Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Engvall 'nervous' about hosting CMT awardsJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Bill Engvall is a comedian, a sitcom star and a member of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. So, hosting this week's CMT awards should be a piece of cake. Or no...
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Watch the beds zipping by at Naper DaysJun 13, 2009 11:00 pm - Freebie! Keeping clean - the 1890s way Learn how people kept clean in the 1890s, before indoor plumbing and modern bathing products were invented, during the "...
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Mourners belt out blues to honor Koko TaylorJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Hundreds of mourners honored the memory of late blues legend Koko Taylor at her funeral by singing her signature song "Wang Dang Doodle" and remembering why she was know...
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Court records: Singer Usher files for divorceJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - ATLANTA (AP) -- R&B singer Usher filed for divorce Friday from Tameka Foster Raymond, less than two years after their glitzy wedding at a Georgia resort. The 30-year-old...
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Phish, in first appearance, comes home to BonnarooJun 12, 2009 11:00 pm - MANCHESTER, Tennessee -- Phish might technically be a Bonnaroo rookie, but the band's first performance at the Tennessee music festival had the feeling of a homecoming....
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Chastity Bono announces sex changeJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES -- Chastity Bono, the daughter of Cher, is having a sex change to become a man. A spokesman for Bono, born a girl to Cher and Sonny Bono, says he "has made t...
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Local auditionsJun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - • Reign Down Enterprises has auditions for an October run of the stage production "Eyes Haven't Seen" from 6 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, at the Tuley Park Field Hou...
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Drury Lane serves up high-octane 'Pump Boys and Dinettes'Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - It's easy to like "Pump Boys and Dinettes," the lighter-than-air homage to life alongside the highway, now in a pleasing revival at Drury Lane Oak Brook. To begin with, ...
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Todd Snider finds humor in tough timesJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - Many of the characters Todd Snider sings about in "The Excitement Plan" are coping with tough times. That includes the tree that becomes a newspaper and doesn't even get...
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Late blues great Koko Taylor gets musical sendoffJun 10, 2009 11:00 pm - The late legendary blues singer Koko Taylor is set to receive a musical tribute fit for a queen. Denise Williams, Otis Clay and other musicians in town for this weekend'...