Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Summer concert season returns in Geneva and St. CharlesMay 29, 2018 11:00 pm - After long, grueling winters, what does the arrival of warmer weather really mean to us? It means festivals, swimming, golf, dining el fresco, gardening, youth baseball ...
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Theater spotlight: Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' comes to The GiftMay 29, 2018 8:00 am - The Gift's 'Hamlet' Daniel Kyri, who has made quite an impression on Chicago Shakespeare, Goodman, Lookingglass and Steppenwolf stages in recent years, plays the titular...
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Dierks Bentley wants to take fans higher on 'The Mountain'May 29, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The last time Dierks Bentley made a bluegrass album, it was a chance to regroup after a terrible tour. He had opened for Kenny Chesney twice, in ...
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Review: Jennifer Warnes back with elegant, heartfelt albumMay 29, 2018 7:00 am - Jennifer Warnes, "Another Time, Another Place" (BMG) Even when major an-album-a-year bands and singers are rare, the 17 since Jennifer Warnes' last record, "The Well," a...
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Beloved director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell dies of cancerMay 29, 2018 1:00 am - Director/choreographer Rachel Rockwell, one of the greats of Chicago area theater and a fixture at Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire for nearly 25 years, died Monday of o...
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Northwest Festival Orchestra performs Friday at Wright CollegeMay 28, 2018 11:00 pm - The Northwest Festival Orchestra, based in Arlington Heights, will present "A Mahler Potpourri" in a joint concert with The Northwest Chicago Symphony at Wright College....
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Folk musician/activist Jim Scott returns to Tree of Life UU CongregationMay 28, 2018 11:00 pm - On Saturday, June 2, Jim Scott, folk singer, composer and musical activist, returns to the Tree of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 5603 Bull Valley Road in McH...
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MCJC to join Greater Chicago Jewish Festival June 10May 28, 2018 11:00 pm - McHenry County Jewish Congregation is pleased to be one of the sponsors of the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival on Sunday, June 10, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at St. Paul Woo...
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Stephen Malkmus taking a new path back to indie sceneMay 28, 2018 7:00 am - One night last November, an unexpected opening act popped up at the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Stephen Malkmus, best known for fronting the 1990s indie-roc...
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BTS first K-pop band to top Billboard album chartsMay 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - K-pop has finally hit the top. The South Korean boy band BTS is now the first K-pop group to reach No. 1 on the Billboard top 200. "Love Yourself: Tear" ...