Articles filed under Performing Arts
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New faces, new ambitions as opera houses reopenAug 23, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As opera houses around the country warily resume indoor performances, two of the biggest are ushering in new leadership - along with a heightened co...
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When the music stops: Afghan 'happy place' falls silentAug 23, 2021 7:00 am - A few years after the Taliban were ousted in 2001, and with Afghanistan still in ruins, Ahmad Sarmast left his home in Melbourne, Australia, on a mission: to revive musi...
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Nehemiah Heckler a light to Elgin community with new single, 'Blessings'Aug 23, 2021 6:00 am - Elgin rapper Nehemiah Heckler dropped a major positivity bomb on music fans Friday with "Blessings," the uplifting lead single off his upcoming fifth album. In it, he o...
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New murals, music and more at Alley Art Festival Aug. 28Aug 22, 2021 11:00 pm - The Alley Art Festival returns Saturday, Aug. 28, to downtown Aurora. The popular, grass-roots art festival will be back on Water Street Mall and is expanding to the nea...
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Album review: Sturgill Simpson morphs again on new concept recordAug 22, 2021 7:30 am - "The Ballad of Dood & Juanita" by Sturgill Simpson (Thirty Tigers) Sturgill Simpson knows how to do a concept record. His latest, "The Ballad of Dood & Juanita," pr...
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56 Music Fix celebrates live performances in Mount ProspectAug 21, 2021 6:00 pm - The first set at a music festival can be a sparsely attended performance as patrons slowly wander in. But empty seats were rare at Station 34 when Mount Prospect rock ba...
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Kings of Leon postpones Hollywood Casino tour stopAug 20, 2021 1:00 pm - On Thursday, rock band Kings of Leon canceled a concert in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, because of a COVID-19 diagnosis on the band's touring team. Tonight's Tinley Park show ...
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Review: Sturgill Simpson morphs again on new concept recordAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - 'œThe Ballad of Dood & Juanita," Sturgill Simpson (Thirty Tigers) Sturgill Simpson knows how to do a concept record. His latest, 'œThe Ballad of Dood & Juanita,'ť prove...
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Review: Sam Williams charts his own path among famed familyAug 20, 2021 7:00 am - 'œGlasshouse Children," Sam Williams (Mercury Nashville) Sam Williams, the grandson of country music legend Hank Williams and the son of recording artist Hank Williams J...
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Marie Osmond, David Archuleta cancel Ravinia concertAug 20, 2021 1:00 am - Marie Osmond and David Archuleta have canceled their upcoming concert at the Ravinia Festival in Highland Park. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was cited as a reason for c...