Author: Fred Cummings

Dance

“AMERICA’S GOT TALENT” Golden Buzzer Winner MALVEO Returns to The MAC in Time for Hispanic Heritage Month

The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) presents the spellbinding, Argentinian male dance group MALEVO at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28. A Golden Buzzer winner on Season 11 of the hit TV Show “America’s Got Talent,” MALEVO’s high energy, percussive performance style based on the traditional Malambo folk dance associated with gauchos, has been compared to the thrill of STOMP! and RIVERDANCE. This MAC engagement of MALEVO coincides with Hispanic Heritage month, is part of the company’s fall tour featuring 19 performances locations across the U.S.A free MAC Chat will begin one hour prior to the performance.

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ArtMusic

Hyde Park Art Center Announces Collaboration with the Hyde Park Jazz Festival and other Dynamic Public Programming for Fall 2024

Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, is proud to announce its Fall 2024 programming. The free, vibrant offerings showcase artists at every stage in their career, via solo and group exhibitions, artist talks, residencies, a new program for seniors, and more.

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Dance

The Auditorium Opens New Season with Return of Award-Winning Step Afrika! in the Chicago Premiere of “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence”

The Auditorium, Chicago’s National Historic Landmark stage (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive), proudly opens its 2024-25 season with the return of Washington, DC-based Step Afrika!, in the Chicago premiere of its signature, full-evening length production, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, for one performance only, Saturday, October 19, at 7:30pm. 

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