Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'We all lost our best friend': Radio icon Lin Brehmer dies after cancer battleJan 22, 2023 12:00 am - Beloved WXRT 93.1-FM radio host and rock'n'roll poet laureate Lin Brehmer has died after battling cancer, the Chicago radio station reported Sunday. “It is with a heavy ...
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Spotlight: Pop artist Andy Warhol inspires two-hander at Northlight TheatreJan 20, 2023 5:00 am - The artist & the activist After reinventing himself as a portrait painter of celebrities, pop art icon Andy Warhol traveled to Iran in 1976 to photograph the Sha...
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ESO Listener's Club offers insights into featured composersJan 19, 2023 10:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra invites the public to learn about composers Richard Wagner, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Robert Schumann at free, educational discussions at 1 ...
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Sound check: Glory Days headlines Rockin' Robin memorial showJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - Rockin' Robin Memorial Show Wauconda-area pop-punk band Glory Days headlines a stacked lineup this weekend to celebrate the life of the late Robin Olmsted, a Cary artist...
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Arlington Heights native Mike Vinopal discusses Local Motive's new album and his ties between music, mental healthJan 19, 2023 5:00 am - The new Local Motive full-length album “Slice of Life,” released in late December, doesn't pull any punches. With a poignant voice memo from Arlington Heights native Mik...
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David Crosby, icon of 1960s and '70s rock 'n' roll, dies at 81Jan 19, 2023 12:00 am - David Crosby, the brash rock musician who evolved from a baby-faced harmony singer with The Byrds to a mustachioed hippie superstar and an ongoing troubadour in Crosby, ...
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Actor/music director/conductor Alexander Gemignani dreams big as the lead in Marriott Theatre's 'Big Fish'Jan 18, 2023 10:00 pm - Wherever Broadway veteran Alexander Gemignani goes, he is among family. He says that's how it feels for theater professionals who, over the course of a show, often estab...
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Northbrook native JORDY earns a GLAAD nominationJan 18, 2023 3:00 pm - Northbrook native JORDY, who said last summer's slot playing Lollapalooza was "a childhood dream come true," is experiencing yet another first in his rising musical care...
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Best Bets: The Great DuBois two-person circus, Winter Mini Fringe, Lyric Opera's 'Hansel and Gretel'Jan 18, 2023 5:00 am - Happy birthday, Steve Perry! Journey Recaptured captures the power of the classic rock band's timeless hits (including "Don't Stop Believin'," "Faithfully," "Any Way You...
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Madonna brings 'Celebration Tour' to Chicago Aug. 9Jan 16, 2023 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Madonna will "Take a Bow" with a new tour through North America and Europe starting this summer that will be a "Celebration" of the pop icon's hits, which inc...