Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Coldplay adds second Soldier Field show for next MayOct 25, 2021 11:00 pm - Coldplay's atmospheric new "Music of the Spheres" album has the British foursome making a second Chicago appearance as part of its globe-trotting "Music of the Spheres W...
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Elgin Youth Symphony program aims to remove roadblocks to classical music educationOct 25, 2021 5:30 am - One by one, fourth-graders gasped with excitement as they each opened their recently acquired instrument cases and got their first looks at the prizes inside. The studen...
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Steel Beam Theatre to host 'The Elephant in the Room' to benefit Batavia's All Dressed UpOct 24, 2021 11:00 pm - One of the local businesses hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic is All Dressed Up, the costume shop in Batavia, Illinois. Owned and operated by Julane Sullivan for the pas...
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Ed Sheeran has COVID, will do performances from homeOct 24, 2021 7:00 am - British pop star Ed Sheeran said Sunday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and will do interviews and performances from his house while he self-isolates. Sheeran, 30, b...
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DJ trio Swedish House Mafia reunite with new music, tourOct 22, 2021 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - DJ supergroup Swedish House Mafia, known for bringing house music to the masses with their arena shows, are ready to turn the crowd up with a new...
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British foursome Coldplay goes galactic with airy album 'Music of the Spheres,' world tour plansOct 22, 2021 6:00 am - The last time Coldplay put out an album, it was like a warm embrace of Earth. This time, the British foursome has gone bigger — cosmically bigger. “We're looking upwards...
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Improv Playhouse to present radio drama 'Dracula'Oct 21, 2021 11:00 pm - Re-enacting the original 1938 Orson Welles' script, Improv Playhouse will produce the classic Bram Stoker novel "Dracula" as a staged radio drama Friday and Saturday, Oc...
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McHenry's Tree of Life UU welcomes interim music directorOct 21, 2021 11:00 pm - The Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603 Bull Valley Road in McHenry, has appointed a new interim music director to aid the congregation in providing q...
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Gothic horror tale 'Frankenstein' inspires provocative premiere of 'The Jigsaw Bride' at First FolioOct 21, 2021 7:45 am - “The Jigsaw Bride” - ★ ★ ★ ½ For “The Jigsaw Bride,” Joseph Zettelmaier's new play premiering at First Folio Theatre, the playwright once again turned to Mary Shelley fo...
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Best Bets: Good vibrations as Brian Wilson, Al Jardine & Blondie Chaplin play GeneseeOct 21, 2021 6:00 am - Gourds aglow There's still time to marvel at the nearly 1,000 carved gourds on display as part of Pier Pumpkin Lights at Navy Pier, 600 E. Grand Ave., Chicago. Saturday ...