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2010 Hyde Park Jazz Festival

aaron — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:50:45 +0000

Hyde Park Alliance for Arts and Culture (HyPa), 5100 S Hyde Park Blvd, Chicago. Saturday, September 25, 2:00pm-2:00am. This event is free. For more information: www.hydeparkjazzfestival.org.

Pearl Fest

aaron — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:38:42 +0000

Mandrake Park, 39th St. & Drexel Ave., Chicago. Saturday, August 21, 11:00am-10:00pm. This event is free.

Sponsored by Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, 1060 East 47th St., Chicago. For more information: www.blackpearl.org.

Smart Sounds with the Corey Wilkes Quartet

aaron — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:58:18 +0000

This summer, enjoy the Corey Wilkes Quartet in the Smart Museum of Art’s sun-dappled sculpture garden. As the art museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art is home to acclaimed special exhibitions and a permanent collection that spans five thousand years of artistic creation. Working in close collaboration with scholars from the University of Chicago, the Smart has established itself as a leading academic art museum and an engine of adventurous thinking about the visual arts and their place in society.

The Smart Museum of Art’s outdoor sculpture garden, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago. Sunday, August 15, 2:00pm. This event is free.

Smart Sounds with Julia Huff

aaron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:51:45 +0000

This summer, enjoy Julia Huff in the Smart Museum of Art’s sun-dappled sculpture garden. As the art museum of the University of Chicago, the Smart Museum of Art is home to acclaimed special exhibitions and a permanent collection that spans five thousand years of artistic creation. Working in close collaboration with scholars from the University of Chicago, the Smart has established itself as a leading academic art museum and an engine of adventurous thinking about the visual arts and their place in society.

The Smart Museum of Art’s outdoor sculpture garden, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Sunday, July 18, 2:00pm. This event is free.

Cocktails and Clay with the Frank Russell Trio

aaron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:28:07 +0000

Think night on the town meets playing in the mud. Every 2nd Friday of the month, join us for a late night clay-making, dance-partying, gallery-hopping good time. We’ve got 45 minute clay sessions back in our studios, a live DJ and drink specials all night. This month we welcome a special guest. Jazz bassist Frank Russell will provide us with a back beat to our clay play.

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., Chicago. Friday, June 11, 2010. 8:00pm-12:00am (midnight). This event is free. For more information, please call 773-324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.

59th Street Jazz Presents: Hanah Jon Taylor Artet Homecoming featuring Willie Pickens

aaron — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:54:36 +0000

Hanah John Taylor is a veteran member of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). In 1990, he was commissioned by the University of Chicago to organize and direct its first improvisational jazz orchestra.

Willie Pickens is one of Chicago’s most in-demand pianists for visiting artists. He has performed several times at the famed Chicago Jazz Festival and has been the featured pianist on impresario Joe Segal’s Jazz Cruises, where he has shared the stage with Clark Terry, Louie Bellson, and Red Holloway, among others. Learn more »

International House, 1414 East 59th Street, Chicago. Assembly Hall. Saturday, June 5, 8:00-10:00pm. Tickets are $10 each.

Jazz Rhythms in Words & Music with the Neighborhood Writing Alliance and Curtis Robinson

aaron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 23:54:02 +0000

Experimental Station, 6100 S. Blackstone Ave., Chicago. Wednesday, May 19, 6:00pm-7:30pm. This event is free. For more information go: www.jot.org.

Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920

megan — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:45:28 +0000

This exhibition follows the daring travels of James H. Breasted, the founder of the Oriental Institute, through the Middle East following World War I. In his quest for sites for his new institute to excavate, he encountered war-torn landscapes, hostile tribes, and harsh travel conditions. The photos, archival documents, and artifacts that trace Breasted’s expedition also address issues concerning the relationship between past and present, archaeology and politics, and America’s role in the Middle East that are as relevant today as they were nearly a century ago. Learn more »

Oriental Institute, 1155 East 58th Street

The Matt Lamb Tribute

aaron — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:19:50 +0000

Adventure Stage Chicago at the Vittum Theater , 1012 N. Noble St., Chicago. Friday, June 4, 8:00pm; Saturday, June 5, 2:00pm and 7:30pm (pre-show cocktail hour to begin at 6:00pm); Sunday, June 6, 2:00pm. General ticket pricing: Adventure Stage Box Office, 773.342.4141. For Gala ticket reservations, please contact Corrie at Cerqua Rivera Dance Theater, 773.847.0305 or corrie@cerquarivera.org.

Passport to Jazz with Eric Schneider’s Hot Dixieland Quartet

aaron — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:54:54 +0000

Eric Schneider’s Hot Dixieland Quartet comes to the Oriental Institute to perform in conjunction with the special exhibit Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920. Born and raised on Chicago’s Southside, Schneider played saxophone and clarinet with the Count Basie and Earl Fatha’ Hines’ orchestras and has performed with the who’s who of jazz, including Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn. Schneider’s Hot Dixieland Quarter will bring the era of Pioneers to the Past to life as they fill Breasted Hall with the great sounds of Dixieland jazz.

Oriental Institute, 1155 E. 58th St., Chicago. Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2:00pm-3:00pm. This event is free. Following the concert there will be a coffee reception with the artists.