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ArtMuseumsSummer 2025

Hyde Park Art Center to Present Solo Exhibition of Kuwait-Iraqi Artist Farah Salem

February 21, 2025 Isaac Jacobs Hyde Park Art Center

Hyde Park Art Center, the renowned non-profit hub for contemporary art located on Chicago’s vibrant South Side, has announced a

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Liam O'Connor
Architecture

Liam O’Connor selected as 2025 Richard H. Driehaus Prize Laureate at the University of Notre Dame

February 20, 2025 David Henley

Architect Liam O’Connor has been selected as the 2025 laureate of the Richard H. Driehaus Prize at the University of

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Riccardo Muti Conducts the CSO
Classical MusicMusic

Riccardo Muti Leads The Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus and Distinguished Soloists in Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” in June

February 20, 2025 David Henley Chicago Symphony Orchestra,  CSO,  Riccardo Muti

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) announces the addition of a fourth performance of Verdi’s Requiem Mass with Riccardo Muti,

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Still from The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago announces Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
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MCA Chicago to Present “Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom” this Spring

February 20, 2025 David Henley Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago announces Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom, opening May

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Paul Simon
Music

Paul Simon Announces New Spring/Summer US Tour

February 20, 2025 David Henley Symphony Center

Recently singer-songwriter Paul Simon announced “A Quiet Celebration Tour,” a US Tour for this Spring and Summer 2025 where he

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Jalbelly Guzmán
Theater

Buckle up for Chicago Children’s Theatre’s New Bilingual Musical, “Go Dog Go! (Ve Perro ¡Ve!)”

February 18, 2025 David Henley Chicago Children's Theatre

Audiences are invited to strap in this spring alongside a gaggle of delightful dogs as they drive, swim, play baseball

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The Listeners
Classical MusicMusicOpera

A New “Cult” Classic: Missy Mazzoli’s “The Listeners” Comes to Lyric Opera This Spring

February 18, 2025 Fred Cummings Lyric Opera of Chicago

The haunting hum of Missy Mazzoli and Royce Vavrek’s The Listeners will transfix audiences at Lyric Opera of Chicago this

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Yang Liu. Photo by Olivia Tsai.
Classical MusicMusic

New Phil to Present Tchaikovsky’s 4th & “Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto” with Yang Liu

February 17, 2025 Fred Cummings McAninch Arts Center,  New Philharmonic

Under the baton of music director and conductor Kirk Muspratt, New Philharmonic, the professional orchestra in residence at the McAninch

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater Short Shakespeare!
Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Welcoming Nearly 20,000 Students to “Short Shakespeare! A Midsummer Night’s Dream”

February 17, 2025 Oscar Peterson Chicago Shakespeare Theater

In an expanded five-week run of weekday matinees, Chicago Shakespeare Theater is welcoming nearly 20,000 students in grades 4-12 from

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Dr. Mark George, Courtesy of Music Institute of Chicago
Classical MusicMusic

Dr. Mark George to Step Down as President and CEO of Music Institute of Chicago

February 15, 2025 David Henley Music Institute of Chicago

The Music Institute of Chicago has announced that, after 15 years of dedicated service, Dr. Mark George is stepping down

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We are Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts, Chicago's premier journal for culture and the performing arts. We cover the heartbeat of Chicago's vibrant fine arts landscape with insightful features taking you behind the scenes of some of the area's most intriguing exhibitions; interviews with some of the world's elite concert artists; backstories for movers and shakers in Chicago's arts community and much, much more. With every issue, we take the pulse of Chicago's amazing arts and culture community, bringing you the amazing world class artistry only a city like Chicago can provide.
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