Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Robin Wilson looks back for Gin Blossoms' recent music, Genesee tour stopDec 26, 2019 5:00 am - When singer, songwriter and guitarist Robin Wilson returns to the suburbs Saturday night for a “New Miserable Experience Live” performance with '90s alt-pop outfit the G...
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Spotlight: Laughs abound this New Year's EveDec 25, 2019 5:00 am - NYE matinee Steve Cochran returns to the Raue Center for a New Year's Eve matinee for people who don't want to stay up until midnight. Comedians John DaCosse, Mike Toome...
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Sound check: Spend NYE with emo icons American Football; Dan Tedesco with the BoDeansDec 24, 2019 5:00 am - A night with American Football Members of American Football put out “LP1” as a way to say “Hey, we were here” before parting ways post-college. They could not have know...
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Best Bets: Great Train Show heads to Grayslake; Rob Schneider plays SchaumburgDec 23, 2019 9:30 am - On the rails The Great Train Show bills itself as the nation's only coast-to-coast model train show. For its return to Lake County, the show features hundreds of ta...
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Plan ahead: Chicago Sinfonietta 'MLK Concert' comes to Naperville & ChicagoDec 23, 2019 5:00 am - Dino discoveries University of Chicago paleontologist Paul Sereno discusses "Hunting for Dinosaurs in the Sahara: Discovering Much More" on Friday, Jan. 10, at Fermilab'...
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Best bets: Harlem Globetrotters bring basketball antics to Rosemont, ChicagoDec 22, 2019 6:29 am - Basketball antics Get ready to laugh at all the comic basketball antics of the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters this week at two locations: first on Thursday at the Uni...
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Where to ring in the New Year with a dash of music in Chicago, suburbsDec 22, 2019 6:15 am - If you haven't had a chance to think beyond next week's holidays to the New Year's Eve celebrations ahead, here are a few ideas for concert outings to welcome 2020 in Ch...
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Weekend picks: Comedian Steve Byrne returns to Schaumburg's Improv; seasonal satire at MetropolisDec 21, 2019 6:00 am - Byrne returns Comedian Steve Byrne (“Sullivan and Son,” “Always Amazing”) continues his run of standup shows this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road...
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On stage: 'Christmas Carol: A Holiday Pantomime' comes to the RaueDec 20, 2019 5:00 am - • Otherworld Theatre Company's "The 12 Fights of Christmas," a comedic brawl that pits such characters as Santa and The Sugar Plum Fairy against Rudolph and Frosty, cont...
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'Mean Girls' composer promises song-filled, dance-filled showDec 20, 2019 5:00 am - When the hit sitcom “30 Rock” ended its seven-year NBC run in 2013, creator/writer/star Tina Fey and her composer/arranger/director husband, Jeff Richmond, had time to p...