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Trinity Irish Dance Company Dancers 2. Photo by Lois Greenfield
Dance

Chicago Trinity Irish Dance Company to Make Jacob’s Pillow Debut

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings Jacob's Pillow,  Trinity Irish Dance Company

Chicago’s Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC), the uniquely Irish-American company that celebrates founding artistic director Mark Howard’s pioneering vision to

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Parsons-Dance-Feat-Cherylynn-Tsushima
DanceSummer 2025

Parson Dance to Return to The Auditorium After 30 Year Absence

February 15, 2025 Fred Cummings Auditorium Theatre,  The Auditorium

The Auditorium is slated to present a special evening with Parsons Dance, the New York-based contemporary American dance company founded

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Giordano Dance Chicago "Studio 62" Benefit
Dance

Giordano Dance Chicago’s Feb. 1 “Studio 62” Benefit Supports the Giordano Dance Chicago Dancer Fund

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Giordano Dance Chicago

Giordano Dance Chicago hosted “Studio 62,” a benefit patterned after the incomparable New York City’s legendary 1970s nightclub Studio, Saturday,

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Stella Chen
Classical MusicMusic

Stella Chen to Step in for Robert Chen as Violin Soloist in CSO February 20-22 Concerts

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Chicago Symphony Orchestra (CSO) Concertmaster Robert Chen must regrettably withdraw from his planned solo appearances with the Orchestra and conductor

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Black Oak Ensemble
Classical MusicMusic

~Nois Quartet and Black Oak Ensemble join forces in Nova Linea Musica’s ‘Letters from Home’ March 12

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings ~Nois Quartet,  Black Oak Ensemble,  Nova Linea Musica

Chicago-based chamber music series and new-music incubator Nova Linea Musica (NLM), will present “Letters from Home,” a concert featuring two

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Richard Webster, credit Burlingham Productions
Classical MusicMusic

Chicago’s Bach in the City to debut March 21 at St. Vincent de Paul Church

February 12, 2025 Fred Cummings Bach in the City,  Bach Week Festival

Bach in the City, successor to the Chicago area’s long-running Bach Week Festival, will present “Bach and the Venetians,” the

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Still from Peter Hujar’s Day
FilmSundance

Sundance 2025 Film “Peter Hujar’s Day” Acquired by Sideshow and Janus

February 5, 2025 Fred Cummings Sundance,  Sundance Film Festival

Sideshow and Janus Films have announced that they have acquired North American rights to Peter Hujar’s Day, the highly acclaimed

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Anne Akiko Meyers
Classical MusicMusic

Anne Akiko Meyers Releases “Blue Electra,” April 11

February 5, 2025 Fred Cummings

On Friday, April 11, 2025, the Grammy Award-winning artist Anne Akiko Meyers — one of the world’s most esteemed violinists

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Still from Come See Me In the Good Light
FilmSundance

“Come See Me in the Good Light” Wins Festival Favorite Award at 2025 Sundance Film Festival

February 4, 2025 David Henley Sundance

The Sundance Film Festival recently announced its final award for the 2025 edition: Come See Me in the Good Light

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Arroyo oak (Quercus brandegeei) (endangered) in Baja California Sur, Mexico_2_Credit_ The Morton Arborem
Museums

Chicago’s Leading Nature and Wildlife Institutions Pledge to Save Endangered Species for Reverse the Red Day

February 4, 2025 Isaac Jacobs Brookfield Zoo Chicago,  Chicago Academy of Sciences,  Chicago Botanic Garden,  Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum

Chicago’s leading nature and wildlife institutions—Brookfield Zoo Chicago, Chicago Botanic Garden, Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum of the Chicago Academy of

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