Articles filed under Performing Arts
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40 years later, Woodstock still fascinatesAug 09, 2009 11:00 pm - BETHEL, New York -- Forty years after Richie Havens sang and strummed for a sea of people at Woodstock, he still gets asked about it all the time. And like in the movie,...
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Gurnee Days celebration features rides, contests and moreAug 08, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie Gurnee Days The annual Gurnee Days celebration features carnival rides, the Gurnee Idol contest, a bike rodeo, "Movie in the Park Friday," a golf tourn...
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Rain & fire: Weather extremes suit LollapaloozaAug 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Lollapalooza concertgoers on Friday could have borrowed a chant from the original Woodstock outdoor rock festival 40 years ago: "No rain!" Yet, even though the tickets s...
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Local unsigned artist prepares for Lollapalooza setAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Each year Lollapalooza lines up some of the biggest bands in the land, but the festival also offers small-time up-and-comers a spot on the same stages. For 45 minutes Sa...
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Ravinia's final concerts salute Weill, GalwayAug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - With the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's annual Ravinia Festival residency heading into its closing weeks, two special events are on tap this weekend: an all-Kurt Weill con...
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Best bets: Batavia art fest, 'Girls Night Out'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Art for all The Art in Your Eye Festival returns for its fifth annual outing along the Batavia Riverwalk, Houston Street and Island Avenue, Batavia. There's hands-on art...
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'Sweet Charity' director Corti takes on 'Cabaret'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - Jim Corti, last year's Jeff Award-winning director of the sensational "Sweet Charity," teams up with music director Doug Peck (the 2008 Jeff winner for Court Theatre's "...
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Rise Against on playing Lollapalooza: It's been a crazy ride'Aug 06, 2009 11:00 pm - It's curious, sometimes, how tastes change. When Joe Principe was first working to put together the band that would become Rise Against, about 10 years ago, there weren'...
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'Awakening' rock musical jumpstarts the genreAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - "Spring Awakening" is a breath of fresh air. Coming three years after the zestful musical by writer/lyricist Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik rocketed from cult h...
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Steely Dan had to do some homework for tourAug 05, 2009 11:00 pm - To prepare for their current tour, Steely Dan had to relearn their own music. The band will perform one of three albums -- "Aja," ''Gaucho" or "The Royal Scam" -- in its...