Over the past couple of months, Ravinia Festival has been building up anticipation for the 2026 season. Specifically they’ve been noting the changes going into the Hunter Pavilion, which has […]
It was a cold Saturday night when Patti LuPone returned to Chicago. But LuPone brought a warm message in a revised edition of Matters of the Heart, the concert piece […]
Founded as a progressive funky little fundraiser orchestra in 1994, Pink Martini is currently touring with a lively holiday concert called All-Stars: A Season of Stars, which stopped at the Auditorium […]
In 2016, legendary avant-garde artist and musician Yoko Ono presented Chicago with a sculpture called Skylanding. It stands in Jackson Park on the same site where the Japanese Pavilion stood […]
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 […]
The final day of the Chicago Jazz Festival had some outstanding up-and-coming performers as well as some legends gracing the stage. This year, I managed to get to the Von […]
It was another fabulous summer day in Chicago with some familiar names on the Pritzker Pavilion stage. First up was Ava Logan, who has been in at least two productions […]
The second day of the Chicago Jazz Festival veered into the unexpected for me. The Pritzker Pavilion stage featured an international roster of musicians and singers. Opener Sarah Marie Young […]
As the summer days begin to cool, there is still the heat from jazz bubbling in Millennium Park. The Chicago Jazz Festival is in its 46th year and is still […]
Chicago A Cappella performed A Cappella Jazz on Saturday, March 29, at the Gannon Concert Hall in the Holtschneider Performance Center on the campus of DePaul University. This concert began […]
Cultures and music genres blended into a refreshing evening as Asian Improv aRts Midwest (AIAM) and Tsukasa Taiko presented Reduction 10 and Taiko Legacy 21 at the Edlis Neeson Theater […]
The forceful cheeriness of the holiday season is now upon us but it is not for everyone. Not all Christmas songs are about comfort and joy. Singer, songwriter, violinist, sometime […]