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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Author: Fred Cummings
Time to Dance Hosts 3rd Annual “Tea Time to Dance” Fundraiser
The Board of Time to Dance and co-founders Dr. Chervony Belsky and Lisa Gold will host a celebration of the
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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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Adler Planetarium Announces “Other Worlds” – An Interactive Look at Planets
Adler Planetarium announces the opening of Other Worlds, a new permanent exhibition that explores planetary bodies throughout the universe from the familiar to the extreme including gas giants, ice giants, super Earths, rocky worlds and more. Travel beyond our solar system to learn about the more than 5,000 discovered exoplanets that orbit around other stars and get a new perspective on the planets closest to ours. Other Worlds encompasses around 6,500 feet of exhibit space and replaces the iconic Our Solar System gallery, which first opened to the public in 2012.
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ANNIE Returns to Chicago This Holiday Season
Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (MSG Entertainment) announced that the iconic Tony Award-winning musical ANNIE is returning to Chicago this holiday season with a limited three-week engagement at The Chicago Theatre from November 12 through December 1. Tickets for ANNIE go on sale to the general public on Friday, August 9, 2024, at 10:00AM CT.
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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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Michael Schreffler Appointed Director of New Notre Dame Arts Initiative
Art historian and College of Arts and Letters Associate Dean for the Arts Michael Schreffler has been named director of the University of Notre Dame’s new Arts Initiative emerging from “Notre Dame 2033: A Strategic Framework.”
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Maestro Kirk Muspratt Celebrates 20 Years with New Philharmonic at the MAC in October
New Philharmonic, under the baton of Maestro Kirk Muspratt, opens its 2024-2025 Season with “Ravel & Mahler,” at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC) with performances 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 6.
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