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Music Summer 2022

LUMINARY: Q&A with Singer/Songwriter Dan Navarro

August 25, 2022 Fred Cummings Dan Navarro, Hey Nonny

Saying singer/songwriter Dan Navarro is a versatile artist is like saying the past two years were kind of challenging for live music. It’s an understatement of epic proportions. Navarro is as prolific a master of all trades as they come. In addition to singer and songwriter, he routinely excels as producer, voice-over actor and all-around “road warrior,” all mounting a convincing argument for Navarro as the Hercules of the performing arts.
For years, he worked prolifically as part of the acoustic duo, Lowen & Navarro, releasing 14 albums and performing 1,500 gigs before Eric Lowen’s retirement in 2008 and subsequent passing from ALS in 2012.

Music

Illinois Philharmonic Unveils Youth Music Education Institute

August 5, 2022 Fred Cummings Illinois Philharmonic

Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) unveiled its new Youth Music Education Institute this spring during an exclusive concert at Olympia Fields Country Club, and in the process, surprised longtime supporter Marilynn Tannebaum by dedicating the Institute in her honor.

Ballet Dance Summer 2022

Voice of Resistance

August 1, 2022 Fred Cummings Auditorium Theatre, Kyiv City Ballet

One sleepy evening this past February, the full company of the Kyiv City Ballet boarded a flight out of its home city of Ukraine to embark upon a long-planned European tour. Little did anyone know at the time that it would be one of the last flights out of the country as Russia would invade its borders the very next day. That flight made its way to Paris, a city and its country that would adopt the ballet company in the wake of the Russian invasion. There and throughout Europe, the Kyiv City Ballet has performed since and now embarks upon a US tour that will bring them to the landmark Auditorium Theatre stage this fall.

Chicago Arts and Culture Music

Chicago Riverwalk 2022 Sumer Season Announced

July 4, 2022 Fred Cummings Chicago Riverwalk, DCASE

Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) spotlight a slate of engaging summer arts and recreational programming taking place on the Chicago Riverwalk, a magnificenturban space located on the south bank of the Chicago River. The award-winning, pedestrian-friendly Chicago Riverwalk stretches 1.25 miles from Lake Michigan to Lake Street offering restaurants, wineries and bars, live music and performances, public art, urban recreation and more.

Dance Summer 2024

Giordano Dance Performs 21st Century Program at Auditorium Theatre

May 25, 2022 Fred Cummings Giordano Dance Chicago

The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will complete its popular Made in Chicago 2021-22 Dance Series with the return of Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC) performing its annual summer engagement for one night only, Saturday, June 11.

Ballet Dance

Ballet Hispánico Presents “Doña Perón” at Auditorium Theatre March 26 & 27

March 23, 2022 Fred Cummings

The Auditorium Theatre (50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive) will present the long-awaited return of Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s renowned Latinx dance organization, with the Chicago Premiere of Doña Perón.

Ballet Dance Winter 2022

Alvin Ailey to Mark Triumphant Return to Chicago

February 12, 2022 Fred Cummings Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Auditorium Theatre

Much like the leaves that begin to bud on the trees in Millennium Park and the post-work sunsets commuters enjoy along the Eisenhower, Alvin Ailey’s yearly residency in the historic Auditorium Theater is like one of nature’s reminders that spring has sprung here in Chicago. But for the first time in half a century, in 2021, the elegance of Alvin Ailey dancers did not grace the Auditorium’s stage and audiences have felt the absence. The pandemic has caused us to miss a log of the culture we take for granted in this great city. But for many, it has also caused them to appreciate it all the more.

Ballet Dance

Joffrey Ballet Announces 2022 Winning Works Choreographers

December 7, 2021 Fred Cummings Joffrey Academy of Dance, Joffrey Ballet

offrey Academy of Dance has announced the recipients of the 12th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition: Audrey Ipapo Baran, Joffrey Company Artist Edson Barbosa, Taylor Carrasco, and Derick McKoy. This announcement follows a national call for ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab and Native American) artists to submit applications, which began in June. The choreographers’ world premiere works will be showcased by the dancers of the Joffrey Studio Company and the Joffrey Academy Trainee Program in four performances at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago from March 18 – 20, 2022.

Ballet Dance

Joffrey Ballet Announces Return of Possokhov’s Don Quixote

December 3, 2021 Fred Cummings Don Quixote, Joffrey Ballet, Lyric Opera of Chicago

The Joffrey Ballet is kicking off off 2022 with the remount of Yuri Possokhov’s fresh interpretation of Don Quixote, the classic story written by Miguel De Cervantes, presented during the Joffrey’s first-ever season at the historic Lyric Opera House in downtown Chicago at 20 North Upper Wacker Drive, in 10 performance only, February 16–27, 2022.

Latest

Chicago Children’s Choir Reviving Holiday Tradition with Songs of the Season

December 3, 2021 Fred Cummings Holiday Concert

Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC), a nonprofit organization that empowers and unites youth from diverse backgrounds to become global leaders through music, is thrilled to announce the return of its beloved concert Songs of the Season, taking place on Saturday, December 18 from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the iconic Epiphany Center for the Arts (201 S. Ashland Ave). This decades-old tradition will unite the entire CCC family in celebration of the Choir’s 65th anniversary season, bringing together singers from years past with today’s youth to perform alongside CCC’s world-renowned Voice of Chicago ensemble and Hyde Park Neighborhood Choir.