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Sharon Van Etten performs 'One Day'
The singer-songwriter from New Jersey performed this song for us in the summer of 2010. more
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Weekender with Alison Cuddy
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February, 03, 2012
These are strange days for the movies. Sure, Hollywood still pretty much owns the world's box office. But as with other media - books, music, TV - moviegoers want what they want when they want it - cineplex be damned! I love seeing movies in Chicago and think we've got some of the best film venues... more
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Lone Star Swing Band resurrects obscure Scottish musician
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February, 03, 2012
Scottish country-blues musician Duncan McLean joined Eight Forty-Eight to talk about his group, Lone Star Swing Band, and their involvement in the intimate concert production, "Long Gone Lonesome."Criss Henderson, executive producer at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, also joined the conversation.... more
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Live Music Thursday: Sharon Van Etten performs 'One Day'
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February, 02, 2012
Sharon Van Etten is a singer-songwriter from New Jersey who is steadily expanding her sphere of influence. Her music career began only a few years ago performing in coffeeshops and recording in her bedroom, but now she's found on network television, touring the world and in The New York Times... more
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New theaters in Edgewater, Evanston, Uptown (and Navy Pier?)
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February, 02, 2012
We call it a bricks-and-mortar story when a theater company buys its own building and takes on a mortgage to have its own, permanent home. Sometimes it’s not a purchase but a long-term lease, one which requires the company to shoulder the costs of renovating or retrofitting a space into a suitable... more
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Celebrating the contributions of African-American musicians
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February, 02, 2012
Eight Forty-Eight and Radio M host Tony Sarabia grew up in a household that celebrated musical diversity. His parents took him to concerts by the likes of Sly and the Family Stone, the Fifth Dimension and Chaka Khan.As a boy, Sarabia listened to WBEZ's Richard Steele, then the "Real Steele" on WBMX... more
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James Porter and Bethany Thomas pay tribute to Etta James
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February, 02, 2012
Etta James died last week after losing her battle with leukemia. But Downbeat Magazine contributor James Porter remembers a 1985 Chicago Blues Festival performance when she was still rocking her music and her wicked sense of humor.He's joined by Bethany Thomas (who wowed in Court Theatre's... more

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