Brian Shamie
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From hard rock to hard news: The switch from writing about music to designing front pagesJan 19, 2024 6:15 pm - For the last two decades, breaking news for me meant Riot Fest dropped a lineup update or Ravinia announced a new summer show. Now the phrase has taken on a whole new mea...
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Best Bets: Puddles Pity Party, ‘A Love Supreme’ at Elmhurst Art Museum and moreJan 22, 2024 10:23 am - Puddles the Singing Clown brings Puddles Pity Party to the Genesee Theatre and Norman Teague’s solo exhibition, “A Love Supreme,” opens at the Elmhurst Art Museum this we...
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Sound check: Billy Joel, Stevie Nicks tix; SEMPLE, Ike ReillyJan 09, 2024 10:10 am - Piano Mac Billy Joel, the Piano Man, and Fleetwood Mac’s Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks paired up to recently announce a summer tour stop Friday, ...
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Best bets: PBR’s Unleash the Beast tour, Disney on Ice, illusionist Michael Grandinetti, Daniel Tiger and moreJan 09, 2024 12:27 pm - From PBR’s Unleash the Beast tour to illusionist Michael Grandinetti to British Invasion pop-rock from Herman’s Hermits to “Disney On Ice Presents Magic in the Stars,” th...
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Best bets: Metropolitan Jazz Octet re-imagines David Bowie; Starlight City; Colin Mochrie & Brad SherwoodJan 04, 2024 10:06 am - Page’s birthday: Salute Led Zeppelin’s hits as tribute act Kashmir marks the birthday of the band’s iconic founder for the Jimmy Page Birthday Bash at the Arcada Theatre,...
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Best bets: NYE weekend shows from ZEDD, BoDeans, Jeff Dunham, Cedric the Entertainer, Lindsey StirlingDec 28, 2023 12:32 pm - Say farewell to 2023 at one of many concerts happening across the Chicago area this weekend, including ZEDD at Navy Pier, BoDeans at the Arcada, Jeff Dunham at the Allsta...
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Sound check: I Fight Dragons, The Giving Moon and NYE at The PiazzaDec 27, 2023 10:22 am - The Giving Moon West Suburban genre-twisting alt-rock trio The Giving Moon ‒ Sean Seales, Adam Suto and Nathan Melville ‒ headlines a two-set show at Martyrs’ this w...
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Best bets: Tommy Davidson, Harlem Globetrotters, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and moreDec 20, 2023 10:02 am - Comedian Tommy Davidson (“In Living Color,” “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder”) headlines the Chicago Improv, 5 Woodfield Road, Woodfield Mall, Schaumburg, this weeke...
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Sound check: Lucky Boys Confusion, Spitalfield, Juice WRLD Day, Pop-Punk X-masDec 13, 2023 6:26 am - This weekend brings a mix of holiday, rock, rap and punk shows to Chicago and the suburbs
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Best Bets: Jay Leno, Mannheim Steamroller, John Mulaney and moreDec 12, 2023 2:30 pm - Actor, author, car aficionado and comedian Jay Leno takes the stage at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. Genesee St., for a night of laughs in Waukegan. $49-$119. geneseetheatr...