Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Chris Brown named artist of the year by BillboardDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - NEW YORK -- The accolades keep coming for Chris Brown -- this time, he's been named Billboard's top artist of 2008. "It's bigger than what I can ever imagine. It's unexp...
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500 Clown comes to the 'burbsDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - The innovative physical theater ensemble 500 Clown brings to Naperville its wonderfully subversive, anti-Rockwellian "500 Clown Christmas," a wholly entertaining show th...
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Broadway stars to launch Ravinia's 2009 seasonDec 11, 2008 10:00 pm - Nearly every arts administrator brings something special to his job, and for Welz Kauffman, president and CEO of the Ravinia Festival, it has been the festival's focus o...
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Berkner blasts back with new CD, Rosemont showDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - When she started working as a preschool music teacher, Laurie Berkner would come home and cry. She just couldn't figure out how to speak the kids' language or how to co...
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'Actor first' puts fresh spin on seasonal theaterDec 10, 2008 10:00 pm - Lots of theater people have day jobs, and most of these jobs have nothing to do with theater. But a lucky few are like Mike Speller, director of "Xtreme Holiday Makeover...
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The Tossers celebrate roots, resilience on latest CDDec 09, 2008 10:00 pm - Depending on whom you ask, the definition of the slang term "tosser" varies. It might be what the Irish called an English coin after winning independence from Great Brit...
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Former Classics IV singer Dennis Yost dies at 65Dec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - CINCINNATI -- Dennis Yost, lead singer of the 1960s group the Classics IV, has died in an Ohio hospital. He was 65. Yost died Sunday at Fort Hamilton Hospital in Hamilt...
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Avant performs strongly on new CDDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - When Avant made his debut in 2000 with the hits "Separated" and "My First Love" featuring Keke Wyatt, the Cleveland native often drew comparisons to R. Kelly because the...
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Unwrap a flurry of new holiday-themed albumsDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - Regardless of the economy's health, the winter holidays promise several certainties: colored lights brightening neighborhoods, Santa parked at the mall, too many cookies...
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Madonna wins privacy case against U.K. tabloidDec 08, 2008 10:00 pm - LONDON -- Madonna won a court battle Monday against a British tabloid that published pictures recently of her wedding eight years ago. The one-time Material Girl won a ...