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As a regular at the Belmont Avenue folk club Quiet Knight, Buffett became a friend and collaborator with Chicago favorite Steve Goodman.
He helped develop the first robotic prosthetic arm that gave realistic touch feedback, enabling a man, paralyzed from the chest down, to distinguish between touches on individual fingers and the palm of a robotic hand.
La banda mexicana comparte programa este 3 de septiembre con Panteón Rococó, El Gran Silencio, Haragán & Cía., Nunca Jamás y Enanitos Verdes.
AMC Theaters, anticipating high demand from Swift fans, said the film will play at least four times a day Thursday, Fridays, Saturday and Sundays at all of its U.S. locations.
Brandi Carlile at Ravinia, the Chicago Jazz Festival in Millennium Park and North Coast Music Fest are among the entertainment highlights in the week ahead.
“It’s a wide variety of different genres, from New Age to Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz and a little bit of avant-garde,” said John Foster, the Jazz Institute’s managing director of programs and education initiatives, about this weekend’s Chicago Jazz Festival.
‘Personal reasons’ blamed for Reeves’ withdrawal from Pritzker Pavilion set.
The Loop lunchtime crowd can catch a Friday show by bands and dancers in town for the game Saturday at Soldier Field.
Singer-songwriter, who performs Aug. 31 in Aurora, suspects a digital brain might have concocted the Shakespearean version of ‘Jessie’s Girl’ now making the rounds.
He rocked hard with the Effigies, oversaw grand juries for the state attorney general’s office and survived the Highland Park Fourth of July parade massacre with a graze wound.
Even while absorbing his dad’s unique sound, tenor saxophonist found his own powerful voice early on.
Quintet will bring its cross-cultural sound to Ravinia.
“The best way to catch the youth are three things: fashion, music and artistry,” INTH3LAND partner Corie Luckett says.
From making music to planning community events, Jasmine Barber is staying true to her path.
A Jonas Brothers concert at Wrigley, a new ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and a Frankie Knuckles festival are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
After playing Lollapalooza and Coachella, Chicago band attempts its own extravaganza at the Salt Shed.
With Chicago’s temperature spiking to around 100, a visit to that sun-baked spot in the Southwest.
Saba, DLow, Twista and Vic Mensa were among the collaborators joining the Chicago favorite in celebrating the breakthrough mixtape’s 10th anniversary.
The local TV dance show became a cultural phenomenon that took the world by storm.
“The Acid Rap Experience” installation at the WNDR Museum features kaleidoscopic lights, the rapper’s music and video footage that visitors can interact with.
The Chicago Air and Water Show, the Marriott Theatre’s ‘Gypsy’ and a Chance the Rapper show are among the entertainment highlights of the week ahead.
With Herb Alpert, Moss co-founded A&M Records and released blockbuster albums by Carole King, the Carpenters and the Police.
Scotto made her U.S. debut at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1960, followed by 314 appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from her debut in 1965 to her finale in 1987.