Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Skaggs covers new gospel ground with 'Mosaic'Aug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Ricky Skaggs, "Mosaic" (Skaggs Family/Fontana) Ricky Skaggs has recorded gospel albums in the past, but never anything like his new album, "Mosaic." Working with ...
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New dramas, time-tested musicals among fall's theater offeringsAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - You can't please everybody with theater. Play things too safely and a theater audience becomes bored and complacent. Take too many artistic risks and audiences will fle...
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'Wiggly Circus Live!' coming to RosemontAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Preschool favorites The Wiggles bring their "Wiggly Circus Live!" to the Rosemont Theatre for two shows only. Joining the Australian quartet in their big top extravaganz...
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Little Big Town moves forwardAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Little Big Town, "The Reason Why" (Capitol Nashville) With "The Reason Why," Nashville vocal group Little Big Town recaptures their mojo. Their one-of-a-kind soun...
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Eclectic Poi Dog Pondering to play at RaviniaAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Few groups can draw from as eclectic an array of influences and still make cohesive, coherent pop music like Chicago-based Poi Dog Pondering can. Since the late 1980s, t...
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Fantasia's 3rd album reveals littleAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Fantasia, "Back to Me" (J Records) On the eve of her third album release, Fantasia made headlines for overdosing on aspirin and other pills in a failed suicide bi...
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Cee-Lo's vitriolic video on YouTube goes viralAug 24, 2010 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- A catchy but expletive-laden new song from Cee-Lo has quickly gone viral. The title includes an expletive but racked up more than 1.8 million views by Tuesda...
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Cheap stuff: Tomato Feast, Buffalo Grove Days, Schneider showAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - Free 'The Artist's Hand' The Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County hosts a new solo art exhibit by Gurnee native Ca...
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Best bets: Dance fest, comedian Jo Koy, Grammy-winner Bill MillerAug 23, 2010 11:00 pm - World class, no charge All the free ticketed indoor events of the Chicago Dancing Festival were snatched up within two hours. But there's still a free chance to see danc...
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Faith Evans arrested on drunken driving chargeAug 22, 2010 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Grammy-winning singer Faith Evans has been arrested after being stopped at a drunken driving checkpoint in the Los Angeles area. Officer Cleon Joseph of t...