Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Weekend picks: Chicago native Deon Cole laughs it up at Schaumburg's ImprovMay 30, 2018 6:00 am - Chicago's own Get a whole lot of laughs when Chicago native and actor Deon Cole ("Black-ish," "Barbershop") performs a series of standup comedy shows starting Thursday a...
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Sound check: Depeche Mode brings dark dance rock to ChicagoMay 30, 2018 6:00 am - Words like violence ... The English rockers of Depeche Mode brought their new-wave dance rock to the States in the mid-'80s, giving American teens a new way to chan...
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How puppetry class helps District 54 English language learnersMay 30, 2018 1:00 am - An unusual partnership played out last week when students in the Playful Puppeteers Club from Churchill School in Schaumburg set up their stage and puppets in front of O...
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Gilberts Community Days opens June 1 with music and funMay 29, 2018 11:00 pm - The annual Gilberts Community Days will open from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday, June 1, at Towne Centre Park, Route 72 and Center Drive. New this year is the Community Days Busi...
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Fine Line Arts Festival to feature art demos, music and more June 2May 29, 2018 11:00 pm - Stop by the Fine Line Arts Festival from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 2, at the Fine Line Creative Arts Center, 37W570 Bolcum Road in St. Charles. Admission and park...
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Elgin Theatre Company show explores how technology connects us and divides usMay 29, 2018 11:00 pm - The Elgin Theatre Company's newest production, “Dead Man's Cell Phone,” aims to raise questions about the pros and cons of digital technology in the modern age. Those qu...
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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...