Articles filed under Performing Arts
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New book shows Chicago, suburban history filled with more than a little bit countryJul 03, 2023 10:00 am - Bob Atcher was a Kentucky-born, fiddle-playing cowboy who released a string of records in the 1940s that landed on the “Hillbilly” charts. He was also the mayor of Schau...
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New to streaming this week: Taylor Swift, animated 'Superman,' 'Biosphere' and 'Wham!'Jul 03, 2023 6:00 am - Taylor Swift's rerecording of her "Speak Now" and survivalist Bear Grylls taking Bradley Cooper and Rita Ora into the wild are among the new television, movies, music an...
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COD's College Theater puts on 'Once Upon a Mattress'Jul 02, 2023 11:00 pm - College of DuPage College Theater is presenting "Once Upon a Mattress" on July 6-16. Performances will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Sunday in the Belushi Performanc...
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Images: OK Cool, Pinksqueeze play Harper College summer concertJul 02, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago indie rock band OK Cool and bubblegum punk rockers Pinksqueeze took to Harper College for a summer concert series show Thursday, June 29, hosted by Harper Colleg...
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Music review: Lucinda Williams at 70 is still finding her muse, still making music that mattersJul 01, 2023 6:00 am - "Stories From a Rock N Roll Heart" by Lucinda Williams (Highway 20 Records/Thirty Tigers) At least twice on her new album, Lucinda Williams worries about whether sh...
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Legendary Chicago Top 40 disc jockey Dick Biondi dead at 90, station announcesJul 01, 2023 1:00 am - Dick Biondi, who cheerfully entertained Top 40 radio station listeners in Chicago over six decades, died June 26 at his Chicago home, WLS 890-AM announced Saturday. He w...
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Pioneering Lookingglass Theatre pauses productions to 're-imagine our future'Jun 30, 2023 1:00 am - Lookingglass Theatre, the pioneering Chicago ensemble founded by Northwestern University graduates including "Friends" alum David Schwimmer, announced Friday it will...
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Batavia's Windmill City Festival returns with fun favoritesJun 29, 2023 11:00 pm - Windmill City Festival, Batavia's largest summer event, returns this week with carnival fun on Houston Street, along with tasty food and beverages, live musical entertai...
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Premiere: Violet Crime's new 'EOD' a pensive, soulful look at growing upJun 29, 2023 6:00 am - Violet Crime is looking for the answers to life, and they need them by the end of the day, thanks. With the new song and video for “EOD,” premiering exclusively tod...
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Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine to headline last night of Schaumburg's SeptemberfestJun 29, 2023 1:00 am - Beach Boys founding member Al Jardine and his Endless Summer Band will headline the main stage on the final day of Schaumburg's Septemberfest. Opening for Jardine on Mon...