Articles filed under Performing Arts
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'Jacob the Jeweler' gets 2½ years in prisonJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- The New York businessman known in the hip-hop world as "Jacob the Jeweler" was sentenced Tuesday to 2½ years in federal prison for lying to investigators look...
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Internet comedy duo makes pit stop in the suburbsJun 23, 2008 11:00 pm - They call their creation the "Chicazebo." It's a gazebo-shaped culinary concoction made with Chicago's food specialties - deep dish pizza, an Italian beef sandwich and ...
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Who could've seen this? 'Nostradamus' pretty goodJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - I had a premonition Judas Priest would make an album like this. But not even the 16th-century seer credited by some with predicting events centuries later could have kno...
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Good Vibrations: Brian Wilson joins Newport lineupJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - NEWPORT, R.I. -- The Newport Folk Festival is picking up good vibrations. The festival producers plan to announce Monday that Brian Wilson, a founding member of the Beac...
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They're running on emptyJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO -- Steven Garcia pulled into a Houston gas station recently to fill up the old Dodge van his punk band uses on summer tours. For months, the 23-year-old si...
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Alejandro Escovedo rocks hard on CDJun 22, 2008 11:00 pm - Many rockers glorify one aspect of their personalities, be it sexuality, anger, cockiness, or mysteriousness. But Alejandro Escovedo has spent the last two decades strip...
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Family comedy looks at bond, and anger, between siblingsJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - "Relatively Close," a zany if bitter family comedy, is a metaphor for the Iraq war. That's what playwright James Sherman says, noting that both conflicts pit siblings a...
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Suburban concertsJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Betty Buckley, |Ravinia Festival, 418 Sheridan Road, Highland Park: Vocal jazz/show tunes. 4 p.m. June 22, 8 p.m. June 23 in the Martin Theatre. $10-$75. (847) 266-5...
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Living out her dream at GoodmanJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - Not many people get to live out their dreams. Lina Kernan, about to make her Goodman Theatre debut in director Chuck Smith's revival of "Ain't Misbehavin'," counts herse...
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Impressive debut for Sideshow's one-man showJun 19, 2008 11:00 pm - New theater companies don't have it easy. Not only do they compete for attention from theatergoers, they compete for attention from critics. Both pose a challenge. Howe...