Kathy D. Hey writes creative non-fiction essays. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is enjoying life with her husband, daughter and three dogs in the wilds of Edgewater. When she isn’t at her computer, she is in her garden growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen witchery.
Some of the finest singers in opera today performed last Saturday on the newly christened Robert and Penelope Steiner Parquet at the Civic Opera House. The concert was a product […]
The Capulets is a new ballet created and directed by Wade Schaaf, artistic director of Chicago Repertory Ballet. This world premiere is a multimedia collaboration with fantastic projection design by […]
One of the things I love most about humanity is that there are so many paths in tune with spiritual matters. I am not talking about religion. I am thinking […]
3Arts traces its roots back over 100 years to Jane Addams and her work on behalf of women and immigrants. The 3Arts Club was one of eight clubs spanning the […]
The Lyric Opera of Chicago gives us a fall doubleheader with two classic Italian operas rooted in the verismo tradition. Pietro Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (1890) and Ruggero Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci (1892) […]
I felt an extra sense of excitement about going to Guarneri Hall on a windy evening. Nova Linea Musica presents the finest chamber music experience in Chicago, and the performers […]
Herbie Hancock landed in Chicago for his fifth appearance in a Symphony Center Presents Jazz performance. His band included another jazz master, Terence Blanchard on the trumpet, James Genus on […]
Maestro Enrique Mazzola is now entering his 5th year as music director and conductor of the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Mazzola is the third music director since Bruno Bartoletti, when […]
The musical Godspell was a colossal hit off-Broadway, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Michael Tebelak. It was 1971, and the news trumpeted stories about […]
The stunning Buchanan Chapel at Fourth Presbyterian Church was the scene of an incredible immersive experience in new music on Tuesday evening. In a program entitled Viaggio Profondo: An Homage […]
The Chicago Opera Theater (COT) presented Shakespeare Sings last weekend, an excellent concert of arias from operas by Verdi, Wagner, Britten, and other composers whose works are performed less frequently. […]
No Kings protests made Saturday an auspicious day across the nation, and the perfect way to wind down was a dance concert by Giordano Dance Chicago (GDC). Ignite the Soul […]