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Triumph of Love

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Filed under: arts, downtown, events

Elgin’s award-winning Janus Theatre presents Marivaux’s Triumph of Love this month, running through the 24th. It sounds like a nice post-Valentine show.
In this comic confection about love triumphing over reason, a princess adopts the dress and prerogatives of a man, invades the garden of a rationalist philosopher who despises love, and wins the prince […]

Una furtiva lagrima

Friday, February 1st, 2008
Filed under: arts, events, music

From the Tribune:
*Elgin OPERA will present “L’Elisir D’Amore (Elixir of Love)” at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 9 and 3 p.m. Feb. 10 in Hemmens Cultural Cetner, 45 Symphony Way, Elgin. Tickets cost $40 main floor and $30 balcony. A gala with a pre-opera lecture, hors d’oeuvres, silent auction and a chance to meet the cast will […]

Fiesta Salsa 2007

Sunday, September 16th, 2007
Filed under: downtown, events

And more pictures.

FrenchFryFest

Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Filed under: arts, downtown, events

Hello again. I’m back from vacation and ready to begin my yacking ways once again. Incidentally, vacation was a road trip to the Pacific Northwest and California, and I snapped a few pictures along the way and picked up some ideas that might be interesting to apply here in Elgin. We’ll get […]