6M additionJul 29, 2022 1:00 am - The more than 50-year-old Hemmens Cultural Center in Elgin is one step closer to a $6 million facelift that officials say will ensure its future for "decades to come." E...
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Folk singer/songwriter Michael Johnathon to perform at Two Way Street Coffee House Aug. 5Jul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - On Aug. 5, Two Way Street Coffee House in Downers Grove welcomes folksinger and songwriter Michael Johnathon to its concert stage. General admission is $10. The concert...
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Celebrate Beatles' 60th anniversary with '4EVER4' exhibit and historical presentationJul 28, 2022 11:00 pm - On Aug. 18, 1962, four long-haired musicians in Liverpool, England, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, played together for the first time, ca...
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Saturday's Homegrown Arts & Music Festival marks a decade of bringing local artists togetherJul 28, 2022 10:00 am - Over the last 10 years, hundreds of local musicians have crossed the Homegrown Arts & Music Festival stages. Some rocked indoors. Some played outdoors. Some performed i...