Tortoise news

Dave Rozmarynowski, a one-man show known as The Roz Puppets, presented “The Tortoise and the Hare” Saturday at the Book Market in Glenview. Since 1997, Rozmarynowski, who lives in South Bend, Ind., and his band of furry, fleece and foam friends have been touring the Midwest, entertaining audiences of all ages with their upbeat, colorful and humorous shows of classic stories and fairy tales. …

“We’re like the tortoise who remains slow and steady — we haven’t won the race yet, but making it as a band for 12 years is testament enough that we’ve done something right”

Tortoise  + Miracle Condition | Photos + review Empty Bottle, April 28

Madison stages continue to be filled with the fruit of the spring arts season. The calendar includes: talks by Eboo Patel and Dan Chaon, and a panel discussion about tribal sovereignty in Wisconsin; standup by Bo Burnham and Aziz Ansari; a production of The Addams Family ; performances by Jeffrey Siegel and Lee Lessack; and, more live music from Gauntlet Hair, Face to Face, Storyhill, Tortoise ...

The ‘Sco seemed like a strange place for Tortoise to play a concert last night, located in a basement on the hippie-rich Oberlin College campus....

Tortoise have announced a series of North American and European spring road dates. The tour kicks off on April 25 in Grand Rapids, MI and will see the band make stops across the Midwest before heading to Europe in May and June. You can check out the full list of dates below.

Male tortoise believed to be at least 100 years old has died at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

Today FANTASTIC FABLES: Two classic tales get mashed up in a modern makeover at Symphony Space, where “The Ugly Duckling & the Tortoise and the Hare” is performed with glow-in-the-dark 3-D puppets and props made of electroluminescent wire. Presented by the award-winning Corbian Arts and Dance. 11 a.m., $25 for...

Tortoise at the Empty Bottle Music review

Tortoise at the Empty Bottle Music review

One smuggler wore a trilby, white with a black band. Another looked like Little Richard. The third was the most worrisome. He had heavy shoulders and a lidless, unsmiling gaze. When a fly landed on his eyebrow, he flicked it off with his eyebrow. We were in Mahajanga, a dusty . . . (Subscription required.)