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Backstage with Ron Onesti: Our salute to African American Heritage Month…OSHOWS-style!

February 4, 2022

Ron Onesti:  Our salute to African American Heritage Month…OSHOWS-style! Music as a cultural medium has always interested me, even though in high school, music history wasn’t as interesting as it has become over the years.  And much of the reason for…

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Backstage with the Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: An Inaugural installation of much needed Chicago Pride

September 3, 2021

Ron Onesti:  An Inaugural installation of much needed Chicago Pride I attended the inaugural Induction ceremony of the Illinois Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum last night.  It was like the final round of a heavyweight championship!  We attendees…

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Backstage With The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: Take Me Back To “Chicago”

August 27, 2021

Ron Onesti:  Take Me Back to “Chicago” Can you believe it’s September already?  The summer came and went, the COVID Devil has raised its ugly head for almost two years, and we survived (to varying degrees) lockdowns, shutdowns and quarantines.  What’s…

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Backstage with The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: Jason Bonham’s Stairway to a Heavenly Legacy

April 30, 2021

Ron Onesti: Jason Bonham’s Stairway to a Heavenly Legacy It’s 1975, I’m thirteen years old, and I am just starting to figure out what it is I like musically.  Chicago is going crazy because rock supergroup Led Zeppelin is coming…

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Backstage With The Arcada Theatre’s Ron Onesti: Ya Mon! Reggae Is Where It Is At!

March 19, 2021

Ron Onesti:  Ya Mon!  Reggae is where it’s at! Whether you like the music or not, know how to dance to it or not, or simply don’t know anything about its history, it is virtually impossible not to bob and sway…

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Backstage with The Arcada’s Ron Onesti: This Eagle Soars As A Solo

February 26, 2021

Ron Onesti: This Eagle Soars As A Solo All Eagles’ music, including the solo projects from most of the band members, is some of the best-loved music in history.  The band has sold over 150 million albums and its Greatest Hits…

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Backstage with The Arcada’s Ron Onesti: “Simple Pleasures” Suring Complex Times

December 18, 2020

Ron Onesti:  Simple Pleasures” during complex times Nine months…thirty-six weeks…252 days…6,048 hours…and counting!  That’s how long we have been on this crazy lockdown thing!  But I am still maintaining a positive outlook, knowing in my heart that this should all…

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Ron Onesti: What Are My Favorite “Sing-A-Long” Songs?

September 4, 2020

Ron Onesti:  What are my favorite “Sing-A-Long” songs? What are my favorite songs?  I get that question a lot.  Obviously, I have several ways of answering that, depending on the perspective one was looking for.  There are hundreds I love to…

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Ron Onesti: Let The Memories Keep You “Up”!

August 28, 2020

Ron Onesti:  Let the memories keep you “Up”! During these crazy times, I think what has kept me in the ballgame with hope and inspiration has been the memories.  They have always been important, but now more than ever, they…

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Ron Onesti: The Birth of Folk-Rock and History Repeating Itself

June 12, 2020

Ron Onesti:  The Birth of Folk-Rock and History Repeating itself Have you by chance been watching the television special about “Laurel Canyon” lately?  It is a wonderful Rock-u-mentary about a small neighborhood located in the Hollywood Hills region of the…

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Ron Onesti: Another King is Gone

June 1, 2020

Ron Onesti: Another King Is Gone We lost one of the very last founders of Rock ‘N Roll recently, Richard Wayne Penniman, otherwise known as Little Richard. As flamboyant as he was entertaining, he was often called the “Architect of…

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Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 Years with this 94-Year Old Gem

May 15, 2020

Ron Onesti: Celebrating 15 years with this 94-year old gem May 13, 2005, a day that will live in infamy! Fifteen years ago this week, I signed my life away and took over The Arcada Theatre! And the truth is, I…

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