GDC Premieres “Red & Black” in “Soaring” New Season
Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC), America’s original jazz dance company, enters their 62nd season with an exhilarating program at the Harris
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Electric Avenue Bringing ’80s Flashback to The Mac
The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) will present Electric Avenue: “The 80s MTV Experience,” a full concert flashback to 1980s New
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Chicago Jazz Philharmonic Collaborates with Kehrein Center for “Havana Blue Celebration
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic (CJP) Collaborates with Kehrein Center for the Arts for Unforgettable Evening. On Saturday, November 2, at 7:00
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Joffrey Ballet Receives $5M Gift from The Grainger Foundation
The Gift will Endow and Rename The Joffrey Academy of Dance The Joffrey Ballet has received a historic $5 million
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Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl Returns to the MAC
Coinciding with Hispanic Heritage Month, the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) welcomes back Ballet Folklorico Quetzalcoatl, the internationally renowned, Aurora-based Mexican
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“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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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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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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City of Chicago Announces 2024 World Music Festival Chicago Lineup
Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) announced today the music lineup for World Music Festival Chicago, taking place September 20 — 29.
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Chicago Opera Theater to Present the North American Premiere of “Leonora” this Fall
Chicago Opera Theater begins its 2024-25 Season with an exciting and aptly timed production of the North American premiere of Leonora. A classical Italian opera composed by Ferdinando Paër to a libretto by Giuseppe Maria Foppa and Giacomo Cinti, the plot to Leonora is based on the same story as Beethoven’s later opera Fidelio. Conducted by Chicago favorite and master interpreter of classical repertoire Dame Jane Glover and staring internationally renowned tenor Edgardo Rocha in his Chicago debut, this production will feature stage direction by Chicago Opera Theater’s own Edlis Neeson General Director Lawrence Edelson.
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