Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Solomon Burke CD lacks fireJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Veteran soul shouter Solomon Burke slips from his safety zone on his new album, "Like a Fire." After three retro-styled albums in six years that showed off his one-of-a-...
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Adele's '19' a solid, bluesy albumJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - Of the second wave of British female soul singers to hit American airwaves (Estelle, Leona Lewis, Duffy), Adele is perhaps the purest torch singer. The bulk of the songs...
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Bo Diddley gets a rocking sendoffJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Bo Diddley's funeral rocked and rolled Saturday with as much energy as his music. For four hours, friends and relatives sang, danced and celebrated ...
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Priscilla Ahn's debut underwhelmsJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - The debut release from singer-songwriter Priscilla Ahn is sweet -- so sweet it will leave your teeth aching. Musically, "A Good Day" is interesting. Ahn has the voice of...
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My Morning Jacket does the genre hopJun 08, 2008 11:00 pm - What is it about success that causes a rock 'n' roll act to wander? With "Evil Urges," My Morning Jacket is the latest band or artist to veer off a course toward apparen...
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'The Lion in Winter' roarsJun 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Few families in the theatrical cannon are more compelling than the feuding royals at the center of "The Lion in Winter," James Goldman's delicious depiction of domestic ...
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Falling out with one theater opened door at anotherJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Change happens. And that's not always bad. Just ask Downers Grove-based Ray Frewen, director of "A Bench in the Sun," opening Saturday at Highland Park's Apple Tree Thea...
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Elegant 'Wit' shows toll of cancerJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Vivian Bearing personifies our greatest fears. Solitude. Pain. Death. Diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer, the 50-year-old literature professor around whom playwrigh...
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'Gas for Less' is touching story of urban renewalJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Customers get more than cheap gas at Art Pelenkovic's Chicago filling station. They get conversation. They get companionship. Or at least they did until gentrification o...
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St. Charles Singers wind down seasonJun 05, 2008 11:00 pm - Barely back to earth after last week's highly anticipated release of its recording with the Elgin Symphony Orchestra of its first commercial CD, the St. Charles Singers ...