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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

Little Black Pearl is sponsoring a free, outdoor community festival of live entertainment, food, merchant and service vendors with fun activities for all ages. Performing artists include American vocalist, producer, songwriter, musician, author, and actress, Nona Hendryx; jazz drummer, composer, and record producer Terri Lyne Carrington; and American soul, jazz, gospel singer and pianist, Oleta Adams.

Event takes place at Mandrake Park, 39th St. & Drexel Ave., Chicago. Saturday, August 21, 11:00am-10:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

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. Free and open to the public, the Smart Museum of Art is home to acclaimed special exhibitions and a permanent collection that spans five thousand years of artistic creation. Visit smartmuseum.uchicago.edu to learn more.

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

Smart Sounds with Julia Huff

aaron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:51:45 +0000

This summer, enjoy Julia Huff in the Smart Museum of Art’s sun-dappled sculpture garden. Free and open to the public, the Smart Museum of Art is home to acclaimed special exhibitions and a permanent collection that spans five thousand years of artistic creation. Visit smartmuseum.uchicago.edu to learn more.

The Smart Museum of Art’s outdoor sculpture garden, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., Chicago. Sunday, July 18 at 2:00pm. This event is free and open to the public.

Cocktails and Clay with the Frank Russell Trio

aaron — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:28:07 +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.

Hanah Jon Taylor Artet Homecoming featuring Willie Pickens

aaron — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:54:36 +0000

Hanah Jon 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. General admission tickets are $10 (an additional $2 discount for Passport holders), $5 for students with ID, and free to I-House residents.

JAZZ X-TET featuring Brian Smith

aaron — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:33:55 +0000

Lauded for its boldness in showcasing cutting-edge compositions, the Jazz X-tet is a versatile collection of 12-18 musicians, frequently joined in performance by noted Chicago-area professionals. The X-tet’s three-concert season offers a variety of pieces, from jazz standards to hip-hop, often in arrangements that are custom-designed for the ensemble by its own members. In rehearsal and performance, the X-tet focuses on developing the improvisational skills of its musicians, as well as on deepening their understanding of the wide-ranging jazz idiom. The group has issued two CDs, and frequently performs for University of Chicago events on campus and elsewhere in the city. In addition to the Jazz X-tet itself, several small jazz combo groups are set up each year to provide training and experience to interested musicians.

Fulton Recital Hall, Goodspeed Hall, 4th Floor. 1010 E. 59th St., Chicago. Thursday, June 3 at 8:00pm. This event is free to the public.

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

aaron — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:54:02 +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

Josue Pellot Film Screening and Debut: “I am the Queen”

aaron — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:48:11 +0000

Join us on August 14 at 2pm, as the Hyde Park Art Center debuts the documentary, “I am the Queen,” directed and produced by Josue Pellot and Henrique Cirne-Lima. “I am the Queen” takes a look at the often unobserved life of Chicago’s Puerto Rican transgendered community documenting the Cacique Pageant, the first annual transgendered pageant held in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. The film exposes the restructuring of the family unit experienced by pageant participants who are often distanced from their biological family only to find kinship among others in the Puerto Rican transgendered community.

Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell St., Chicago. Saturday, August 14 at 2:00pm. For more information call 773.324.5520 or visit www.hydeparkark.org. This event is free and open to the public.