Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Return to Elgin helped director find her passionMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - Sarafina Vecchio, who directs one of the plays in Janus Theatre's Elgin Short Play Festival, studied theater in England and performed for a while in Chicago. But it wasn...
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Cheap fun: Greek fest, live blues, stamp collector showMay 27, 2010 11:00 pm - $10 and under Greek for a day Celebrate the Heritage of Greece at the St. Athanasios Greek Orthodox Church Flavors of Greece Festival. Highlights in...
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Victory means little sleep for 'Idol' champ Lee DeWyzeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Lee DeWyze didn't make friends with his bed on Wednesday night. He stayed up most of the night hanging with Hollywood stars and his "American Idol" brethren while giving...
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Was there any doubt? Mt. Prospect wild over hometown 'Idol' DeWyzeMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Mount Prospect - until now best known in pop culture for a mention in the 1980 "Blues Brothers" movie - has a new mascot. He used to sell paint, has a bashful smile and ...
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'Billy Elliot' actress feeling at home in more ways than oneMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Susie McMonagle won't be going home anytime soon. Not, that is, the Evanston residence the actress shares with her two sons. She returns there every night, one of the p...
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Andre Williams record release partyMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Record release Andre Williams, the gravelly voiced blues and soul legend, has just released a new record packed with sweaty and suggestive grooves, which he will ...
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How Lee DeWyze won 'American Idol'May 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Simon Cowell was granted his final wish on "American Idol." Lee DeWyze, the bashful paint sales clerk championed early by the biting British judge on the Fox singing con...
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911 call: Syringe, pills next to Slipknot bassistMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - DES MOINES, Iowa -- The hotel employee who found Slipknot bassist Paul Gray dead in his room told a 911 operator that there was a hypodermic needle next to Gray's bed an...
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Argentine spectacle 'Fuerza Bruta' a 'force' to contend withMay 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Who'd have thunk that the landmark 1889 Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University could be transformed into what is likely to be Chicago's hippest and trendiest nightcl...
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Comic classic: Raven revives timeless 'Odd Couple'May 26, 2010 11:00 pm - Not everything needs updating. Classic albums don't need to be augmented with newly "discovered" tracks and classic comedies don't need to be contemporized to remain ent...