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Happy Skalidays! Mustard Plug at the Bottom Lounge (December 28, 2025)
Early in Mustard Plug’s set, they play “Vampire” from their 2023 album, Where Did All My Friends Go? It’s an extremely catching song that gets everyone dancing along. “You let a vampire into your house!” Later on, they play “Why Does It Have To Be So Hard?” This ska song captures a great question simply. “Why can’t… Read more
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Talented! Pernikoff Brothers Opening for Moon Taxi at Garcia’s (December 26, 2025)
The Pernikoff Brothers open with “Shine” from their 2025 album, Ah Londres. It’s immediately clear that they are talented musicians. Often between songs, the brothers switch instruments, from the bass to the guitar. They joke that they can’t afford two guitars. Later on they play “Colorado”. “Let’s never go home, never leave Colorado”. It’s a beautiful… Read more
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Mozart vs Salieri! Amadeus at Steppenwolf Theatre (Through January 25, 2026)
Amadeus was first performed in 1979 at the Royal Nation Theatre in London. In 1981, it opened on Broadway. In 1984, the film version starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, and Elizabeth Berridge was released. In the fictional story, Antonio Salieri is jealous of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He doesn’t want to just be the second-best composer… Read more
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Funny and Topical! A Short Leap Theatre Company Presents Friends With Guns at The Den Theatre (Through December 7, 2025)
Shannon brings her kids to the park early one morning and meets Leah. They get along very well, so they get together later on along with their husbands. Everything is going great until the topic of guns comes up. Leah and her husband own guns while Shannon and her husband are strongly anti-gun. Can these… Read more
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