CLEVE CARNEY MUSEUM OF ART PRESENTS SUMMER EXHIBITION - HOOKING UP: MEET THE COLLECTION \ JUNE 4 – AUGUST 7, 2022

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Get ready for a toe-tapping great time when Shout Section comes to town! This big band burst onto the greater Chicagoland scene in 2007 and has been entertaining Midwest audiences ever since. Thursday, April 7 at 7 pm is the time and Woodland Park’s Oakwood Hall, 2100 Willowcreek Road in Portage is THE place to be to hear some of the happiest music ever written!

The Indiana State Police is accepting applications for the 83rd Lateral Recruit Academy.  Individuals interested in beginning a rewarding career as an Indiana State Trooper must apply online at www.IndianaTrooper.com.

Chicago Fire FC today announced that the Club has signed midfielder Matteo Kidd to an MLS NEXT Pro professional contract, pending league and U.S. Soccer Federation approval.

The Indiana State Police Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force (ICAC) initiated a criminal investigation after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) that an online account had been used for child exploitation.

TSA enables Arizona residents to use mobile driver’s license or state ID for verification at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

**** Recommended **** "Sweat" is the first production in the Bold Series at the newly renovated Copley Theater inside North Island Center, across the street from the Paramount Theatre, Aurora.  The new Copley is a 165 seat, state-of-the-art space.  Before the show, my friend Nancy and I had a delicious dinner at Amy Morton’s newest restaurant, Stolp Island Social, next door to the Paramount at 5 E. Galena Blvd.  Altogether, we had a wonderful evening.  4 Spotlights

****HIGHLY RECOMMENDED****  Giacomo Puccini's widely-beloved and extremely popular opera "Tosca" has made a triumphant return to the Lyric Opera in a new-to-Chicago production.  Featuring majestic sets designed by the late Jean-Pierre Ponnelle and the exquisite costumes of the late Marcel Escoffier (including a reproduction of the legendary blood-red velvet gown worn by Maria Callas for the premiere of Franco Zeffirelli's 1964 Covent Garden production) this is the 19th production of "Tosca" that Lyric has presented in its 67-year history. However, this version is notable for the refreshing diversity represented on stage as well as in the orchestra pit.  4 Spotlights

**** Highly Recommended **** Music Theater Works production of "La Cage Aux Folles" is probably the most extravagantly glitzy yet hilariously funny show I’ve seen in a while.  They’ve pulled out all the sequined stops, bringing in RuPaul’s Drag Race headliner, Ginger Minj, to play Albin and Project Runway designer Justin LeBlanc to do costumes. In fact, Minj and co-star Jason Richards have chemistry!  Casting is practically perfect, choreography is outstanding and the comedy is spot-on.  Finally, "La Cage Aux Folles" might be set in a drag club in St. Tropez, but at heart, it’s really about family – the family we’re born into and the family we make.  4 BIG Spotlights