Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Schaumburg seeking ways to reduce costs of performing arts centerFeb 02, 2018 4:33 am - Though Schaumburg's proposed 2,800-seat performing arts center hasn't been before the village board in nearly nine months, work continues on trying to reduce its potenti...
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Play on MLK's last day to premiere in SchaumburgFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Schaumburg's Al Larson Prairie Center for the Arts will host the premiere of the original production "Last Night as King: The Final 24 Hours of the Life of Dr. Martin Lu...
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Feder: Sun-Times drops theater critic Hedy WeissFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Eight months after the Chicago Sun-Times ran an editorial declaring "We support our theater critic, Hedy Weiss," the paper is dropping the curtain on her. "Today is Hedy...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsFeb 02, 2018 12:00 am - Groundhog Day fun in Woodstock, a French farce in Arlington Heights and a Super Bowl bash in St. Charles are among your weekend options in the suburbs. Here are five ide...
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Naperville Parks announces 2018 'Your Concert, Your Park, Your Choice' winnersFeb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - The results of the "Your Concert, Your Park, Your Choice" online contest are in. Between Jan. 18 and 28, Naperville residents cast 1,604 votes for preferred locations an...
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Mundelein Theatre presents the comedy 'Figments'Feb 01, 2018 10:00 pm - Take a romp through the mind of a playwright who can't shake his writer's block when Mundelein Theatre presents "Figments" by Billy St. John. This comedy will play on t...
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Ed Sheeran, Cardi B to play iHeartRadio Music AwardsFeb 01, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ed Sheeran, Cardi B, Camila Cabello, Maroon 5, Charlie Puth and the Backstreet Boys will perform at the fifth annual iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 11...
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First Folio scares up laughs in flawed 'Women in Jeopardy!'Feb 01, 2018 5:00 am - “Women in Jeopardy” - ★ ★ ½ There's an ancient saying about the whole being greater than the sum of its parts. That's not entirely true of Wendy MacLeod's farcical “Wome...
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MCC jazz musician recognized for compositionsJan 31, 2018 10:00 pm - MCC jazz musician recognized for composing more than 30 pieces
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Civil rights song 'We Shall Overcome' part of public domainJan 31, 2018 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The civil rights anthem "We Shall Overcome," which has been quoted by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and was made popular by folk singer Pete Se...