Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Chicago theater community reacts to cultural arts 'crisis' reportOct 08, 2023 11:00 pm - A devastating report last week on the crisis facing Chicago's cultural arts community came as little surprise to people who work in the field and already have been deali...
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Tony! Toni! Toné! say reuniting after 25 years 'Feels Good' ahead of Chicago showOct 08, 2023 6:00 am - D'Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley didn't realize that Raphael Saadiq was planting the seeds for a Tony! Toni! Toné! reunion when he arranged a photo shoot earl...
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On 'Carolyn's Boy,' Darius Rucker pays tribute to his greatest inspiration: his late motherOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES — In 1992, country star Darius Rucker's mom died of a heart attack. That was two years before his band, Hootie and the Blowfish, would release their debut re...
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Omar Apollo on his emotional new EP, 'Live For Me,' and ignoring the confines of genreOct 07, 2023 6:00 am - In just four songs on his latest EP, "Live For Me," Omar Apollo processes death, grief, acceptance and the lack of it - big, traumatic emotions - through intimate, lush ...
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DuPage Symphony Orchestra starts its 70th anniversary season with 'Echoes of the English Soul'Oct 05, 2023 11:00 pm - “My idea is that there is music in the air, music all around us; the world is full of it, and you simply take as much as you require,” said English composer Edward Elgar...
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Arkells aims for connection with latest album 'Laundry Pile,' Sunday's Metro showOct 05, 2023 6:00 am - In the 2017 foot-stomping, crowd-rousing anthem “Knocking at the Door,” alt-rock band Arkells ends one powerful verse with the lines “Standin' shoulder to shoulder/ As w...
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New Writers Theatre artistic director makes an impression with enchanting 'Eurydice'Oct 04, 2023 3:00 pm - YouTube As the saying goes, you never get a second chance to make a first impression. Writers Theatre's new artistic director Braden Abraham won't need a second chance,...
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Sound check: The latest from Sin.; Black Keys, Young the Giant on Q101's Twisted XMAS lineupOct 04, 2023 6:00 am - Sin. in the wings Riding the buzz coming off the two recently released singles ".308 Hate" and "Momfriend," rock foursome Sin. is dropping its new album "Wax Figure...
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'The Paranormal 60' podcast host to share ghost stories in RoselleOct 04, 2023 1:00 am - The Lake Park High School theater department is hosting "A Paranormal Night at the Theatre" on Thursday, Oct. 5. Former Lake Park Lancer Dave Schrader will share his sca...
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Festivals Oct. 6-12: Oktoberfests, Great Highwood Pumpkin Fest, Scarecrow Fest and moreOct 03, 2023 11:00 pm - Ongoing Keller's Farmstand Fun Fall Festivities: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through Sunday, Oct. 29, at Keller's Farmstand Oswego, 2500 Johnson Road, Oswego. Features a...