Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Arlington Heights cancels summer concerts, art showMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Arlington Heights officials announced the downtown Sounds of Summer concert series and Promenade of Art event are canceled due to COVID-19 health concerns. Also, the vil...
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Teen's quarantine concerts strike a chord with audiencesMay 08, 2020 1:00 am - Alongside the glow of a fireplace, Katie Kostner strums a ukulele and for the next three minutes and four seconds turns an Elvis cover into a lullaby. The 16-year-old ca...
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra names EYSO artistic director as education conductorMay 07, 2020 11:00 pm - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra is now in the final stages of confirming Matthew Sheppard to be its next education conductor. Since taking over as artistic director of the ...
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'Hope, optimism' fuel Buffalo Theatre's season announcementMay 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's Friday announcement of its 2020-2021 season was accompanied by an expression of hope and optimism from artistic director Connie Canaday Howard...
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Music Review: Jason Isbell firms up his place among the bestMay 07, 2020 7:00 am - Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, 'œReunions'ť (Southeastern/Thirty Tigers) Jason Isbell long ago earned his place among the finest songwriters of his generation. Now he's ju...
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Review: Brian Wright takes listeners on wild, whimsical rideMay 07, 2020 7:00 am - Brian Wright, 'œLapse of Luxury'ť (Cafe Rooster Records) An inventory of the backyard shed where Brian Wright recorded his latest album might find at least one of everyt...
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Steppenwolf members reunite for virtual reading of Chekhov's 'Seagull'May 07, 2020 6:00 am - Yasen Peyankov is no mechanic, but the Steppenwolf Theatre actor/director knows something about high-performance, especially when it comes to theater artists. He's assem...
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A song to make you smile: 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' by Marvin Gaye and Tammi TerrellMay 07, 2020 5:07 am - We're trying to inject a little positivity in the paper (and on dailyherald.com) with a daily "Song to Make You Smile." It's designed to help lift you out of your corona...
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Elk Grove postpones summer concert series until 2021May 07, 2020 1:00 am - Elk Grove Village officials announced Thursday they are postponing their popular summer concert series, originally scheduled for this July, until the summer of 2021 in l...
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Pitchfork cancels three-day music festivalMay 06, 2020 11:00 am - Wednesday morning, organizers for the Pitchfork Music Festival pulled the plug on this year's edition of the three-day fest because of concerns about coronavirus. "It c...