Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Aurora's First Fridays brings food trucks, variety of offerings May 6May 01, 2022 11:00 pm - On May 6, First Fridays brings more than two dozen food trucks to Benton Street in downtown Aurora. The popular festival is returning to May's First Fridays lineup after...
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'Intimate Apparel' holds a special place in heart of Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn NottageMay 01, 2022 7:32 am - "Unabashedly romantic." That's how playwright Lynn Nottage describes "Intimate Apparel," her 2003 drama about a lonely Black seamstress in 1905 Manhattan who falls in lo...
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Kirk Players to host program with Holocaust survivor May 17Apr 30, 2022 11:00 pm - Before its upcoming production of "The Diary of Anne Frank," the Kirk Players are partnering with Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills and the Illinois Holocaust Museu...
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Concerts: The Claudettes with Lurrie Bell; Jessie James Decker; Kem & Ken 'Babyface' Edmonds and much moreApr 29, 2022 12:30 pm - Save the Rock 'n' Roll Festival: Shows start at 7 p.m. Friday through Sunday, April 29 through May 1, at LiveWire Lounge (3394 N. Milwaukee Ave.; livewireloungechicago.c...
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At '~Macbeth,' Daniel Craig, Ruth Negga on the unspoken wordApr 29, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The most commonly held taboo in the arts is uttering the word 'œMacbeth'ť inside a theater. Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga don't buy it. Shakespeare's trage...
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Astroworld movie set for release despite lawyers' concernsApr 29, 2022 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn't breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year's deadly Astroworld music...
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Maine East students to stage plays based on elementary students' short storiesApr 29, 2022 6:00 am - In an unusual collaboration, the Maine East High School drama department will stage plays based on short stories from East Maine School District 63 students next week. T...
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Feder: After 38 years, TV music icon Jerry Bryant still has big plans to rock onApr 29, 2022 1:00 am - Despite health challenges and financial setbacks that might have brought down the curtain on anyone else, Chicago TV legend Jerry Bryant isn't finished yet with "JBTV," ...
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Downers Grove North puts on 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time'Apr 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Downers Grove North Theatre presents its spring play, "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time," on May 5-7. The performances will be at 7 p.m. Thursday and Fr...
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The Oak Ridge Boys' Front Porch Singin' Tour comes to the MAC May 8Apr 28, 2022 11:00 pm - Country music legends The Oak Ridge Boys are bringing their "Front Porch Singin' Tour" to the McAninch Arts Center on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 8. The Oak Ridge Boys ha...