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Music, Concert Preview Sep 6, 2019
Recommended Video
Multimedia composer Samson Young presents music from the 1933 Chicago’s World Fair
- By Audrey Henderson
- Tags: Concert Preview, Samson Young, World Fair, Chicago’s World Fair, 1933 Chicago’s World Fair, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, Symphony Center, art, Silver Moon or Golden Star, Which Will You Buy of Me?, Hong Kong, Orianna Cacchione, contemporary art, music composition, Recommended, Video

Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2018
Pianist Jason Moran drops a recording of Looks of a Lot, his collaboration with a slew of Chicago artists

The new version, available via Bandcamp, tightens up the one he premiered at Symphony Center in 2014 with Theaster Gates, Ken Vandermark, Katie Ernst, and the Kenwood Academy Jazz Band
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Jason Moran, Theaster Gates, Looks of a Lot, Ken Vandermark, Katie Ernst, Kenwood Academy, Gerald Powell, Bethany Pickens, More News, Symphony Center

Blogs, Bleader Jan 15, 2018
The Chicago Moth StorySlam and more of the best things to do in Chicago this week

A reading from The Selfie Generation, the literary bout Write Club, and more goings-on January 15-18
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Arts, Do This, alicia eler, judith dawn, women and children first, awakenings foundation, ian belknap, write club, lincoln hall, moth storyslam, hideout, The Crime of Monsieur Lange, gene siskel film center, ask your mama, langston hughes, symphony center, Revolutsiia! Demonstratsiia! Soviet Art Put to the Test

Arts & Culture, Calendar Oct 24, 2016
More than three dozen of the best Halloween 2016 events

A ghoulish brunch, a costume parade, and more spooky things to do.
- Tags: Calendar, Halloween 2016, Another 90s Halloween Party, Beauty Bar, Bowie Night 2: Son of Bowie, Crown Liquors, Bric-a-Brac’s Halloween Brunch, Empty Bottle, Bye Bye Liver: Drink or Treat, Public House theatre, Carmine's Friday Fright Fest, Carmine's, Dia de los Muertos, Chicago Sinfonietta, Symphony Center, National Museum of Mexican Art, Day of the Dead, Death Toll, Cornservatory, The Fame Monster Mash, Berlin, Glitter Ghoul Halloween, Late Bar, East Room, Beat Kitchen, Rachal Duggan, Comfort Station, Untitled Supper Club, Hallowzine, Chicago Publishers Resource Center, Cafe Brauer, Haunted Hotel, Emporium Arcade Bar, Evanston History Center, Heltrap Nightmare, Hideout, Fabulous Ladies of Fitness, Cole's, Hog-lloween, Frontier, Howl-o-ween, Sit Social, La Casa de Santanas, Little Bash of Horrors, Bottom Lounge, Mama's Boy, A Memory Place of Fear, Silent Funny, Nightmares on Lincoln Ave., Northalsted Halloween Parade, Pay 2 Slay, Peek-A-Boo, Uptown Underground, Porn and Chicken, Halloween Banger, Evil Olive, Race of the Dead 5K, Scare You Very Much, Chicago Art Department, Spooky Zoo Spectacular, Lincoln Park Zoo, Too Much Fright Makes the Baby Go Blind, Whores of Horror

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2016
Video
World premiere of Marquis Hill's version of "Beep Durple"

Trumpeter Marquis Hill releases The Way We Play this month as part of his prize for winning the Thelonious Monk competition.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: 12 O'Clock Track, Music, Post No Bills, Marquis Hill, The Way We Play, Beep Durple, 12 O'Clock Track, Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition, Jon Irabagon, Chicago, jazz, Gregory Porter, Green Mill, Symphony Center, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 23, 2016
Craft Beer Week, Rakim, Bike Night, and more things to do in Chicago this week

The Girl Talk premieres at the Hideout, Flint Eastwood, and more happenings from May 23-26
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Rakim, Park West, Bike Night, Twisted Spoke, Flint Eastwood, Schubas, Music Trivia Showdown, Empty Bottle, the Girl Talk, Hideout, Cosmic Convergence, Symphony Center, Chicago Sinfonietta, Women in Vision, Field Museum, Chicago Craft Beer Week

Blogs, Bleader Mar 14, 2016
David Cross returns to stand-up, Saint Patrick's Day celebrations continue, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Shen Yun, Bring Your Own Beat, Culinary Fight Club, and more happenings from March 14-17.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, Underneath the Lintel, Links Hall, Chicago Sinfonietta, Bring Your Own Beat, Symphony Center, Confidential Musical Theatre Project, Stage 773, Shen Yun, Civic Opera House, Culinary Fight Club, Chop Shop, Off the Paddy Wagon, the Cornservatory, Saint Patrick's Day Celebration, Irish American Heritage Center

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2016
Lego landmarks at the MSI, Alvin Ailey at the Auditorium Theatre, and more things to do in Chicago this week

Literary Death Match with Audrey Niffenegger, Dan Bakkedahl returns to Second City, and more happenings from March 7-10.
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Arts, Do This, The Poetory, the Promontory, Richard Bales, Society of Midland Authors, Siamsa na nGael, Symphony Center, Alvin Ailey, Auditorium Theatre, Sara Wildman, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Trainwreck, Second City, Literary Death Match, iO Theater, Museum of Science and Industry, Brick by Brick

Best of Chicago, Music & Nightlife Jun 25, 2014
Critics' Picks
Best Three-Toed Goblin King Turned Cultural Ambassador

Eric Owens
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Music & Nightlife, Best of Chicago 2014, three-toed goblin king turned cultural ambassador, Eric Owens, Rusalka, Lyric Opera, air swimming, Porgy and Bess, Wotan, Grant Park Orchestra, Romeo et Juliette, Symphony Center, Critics' Picks

Music, Music Feature May 28, 2014
Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

Artist Theaster Gates and reedist Ken Vandermark join the jazz pianist in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music Feature, Jason Moran, The Bandwagon, Nasheet Waits, Tarus Mateen, Symphony Center, multimedia, CSO, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Theaster Gates, Ken Vandermark, MacArthur Fellows, Eric Revis, artists, writers, Joan Jonas, Adrian Piper, Kara Walker, Lorna Simpson, Stan Douglas, Terrance Hayes, Luhring Augustine Gallery, Katie Ernst, Jazz Ahead, Kennedy Center, jazz, Kenwood Academy Jazz Band, Gerad Powell, Chicago Jazz Festival, Black Monks of Mississippi, Dorchester Projects, Manhattan School of Music, Bruce Nauman, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Bob Thompson, painters, Charles Lloyd, Slug's, Lee Morgan, contemporary art, Venice Biennale, Glenn Ligon, Thomas Edison, Edwin S. Porter, film, Bert Williams, video art, Ken Vandermark, Jeff Parker, Steve McQueen, Chris Marker, Documenta 13, James Fahey, AAM, Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Steve Coleman, Andrew Hill, Albert King, blues, commissions, Willie Pickens, Bethany Pickens, Roy Eldridge, Franz Schubert, saxophone, hip-hop, composers, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Guggenheim, Velvet Lounge, street preachers, sculptors

Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 4/18: The Kid, Todd Barry, and Regina Carter

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, April 18
- By Keshia Bardney
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Charlie Chaplin, Patio Theater, Silent Film Society of Chicago, Greensboro Symphony Youth Orchestra, Todd Barry, Final Crowd Work Tour, stand-up, comedy, jazz, violinist, Southern Comfort, Blues, Gospel, R&B, Regina Carter, Symphony Center

Blogs, Bleader Mar 4, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 3/4: Gypsy, Whisky Time: A Portrait of Charlemagne Palestine, and Estrella Morente

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, March 4
- By Brianna Wellen
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Gypsy, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Museum of Contemporary Art, Whisky Time: A Portrait of Charlemagne Palestine, Guy-Marc Hinant, Dominique Lohlé, Estrella Morente, Enrique Morente, Symphony Center

Blogs, Bleader Jan 30, 2014
Best shows to see: Yuna, Ray Anderson, Califone, Damien Jurado

Best shows to see on Thu 1/30 through Sun 2/2
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, Best Shows to See, Yuna, Ray Anderson, Califone, Damien Jurado, Schubas, Lincoln Hall, Symphony Center, Pocket Brass Band, Branford Marsalis Quartet

Blogs, Bleader Jan 24, 2014
Reader's Agenda Fri 1/24: Vertigo, Stepz, and Action Bronson

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, January 24
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Alfred Hitchcock, Vertigo, Roger Ebert, Chicago, Bernard Herrmann, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Center, Savion Glover, Stepz, Harris Theater, Action Bronson, Metro, Blue Chips 2, Blue Chips, Party Supplies

Blogs, Bleader Jan 10, 2014
Tesori: A treasure indeed

An excellent casual-Italian restaurant has come to a prime Loop location inside Symphony Center.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Tesori, Italian restaurants, Loop dining, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, CSO, Symphony Center, Verdi, Otello, Riccardo Muti, grilled octopus

Blogs, Bleader Oct 10, 2013
Best shows to see: Sarah Jarosz, Goblin, the Weeknd, Jeremy Denk

The best shows to see on Thu 10/10 through Sun 10/13
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Do This, Music, best shows to see, Sarah Jarosz, Jeremy Denk, Goblin, the Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye, Old Town School of Folk Music, Symphony Center, Metro, Chicago Theatre, Mark Lanegan, Deicide, Agent Orange, Lee Ranaldo, Lee Randldo & the Dust, Sara Bareilles

Blogs, Bleader Sep 27, 2013
Audio
The syncretic sounds of Cuban pianist Roberto Fonseca

The remarkable Cuban pianist and Buena Vista Social Club member Roberta Fonseca comes into his polystylistic own with his latest album Yo.
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Jazz, Music, Post No Bills, Buena Vista Social Club, Roberto Fonseca, Symphony Center, Cuban music, Compay Segundo, Ruben Gonzalez, Omara Portuondo, Eliades Ochoa, Ibrahim Ferrer, Yo, 80's, jazz, Audio

Music, Music Feature Sep 9, 2013
The World Music Festival bounces back

Its city-spanning lineup of free concerts expands to 11 days with an all-night Indian classical marathon, Malian stars Sidi Touré and Bassekou Kouyaté, and lots more.
- By Peter Margasak and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Music Feature, World Music Festival 2013, Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, Michael Orlove, Carlos Tortolero, Jack McLarnan, RagaMala, Amjad Ali Khan, Debashish Bhattacharya, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, Festival au Desert: Caravan for Peace, Bassekou Kouyaté, Sidi Touré, Leila Gobi, Mamadou Kelly, Joan Soriano, Eddie Palmieri, Plena Libre, L. Subramaniam, Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers, Pejman Hadadi, Imamyar Hasanov, One World Under One Roof, Debo Band, Subhasis Bhattacharjee, Ngoni Ba, Zoumana Tereta, Amy Sacko, Cheick Diallo, Baba Salah, Kardemimmit, We Banjo 3, Noura Mint Seymali, Tal National, Brock McGuire Band, Andreas Kapsalis, Goran Ivanovic, Pritzker Pavilion, Preston Bradley Hall, Chicago Cultural Center, Martyrs', Hideout, Symphony Center, Mayne Stage, Old Town School of Folk Music, Harris Gallery, Reggie's Rock Club, Schubas

Blogs, Bleader Jun 8, 2013
This weekend, Chicago Sinfonietta's City-Scapes: What is the sound of Aqua?

Chicago Sinfonietta presents a concert about architecture, including new works inspired by iconic Chicago buildings.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Architecture, Music, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Jeanne Gang, Aqua, Jennifer Higdon, Vivian Fung, Armando Bayolo, Jonathan Holland, Chris Rogerson, Harold Meltzer, Avalon String Quartet, Symphony Center

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Sun 3/3: Chicago Polar Plunge, Bitchin' Purge, and Paul Lewis

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Sunday, March 3, 2013.
- By Katie Kather
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Paul Lewis, Symphony Center, Lake Michigan, Chicago Polar Plunge, North Avenue Beach, Bitchin' Purge, Jerry's, Steve Shields, Danny Kallas

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Jan 28, 2013
Being Jack Unterweger

John Malkovich channels Austria's infamous Hooker Killer.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Jack Unterweger, Birgit Hutter, Michael Sturminger, John Malkovich, Elfriede Jelinek, Vienna Strangler, The Infernal Commedy, August Schenner, Symphony Center, Vienna, serial killers

Blogs, Bleader Nov 11, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sun 11/11

What's on the Agenda for Sunday, November 11, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Holocaust, Elie Wiesel, The Chicago Humanities Festival, Symphony Center, Loop, Sankofa, Haile Gerima, DuSable Museum of African American History, Empty Bottle, Georgia, Maserati, Maserati VII, Kevin Warwick

Blogs, Bleader Oct 11, 2012
Video Audio
Friday: Bill Frisell plays his score for the new Bill Morrison film

Guitarist Bill Frisell plays his live score for Bill Morrison's new documentary The Great Flood
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Bill Frisell, Bill Morrison, The Great Flood, jazz, Ron Miles, Symphony Center, Parade, Floratone, Video, Audio

Blogs, Bleader Jun 1, 2012
Video Audio
Pianist Jeremy Denk: a musician writing about music

Classical pianist Jeremy Denk, who plays Symphony Center on Sunday, writes about music just as well as he plays it
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Post No Bills, Jeremy Denk, Joshua Bell, classical music, music criticism, Gyorgy Ligeti, Symphony Center, Collaborative Pianist, Video, Audio

Columns & Opinion, On Culture Mar 12, 2012
The girl who played the violin

A prodigy comes home to the CSO
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Stephanie Jeong, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, concertmaster, Curtis Institute, Aaron Rosand, Juliard, Ricardo Muti, Yo-Yo Ma, Symphony Center

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