Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Metropolis excavates laughs from 'A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum'May 30, 2019 8:00 am - “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” - ★ ★ ½ Farces are arguably the toughest shows to get right. Daffy dialogue and slapstick situations can fail to land if...
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Festivals: Taste of Wheaton, Do Division, Roselle's Rose Fest & many moreMay 30, 2019 7:31 am - This weekend Lincolnshire Food Truck Fridays: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, May 31, at the Lincolnshire Corporate Center, 300 Knightsbridge Pkwy., Lincolnshire. Features a v...
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Ronnie James Dio to tour in hologram formMay 30, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Images of explosions, fire and dragons stream across a massive digital screen set behind a band playing the opening chords of Dio's "King of Rock and ...
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Music Row added to list of 'Most Endangered Historic Places'May 30, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The National Trust for Historic Preservation says it has named Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee, to its 2019 list of America's 11 Most Endangere...
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DC's go-go sound becomes anti-gentrification battle cryMay 30, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - It's the soundtrack of "Chocolate City," the non-federal Washington that has traditionally been a tent pole of black America. Go-go music, a distinctiv...
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Elgin orchestra will be in residence in Chicago for the first timeMay 30, 2019 1:00 am - The departing CEO of the Elgin Symphony Orchestra had big news to share Thursday: The symphony will be in residence for the first time at the Harris Theater for Music an...
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Veteran concert photographer shows exhibit at Elgin Artspace GalleryMay 29, 2019 11:00 pm - Back in 1972, The Who proclaimed "long live rock, be it dead or alive." As far as photographer Jim Summaria and writer Mark Plotnick are concerned, rock is very much ali...
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blink-182, Slayer, Raconteurs, Village People to play Riot Fest 15th anniversaryMay 29, 2019 11:00 am - Fifteen years and still going strong! Riot Fest's lineup announcement Wednesday morning shows why the Chicago music festival in mid-September still lives up to its repu...
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The Darling Suns showcases a darker vibe, new music at Underbelly Hours showMay 29, 2019 10:00 am - It's a time of transition for frontman Rob Krause and the rest of The Darling Suns. The indie-rock band - the core of which consists of John Stenger of St. Charles on g...
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Review: Soprano Lise Davidsen shines on solo debutMay 29, 2019 7:00 am - Lise Davidsen (conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen with the Philharmonia Orchestra), "Lise Davidsen" (Decca) For a young singer as prodigiously gifted as Lise Davidsen, there...