Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Review: Conor Oberst, Phoebe Bridgers make a grand duoJan 25, 2019 6:00 am - Better Oblivion Community Center (aka Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers), "Better Oblivion Community Center" (Dead Oceans) Singer-songwriters Conor Oberst and Phoebe Brid...
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Review: Frances Cone delivers dreampop with a purposeJan 25, 2019 6:00 am - Frances Cone, "Late Riser" (Living Daylight/Thirty Tigers) Frances Cone's new album "Late Riser" is a brilliant work of modern melancholia that finds the sweet spot betw...
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Palatine native makes leap to Porchlight's 'A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder'Jan 25, 2019 5:00 am - Sometimes, a sudden impulse pays off. It did for Palatine native Ann Delaney. Last summer, she heard about Porchlight Music Theatre's auditions for the Chicago-area pr...
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Theater: Standup at Metropolis, plus regional premieres at Porchlight, Steppenwolf and Remy BumppoJan 25, 2019 5:00 am - • Previews begin Friday, Jan. 25, for Porchlight Music Theatre's local premiere of "A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder," Steven Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman's raucous...
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Elgin Symphony Orchestra announces 2019-20 lineup, new ticket optionsJan 25, 2019 12:00 am - The Elgin Symphony Orchestra will offer a "Build Your Own Series" package for its 2019-20 season, which begins Sept. 14. It has also restructured its pops series, instea...
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See 'The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane' Jan. 31-Feb. 2Jan 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Batavia High School Productions presents "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" on Thursday, Jan. 31, to Saturday, Feb. 2, in the Black Box Theatre at the Batavia Fin...
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Recycled Percussion to bring their high-energy rock show to Batavia March 15Jan 24, 2019 10:00 pm - What you see as junk, Recycled Percussion sees as instruments to make some rockin' music! Bring the family for its upcoming show on Friday, March 15, at the Batavia Fin...
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Review: Leyla McCalla puts down cello for 'Capitalist Blues'Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - Leyla McCalla, "The Capitalist Blues" (PIAS/Jazz Village) Look, Ma, no cello! After a pair of albums on which New York-born Leyla McCalla accompanied herself on her trad...
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Some call Greta Van Fleet the saviors of rock. But not them.Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When the members of the rock band Greta Van Fleet put their last touches on their first full-length album, they didn't celebrate with a round of beers or...
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10 hot tickets: Santana in Tinley Park, Jeff Tweedy benefit shows at the VicJan 24, 2019 5:00 am - Jeff Tweedy of Wilco: 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, at Vic Theatre, 3145 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago: rock/annual benefit shows. $75. On sale 10 a.m. Frida...