Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Best Bets: Morton’s ‘Vivid Creatures’ and Santa’s Village open this weekendMay 13, 2025 1:54 pm - There’s a lot to choose from this weekend: Lisle’s Morton Arboretum welcomes “Vivid Creatures,” Santa’s Village opens for the season in East Dundee, Parkway Bank Park hosts the annual Spring Fun Fest and more.
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Spotlight: The Conspirators reimagine Macbeth as a police officer in ‘Chicago Cop Macbeth’May 13, 2025 8:31 am - The Conspirators reimagine Shakespeare’s Macbeth as a Chicago police officer in “Chicago Cop Macbeth,” Aurora’s Paramount hosts an in-progress reading of the new bilingual musical “Mija,” and Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre premieres “Honeypot.”
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Things to do May 16-22: Long Grove Chocolate Fest, Bill Bellamy, Car Fun on 21 and moreMay 13, 2025 6:43 am - Mark your calendar for the Long Grove Chocolate Fest, Anime Central, the Autograph and Sports Card Show, Bill Bellamy, Car Fun on 21, Wheaton French Market and more happening this week.
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‘Beyond the music room’: Vernon Hills High director of bands to retire after 26 yearsMay 12, 2025 12:23 pm - As the only director of bands at Vernon Hills High School since it opened in 1999, Randy Sundell has influenced generations of young musicians and snared numerous awards and honors for himself and the program.
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Bad Momz of Comedy takes on motherhood in ’the burbs and beyondMay 09, 2025 1:45 pm - Bad Momz of Comedy got its start in the suburbs and now includes 90 moms from across the country.
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Wheaton Warrenville South puts on the fiercely funny ‘Mean Girls’May 07, 2025 9:53 pm - Wheaton Warrenville South High School’s Performing Arts Department is closing out the performing arts season with “Mean Girls: High School Version.”
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Concerts May 9-15: Sturgill Simpson, Rauw Alejandro, Ministry and moreMay 07, 2025 8:57 pm - Upcoming concerts this week include Sturgill Simpson, Rauw Alejandro, xikers 2025 World Tour, Clay Walker, Saint Motel, Ministry and more.
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Nothing succeeds like 1980s excess in Metropolis’ ‘Rock of Ages’ revivalMay 07, 2025 6:01 pm - Over-the-top in the best possible way, “Rock of Ages,” the jukebox musical send-up of 1980s glam metal and the people who loved it, gets a high-energy revival courtesy of the Metropolis Performing Arts Centre.
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Ron Onesti: Take memory lane down to the old neighborhoodMay 07, 2025 5:08 pm - If you are from Chicago, you can’t talk about that without declaring which neighborhood (or Parish) you are from. Each neighborhood had to have certain elements that qualified it to be deemed a “neighborhood.”
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Things to do May 9-15: Craig Shoemaker, Mother’s Day events, Dave Barry and moreMay 07, 2025 12:48 pm - Mark your calendar for comedian Craig Shoemaker, the International Gem and Jewelry Show, Mother’s Day events, Jim Jeffries’ comedy show, Dave Barry at the American Writers Museum and more happening this week.