Tearing Lady Gaga’s ticket. Seeing a tenor dropped in Tosca. Grooving to Mavis Staples from the rafters. These are the magical moments that happen with live performance. They are also […]
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‘If I think too much about the music it stinks’: An interview with the Clean’s David Kilgour
Talking to the front man and guitarist of the New Zealand trio, who play Lincoln Hall on Monday.
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In Rotation: Ned Hepburn of Death and Taxes on the awesomeness of the new Daft Punk album
Current musical obsessions of RedEye columnist Ernest Wilkins, editor Ned Hepburn, and more
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Saints Talking
Last week’s Reader column about the ouster of a long-term member of the Saints—the group that provides volunteer ushers and other support for most of Chicago’s nonprofit theaters—opened a revealing […]
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Ushered Out of the Saints
The Saints board takes disciplinary action against several members–including Deborah Granite, drummed out after 24 years–exposing a schism in the organization that supplies ushers and grants to nonprofit theaters in the Chicago area.
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More theaters seek help from Saints
Sign of the times? More performing arts groups are asking Saints for help.