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Hyde Park School Of Dance to Present Annual THE NUTCRACKER At Mandel Hall


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 03, 2024

Hyde Park School of Dance will present its annual presentation of The Nutcracker. Performances are at Mandel Hall on the University of Chicago campus. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Cast Set For A NATIVITY TRIBUTE at the Driehaus Museum


by Stephi Wild - November 21, 2024

The Driehaus Museum and the African American Museum of Performing Arts have announced casting for A Nativity Tribute, an adaptation of Langston Hughes’ gospel song-play, Black Nativity....

The University of Chicago's Gray Center for Arts & Inquiry Announces KAVAH Fermata Artist Prize and Fellowship


by Nicole Rosky - October 31, 2024

The University of Chicago has just announced the inaugural KAVAH Fermata, a new artist fellowship at the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry....

Chicago Premiere of SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN to be Presented at A Red Orchid Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 25, 2024

A Red Orchid Theatre will present SIX MEN DRESSED LIKE JOSEPH STALIN, directed by Ensemble Member dado. The play follows Soso, left for dead on the Eastern Front. He’s taken in by the Kremlin due to his shocking resemblance to a certain someone. Learn more!...

TimeLine South Teen Ensemble Premieres INFLUMEDIA: THE CONNECTION BUG In August


by A.A. Cristi - July 30, 2024

TimeLine South teen ensemble will present INFLUMEDIA: THE CONNECTION BUG at UChicago’s Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts on August 2 and 3, exploring the impact of social media on youth....

Tickets On Sale For Deeply Rooted Dance Theater at The Auditorium Theatre


by Stephi Wild - July 30, 2024

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is preparing its highly anticipated one-night-only performance of contemporary dance based in American and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling, taking place Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the historic Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, ...

Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project Presents DIVINATION: THE DANCING SOULS OF BLACK FOLK


by A.A. Cristi - July 15, 2024

The Chicago Black Dance Legacy Project will present Divination: The Dancing Souls of Black Folk, a powerful performance celebrating the rich cultural heritage and artistic contributions of Black dancers....

Chicago Sinfonietta Board Names Two Lifetime Trustees and New Member


by Stephi Wild - May 09, 2024

 As its 36th anniversary season draws to a close, Chicago Sinfonietta has shared new developments in its Board of Directors. ...

Theaster Gates & Rebuild Foundation Convene for 10-year Anniversary of Black Artists Retreat


by Stephi Wild - October 05, 2023

The decennial of Black Artists Retreat, hosted by the artist Theaster Gates and Rebuild Foundation, took place September 15-17, 2023, returning to Chicago after the last two editions were hosted in New York and London, respectively. Learn more about the event here!...

Charles Newell to Transition Out of His Role as Court Theatre Artistic Director in Summer 2024


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 15, 2023

After a thirty-year tenure at Court Theatre, the professional theatre of the University of Chicago, Charles Newell has decided to transition out of his role as Marilyn F. Vitale Artistic Director in June 2024....

Past Shows

Circle Mirror Transformation
11/19 - 11/20/2021


When four lost New Englanders who enroll in Marty’s six-week-long community-center drama class begin to experiment with harmless games, hearts are quietly torn apart, and ...


MAY 27 - 31 | $15 | ONLINE Percussionist John Corkill aims to orient himself at an intersection, between avant-garde new music and the general ...

QUINCE: LOVE FAIL
5/21 - 5/23/2021


MAY 21 - 23 | $15, $20 with reception | ONLINE It MAY seem strange that Quince, a vocal quartet specializing in contemporary music, would ...


APRIL 30 - MAY 2 | $15 | ONLINE A longtime collaborator of the late Roy Hargrove, pianist and New Orleans native Sullivan Fortner is ...


MARCH 30 - APRIL 30 | $15 | ONLINE Described as meditative and sublime, the Buddhist form of ritual chant known as shomyo is one ...


APRIL 23 - 25 | $15 | ONLINE A member of one of the last generations to grow up steeped in the Afro-Caribbean Garifuna tradition, ...


APRIL 21 | Free | ONLINE Assistant Professor of Music Jessica Baker, an ethnomusicologist who specializes in contemporary popular music of and in the Circum-Caribbean, ...

IAN BOSTRIDGE, TENOR
4/16 - 4/18/2021


APRIL 16 - 18 | $15 | ONLINE When people describe Beethoven the person, the composer's temper is often one of the first characteristics they ...


MAY 14 - 16 | $15 | ONLINE With performance credits that include the Silk Road Ensemble and New York Philharmonic, Iranian maestro Kayhan Kalhor ...


APRIL 9 - 11 | $15 | ONLINE Few pieces have received such varied and frequent interpretation as Bach's Goldberg Variations. Perhaps that is what ...


APRIL 8 | Free | ONLINE Enjoy a rare chance to practice shomyo alongside one of the monks from Shomyo no Kai in a workshop ...


MARCH 12 - 14 | FREE | ONLINE In a concert centered on the ability of music to excite and inspire, members of the Chicago ...

AXIOM BRASS
3/5 - 3/7/2021


With programs ranging from jazz and Latin music to transcriptions of string quartet repertoire and original compositions for brass quintet, Axiom Brass has been delighting ...


FEBRUARY 26 - 28 | $15 | ONLINE Seth Parker Woods, artist-in-residence at the University of Chicago, has been called "a cellist of power and ...

NOIS
2/19 - 2/21/2021


In just four years, Chicago-based saxophone quartet ~NOIS has quickly emerged as one of the most exciting and engaging chamber music ensembles in the United ...


HAYDN DISCOVERY: OP. 20, NO. 3 WITH THE ST. LAWRENCE STRING QUARTET FEBRUARY 5 - 7 | $15, $20 with reception | ONLINE Though well ...

MARIZA SINGS AMALIA
1/29 - 1/31/2021


JANUARY 29 - 31 | | ONLINE For more than two centuries, the folk style of Fado has been synonymous with its home of Portugal, ...

JAZZ GALLERY ALL-STARS
1/22 - 1/24/2021


Miguel Zenón, alto saxophone; Morgan Guerin, tenor saxophone; Joel Ross, vibraphone; Charles Altura, guitar; Gerald Clayton, piano; Linda Oh, bass; Kendrick Scott, drums; Renee Neufville, ...


n her program Ohrwurm, recorder virtuoso Tabea Debus joins lutenist Alon Sariel to explore how tunes and dances wormed their way into many aspects of ...


Sound Sites: Clare Longendyke, piano Streaming Friday, NOVEMBER 13, 7 PM CT - Sunday, NOVEMBER 15, 11:59 PM CT Amy Williams: Piano Portraits, Book 2 ...


Eugene O'Neill University Of Chicago...

Wittenberg
2/28 - 2/29/2020


David Davalos University Of Chicago...

Waiting for Godot
2/21 - 2/22/2020


St. Dunstan's Theatre's Stage 2 presents Waiting for Godot. For tickets and more information, visit the website....

Yellow Face
5/24 - 5/25/2019


The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang’s unreliable memoir. Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony ...

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