Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Plan ahead: Mo'Nique, Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl, Hal Ketchum coming to suburbsOct 09, 2018 5:00 am - Oscar winner Comedian and Academy Award-winning actress Mo'Nique (“Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire”) returns for a special engagement of standup performa...
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Lyric Opera Orchestra on strike; performances canceled through SaturdayOct 09, 2018 1:00 am - Lyric Opera of Chicago orchestra members went on strike Tuesday, imperiling the 2018-2019 season days after its opening coproduction of Puccini's "La Boheme." The st...
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Jeff Committee recognizes enduring theaters, including Drury Lane, with special awardOct 09, 2018 12:01 am - Drury Lane Theatre, a suburban mainstay for nearly 80 years (the last 34 in Oakbrook Terrace, the first 45 in Evergreen Park), is among four Chicago-area theaters that w...
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Sunday Concert Series begins Oct. 14 in St. CharlesOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - The St. Charles Public Library will kick off its annual Sunday Concert Series at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, with a performance by renowned guitar virtuoso Fareed Haque and ...
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East Dundee to debut Oktoberfest, hopes to draw visitors to downtownOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - With this weekend's Oktoberfest, the village of East Dundee may finally have an annual festival to call its own. For years, it had ridden piggyback on West Dundee's Heri...
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MCC Black Box Theatre opens with 'The Foreigner'Oct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - The Black Box Theatre at McHenry County College will present Larry Shue's comedy "The Foreigner," opening Oct. 18. The scene is a fishing lodge in rural Georgia often v...
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Taylor Swift wins big at AMAs and encourages fans to voteOct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Taylor Swift kicked off her week with a rare political post on social media, and at the American Music Awards she continued the conversation by encouraging fans to vote ...
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Tough drama, timely message: Cary-Grove High School to present 'The Laramie Project'Oct 08, 2018 11:00 pm - Friday, Oct. 12, marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard, an openly gay student at the University of Wyoming, who was brutally murdered because of his...
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Old Crow Medicine Show founder sings, speaks to kids in AuroraOct 08, 2018 1:00 am - A writer and musician known for staging his folk talents with the band Old Crow Medicine Show found a younger audience than usual when he visited an Aurora elementary sc...
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Second Sunday Concert Series opener to feature Chicago Brass Band PlayersOct 07, 2018 11:00 pm - The Chicago Brass Band Players will open the McHenry County College Second Sunday Concert Series at 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, in the Luecht Conference Center at the colleg...