Join us for this week's version of The Scene - we'll talk with the head of The Hoogland Center for the Arts, Gus Gordan. And he'll be joined by Julie Staley (Morticia) and Vanessa Ferguson (Grandma) who are in the cast of The Addams Family musical, which opens on Friday and runs through next weekend. (More info/tickets here.)
TUNE IN ! ! !
Other events discussed this week included:
- The 'Broadway & Chocolate' fundraiser is at The Theatre in the Park at New Salem on Saturday. More info/tickets here.
- Dog of Panic, Enamel, and Governor Street (local rock bands) play at the Crows Mill Pub on Friday night. More info here.
- The UIS Visual Arts Gallery will have an opening reception for Brytton Bjorngaard's installation "Let the Word Fall Out" on Thursday Sept. 3. More info here.
- A Garden Party will go down at the underground DIY-music venue known as the Radon Lounge. More info here. 4 bands will play, including local bands The Blind Social & Built in a Day. From TN, there will be The Mailboxes (with our song of the week) and from IA, there will be Mr. Nasti:
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Rachel caught up with a Chicago professor and fashion designer who was also a contestant on MasterChef, Tommy Walton. Hear the interview here.