Articles filed under Performing Arts
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Underground Allegro Dance Center shines at prestigious ballet competitionJan 16, 2019 10:00 pm - In River Forest last weekend, Underground Allegro Dance Center in Batavia competed against the area's top schools in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix, the world'...
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Brendan Coyle engrosses as self-hating critic in Goodman's 'St. Nicholas'Jan 16, 2019 10:00 am - “St. Nicholas” - ★ ★ ★ ½ Those who can, do theater. Those who can't do theater, critique it. That's the impression conveyed by the middle-aged theater critic at the ce...
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Keith Richards reissuing 1988 solo debut 'Talk Is Cheap'Jan 16, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Keith Richards is celebrating the 30th anniversary of his solo debut album by reissuing it. Richards originally released "Talk Is Cheap" in 1988 and will...
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Grammy-nominated album shines light on transgender pioneerJan 16, 2019 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - For decades, Jackie Shane was a musical mystery: a riveting black transgender soul singer who packed nightclubs in Toronto in the 1960s, but then...
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Best bets: 'Swan Lake' tours to Waukegan, Aurora and ChicagoJan 16, 2019 5:00 am - Swan migration A prince and a cursed swan princess find redemptive love in the Tchaikovsky classic "Swan Lake," which tours courtesy of the National Ballet Theatre of Od...
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Elmhurst's Like Language fuses different musical worlds for new albumJan 16, 2019 5:00 am - Love might bring us together, but shared passion is what ultimately brings bands together. Despite Matt and Kristen Murray coming from different musical worlds - he, a ...
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Constable: Racism in R. Kelly case centers on the accusersJan 16, 2019 4:30 am - Allegations that music artist R. Kelly abuses girls and young women are older than some of his accusers. The racism that helps explain how Kelly has never been convicted...
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Ragged Rascals opens fifth season of gallery concerts at the Norris Cultural Arts CenterJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - The Norris Cultural Arts Center's "Music in the Gallery" returns for a fifth season with a lineup of six events, starting at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, with a concert by po...
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Naperville residents invited to vote for 2019 summer concert locations, music stylesJan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - The Naperville Park District invites residents to vote for their preferred location and style of music for Concerts in Your Park 2019, a free summer music series that tr...
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ESO Music Director Andrew Grams to conduct a program of his favorite Strauss waltzes and polkas Jan. 26-27Jan 15, 2019 10:00 pm - Spend "A Night in Old Vienna" with Music Director Andrew Grams and the Elgin Symphony Orchestra at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, and 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, at the Hem...