Saturday, August 06, 2016
13th annual Art at the Glen Town Center(Glenview, Illinois)
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Morrison Hotel Gallery Celebrates The Freedom Of Summer With Its Playful Cars and Stars Exhibit (Hollywood,CA)
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Friday, August 05, 2016
World Music Festival Chicago is this September(Chicago,IL)
18th ANNUAL WORLD MUSIC FESTIVAL CHICAGO ANNOUNCES FULL LINEUP FEATURING DIVERSE INTERNATIONAL MUSICIANS SEPTEMBER 9–25
Festival features more than 60 artists from 25 countries in 20 venues across the city
The world comes together at the 18th Annual World Music Festival Chicago, September 9–25, 2016,
at a variety of venues across the city. Celebrating the diverse music
from nations across the globe, this FREE festival is produced by the
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and is the
largest festival of its kind in the United States. Highlights of the
2016 festival include the all night Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music, a weekend collaboration with Chicago SummerDance in Grant Park, a concert in Millennium Park and the The 606 Polyrhythmic Procession and Global Peach Picnic.
On the first night of the festival, Friday, September 9, Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music
starts at 6 p.m. under the Tiffany stained glass dome of the Preston
Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center (78 E. Washington St.). A
tradition in India, the all-night classical concerts are rarely held
publicly in the United States. Visitors have the exceptional opportunity
to hear the ragas (traditional scales or modes) during the early
morning and late night hours when they were meant to be played. The
concert features more than 10 musical groups and artists through 9 a.m.
the next morning.
Also, the
first weekend of the festival, Chicago SummerDance in Grant Park (601 S.
Michigan) closes with a world music lineup that includes two days of
Salsa music with Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra and OLA FRESCA as well as a Bhangra Blowout with DJ and live Dohl presented by Kalapriya.
In the second weekend of the festival, “Mr. Golden Voice of Africa” Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band
performs on Saturday, September 17, at Millennium Park’s Jay Pritzker
Pavilion (201 E. Randolph St.). The afternoon of music will begin at 3
p.m. with a performance by Herencia de Timbiquí, a fusion of traditional Afro music of Colombia’s Pacific coast and contemporary urban music.
The following day, Sunday, September 18, The 606 Polyrhythmic Peace Procession and Global Peace Picnic is
a day of family-friendly activities including instrument making, peace
procession, music and more. The Global Peace Picnic from 2 to 6 p.m. at
the Humboldt Park Boathouse (1301 N. Sacramento Ave.) features concerts
by Rocky Dawuni, Herencia de Timbiquí, and Rajab Suleiman & Kithara.
The full
schedule with locations and times of each performance is included below.
For more information and festival updates, visit worldmusicfestivalchicago.org and follow the festival on Facebook and on Twitter @WMFChicago #WorldMusicChicago.
Friday, September 9
Tsukasa Taiko (Chicago, USA)
Daley Plaza
50 W. Washington St.
12 p.m.
ALL AGES
Adonis Puentes and the Voice of Cuba Orchestra (Cuba/Canada)
Chicago SummerDance–Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park
601 S. Michigan Ave.
Dance Lesson: 6–7 p.m.; Live Music: 7:30–9:30 p.m.
ALL AGES
Nano Stern (Chile)
ÌFÉ (Puerto Rico)
Chop Shop & 1st Ward Events
2033 W. North Ave.
10 p.m. (doors open at 9 p.m.)
18+
Ragamala: A Celebration of Indian Classical Music
Chicago Cultural Center–Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.
Sep. 9, 6 p.m. –Sep. 10 9 a.m.
ALL AGES
6–7:15 p.m. Josh Feinberg (sitar) with Anindo Chatterjee (tabla)
7:30–8:45 p.m. GS Rajan (mandolin) with M.S. Sukh (mridangam)
9–10:15 p.m. Partho Sarodi (sarod) with Abhijit Banerjee (tabla)
10:30–11:45 p.m. Aditya Prakash (vocals), Salar Nader (tabla) with Shiva Ramamurthi (violin)
12–1:15 a.m. Shujaat Khan (sitar) with Manpreet Singh (tabla)
1:30–2:45 a.m. Anjna & Rajna Swaminathan (violin and mridangam)
3–4:15 a.m. Lyon Leifer (bansuri) with Subhasis Mukherjee (tabla)
4:30–5:45 a.m. David Trasoff (sarod) with Subhasis Mukherjee (tabla)
6–7:30 a.m. Sama Venkatesaiah Balakrishna Troupe (flute, vocal, mridangam and rhythm pad)
7:45–9:00 a.m. Satish Vyas (santoor) with Manpreet Singh (tabla)
Saturday, September 10
Special Percussion Workshop with ÌFÉ
Festival
guests ÌFÉ introduce Cuban Rumba, Puerto Rican Bomba and a spirited
Rumba. Opera-Matic will also be making peace flags for The 606
Polyrhythmic Procession and Global Peace Picnic on Sept. 18. All
materials and instruments provided, free and open to the public.
Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
4046 W. Armitage Ave.
11 a.m. –1 p.m.
ALL AGES
Mulatu Astatke (Ethiopia)
ÌFÉ (Puerto Rico)
DJ AfroQbano (Cuba/Chicago, USA)
Concord Music Hall
2047 N. Milwaukee Ave.
10 p.m. (doors open at 9 p.m.)
18+
OLA FRESCA (Brooklyn, USA))
Chicago SummerDance–Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park
601 S. Michigan Ave.
Dance Lesson: 6–7 p.m.; Live Music: 7:30–9:30 p.m.
ALL AGES
IMAN COMMUNITY CAFÉ + UCHICAGO ARTS PRESENTS
Alsarah & The Nubatones (Sudan/Brooklyn, USA) | J.A.S.S. Quartet (Chicago, USA)
University of Chicago Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts
915 E. 60th St.
7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
ALL AGES
Nano Stern (Chile)
Fémina (Argentina)
Martyrs’
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
8 p.m.
21+
UPTOWN SATURDAY NIGHTS!
ESSO Afrojam Funkbeat (Chicago, USA)
Uptown Lounge
1136 W. Lawrence Ave.
8 p.m.
21+
Sunday, September 11
Kalapriya Presents Bhangra Blowout with with DJ and live Dhol (Chicago, USA)
Chicago SummerDance–Spirit of Music Garden in Grant Park
601 S. Michigan Ave.
Dance Lesson: 4–5 p.m.; Live Music: 5–7 p.m.
ALL AGES
Nano Stern (Chile)
Fémina (Argentina)
Goran Ivanovic (Chicago, USA)
Old Town School of Folk Music–Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall
4545 N. Lincoln Ave.
7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
ALL AGES
Thursday, September 15
Anda Union (Inner Mongolia, China)
Chicago Cultural Center–Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.
6 p.m.
ALL AGES
A-WA (Yemen/Israel)
Maya Kamaty (Reunion Island)
Lincoln Hall
2424 N. Lincoln Ave
7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
21+
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Nigeria)
Rocky Dawuni (Ghana/USA)
ANALOG AFRICA Soundsystem (Germany)
Metro
3730 N. Clark St.
9 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.)
18+
Friday, September 16
Tenores di Neoneli (Sardinia, Italy)
Chicago Cultural Center–Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.
6 p.m.
ALL AGES
Maya Kamaty (Reunion Island) | Anda Union (Inner Mongolia, China)
Martyrs’
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
9 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.)
21+
Saturday, September 17
Pat Thomas & Kwashibu Area Band (Nigeria)
Herencia de Timbiquí (Colombia)
Millennium Park–Jay Pritzker Pavilion
201 E. Randolph St.
3 p.m.
ALL AGES
Tenores di Neoneli (Sardinia, Italy)
DePaul University Concert Hall
800 W. Belden Ave.
8 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.)
ALL AGES
Sunday, September 18
THE 606 POLYRHYTHMIC PROCESSION AND GLOBAL PEACE PICNIC
A day of family-friendly activities in celebration of the International Day of Peace
11 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Instrument Making Stations at Milwaukee/Leavitt Park and Ridgeway Trailhead
12:30-2 p.m. Peace Procession to the Humboldt Overlook
2-6 p.m. Global Peace Picnic with Juicebox Concerts
11 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Instrument Making Stations at Milwaukee/Leavitt Park and Ridgeway Trailhead
12:30-2 p.m. Peace Procession to the Humboldt Overlook
2-6 p.m. Global Peace Picnic with Juicebox Concerts
Rocky Dawuni (Ghana/USA)
Herencia de Timbiquí (Colombia)
Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
Humboldt Park Boathouse
1301 N. Sacramento Ave.
ALL AGES
Wednesday, September 21
Rajab Suleiman & Kithara (Zanzibar, Tanzania)
Old Town School of Folk Music–Myron R. Szold Music & Dance Hall
4545 N. Lincoln Ave.
8:30 p.m. (doors open at 8 p.m.)
ALL AGES
Lautari (Poland)
Ensemble Surabhi (Chicago, USA)
Martyrs’
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
21+
Thursday, September 22
Lautari (Poland)
Daley Plaza
50 W. Washington St.
12 p.m.
ALL AGES
Solo & Indrė (Senegal + Lithuania)
SK Kakraba (Ghana/USA)
Chicago Cultural Center–Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.
6 p.m.
ALL AGES
Dona Onete (Brazil)
Bossa Tres (Brazil/Chicago, USA)
The Promontory
5311 S. Lake Park Ave. W.
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
21+
Friday, September 23
Dona Onete (Brazil)
Silvia+Luciano+Neusa (Brazil/Chicago, USA)
Old Town School of Folk Music–The Gary and Laura Maurer Hall
4544 N. Lincoln Ave.
8 p.m. (doors open at 7:30 p.m.)
ALL AGES
Solo & Indrė (Senegal + Lithuania)
SK Kakraba (Ghana/USA)
The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia Ave
10 p.m. (doors open at 9 p.m.)
21+
Saturday, September 24
Sounds of China (China)
Ping Tom Memorial Park
300 W. 19th St.
3 p.m.
ALL AGES
Kaynak Pipers Band (Bulgaria) | Yves Lambert Trio (Québec, Canada)
Martyrs’
3855 N. Lincoln Ave.
8 p.m. (doors open at 7 p.m.)
21+
The Klezmatics (New York City, USA)
Alfonso Ponticelli & Swing Gitan (Chicago, USA)
Lincoln Hall
2424 N. Lincoln Ave
7 p.m. (doors open at 6 p.m.)
21+
Sunday, September 25
Kaynak Pipers Band (Bulgaria)
Yves Lambert Trio (Quebec, Canada)
Sounds of China (China)
Chicago Cultural Center–Preston Bradley Hall
78 E. Washington St.
12–5:30 p.m.
ALL AGES
The FREE
admission World Music Festival Chicago is presented by the Department of
Cultural Affairs and Special Events and is sponsored by the Chicago
Transit Authority, Chicago Tribune, Metra and Millennium Garages.
Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
The
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) is dedicated
to enriching Chicago’s artistic vitality and cultural vibrancy. This
includes fostering the development of Chicago’s non-profit arts sector,
independent working artists and for-profit arts businesses; providing a
framework to guide the City’s future cultural and economic growth, via
the 2012 Chicago Cultural Plan; marketing the City’s cultural assets to a
worldwide audience; and presenting high-quality, free and affordable
cultural programs for residents and visitors. For more information,
visit cityofchicago.org/dcase.
Willis Tower and Skydeck takes your Chicago Air And Water Show experience to a whole new level! (Chicago,IL)
Willis Tower and Skydeck Chicago will be offering a deluxe picnic lunch during the Chicago Air And Water Show on August 20,2016.
For the 58th Annual celebration, Willis Tower is inviting guests to enjoy a deluxe picnic lunch from The Goddess and Grocer at Willis Tower 99 floors up, while watching incredible performances and unforgettable scenic views. Starting at $100, Picnic in the Sky admission includes Fast Pass entry, reserved seating, a visit to the 103rd Ledge and the deluxe picnic with beer, wine and soda served.
On a clear day, Willis Tower boasts spectacular vistas of Chicago and Lake Michigan, with views that can reach nearly 50 miles, making it the optimal spot to view the show – not to mention, air conditioning to beat the heat!
Melinda Buckley,"Mother and Me" is a definite Go see>> Greenhouse Theater,Chicago,IL
for,"Mother And Me" and having a night off,I thought I'd talk my best friend into tagging along with me.
a larger-than-life Hungarian “Mama Rose” is slowing slipping into
dementia as her Broadway baby, Melinda slips into “de’middle age.” A
brilliantly funny and touching story of two women who are losing
everything they’ve ever been—in very different ways—as they lose each
other. Who’s it harder for? The one who can’t remember? …Or the one who
can’t forget? This one-woman tour-de-force by Broadway performer and comedian Melinda Buckley was an award-winner at the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival.Don’t miss this deeply moving and hilarious story that everyone can relate to of a “maturing” mother/daughter duo, and the uncontrollable twists and turns they attempt to navigate in a new chapter of life.
I really enjoyed this one woman performance and as a caretaker for my own mother,could completely relate.The show runs thru August 14 2016.
Can't wait to return to this gem of a theater in Lincoln Park for their upcoming shows!
Greenhouse Theater Center's Solo Celebration Presents:
Mother (and me)
Chicago Premiere of FringeNYC Award-Winner
Written and performed by Melinda Buckley
As originally directed by Jeff Award Recipient Kimberly Senior
August 4 through August 14 2016
For full show dates and times, visit greenhousetheater.org
A larger-than-life Hungarian “Mama Rose” is slowing slipping into dementia as her Broadway baby, Melinda slips into “de’middle age.” A brilliantly funny and touching story of two women who are losing everything they’ve ever been—in very different ways—as they lose each other. Who’s it harder for? The one who can’t remember? …Or the one who can’t forget? This one-woman tour-de-force by Broadway performer and comedian Melinda Buckley was an award-winner at the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival.
Don’t miss this deeply moving and hilarious story that everyone can relate to of a “maturing” mother/daughter duo, and the uncontrollable twists and turns they attempt to navigate in a new chapter of life.
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About Solo Celebration:
Solo Celebration is a major new performance series and producing division of the Greenhouse Theater Center showcasing the talents of solo performers. Running June 2016 - February 2017, Solo Celebration will feature more than 50 weeks of programming comprised of one-person, full-length plays, musical and cabaret performances, comedians and special events on all four of the venue's stages.
About Greenhouse Theater Center:
The Greenhouse Theater Center is a not for profit performance venue housing four stages in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, that strives to provide an epicenter for diverse artistic points of view and excellent entertainment through area partnerships, annual programming, educational events, carefully selected resident theater companies, and affiliations
5-Play and 3-Play Flex Passes:
Flex passes provide guests with admissions to five different plays at a cost of $160 or three fifferent plays at a cost of $99. Flex pass-holders receive additional perks depending on the flex pass purchased.
Please visit GroupTix.net for group sales of 10+
Mother (and me)
Chicago Premiere of FringeNYC Award-Winner
Written and performed by Melinda Buckley
As originally directed by Jeff Award Recipient Kimberly Senior
August 4 through August 14 2016
For full show dates and times, visit greenhousetheater.org
A larger-than-life Hungarian “Mama Rose” is slowing slipping into dementia as her Broadway baby, Melinda slips into “de’middle age.” A brilliantly funny and touching story of two women who are losing everything they’ve ever been—in very different ways—as they lose each other. Who’s it harder for? The one who can’t remember? …Or the one who can’t forget? This one-woman tour-de-force by Broadway performer and comedian Melinda Buckley was an award-winner at the 2014 New York International Fringe Festival.
Don’t miss this deeply moving and hilarious story that everyone can relate to of a “maturing” mother/daughter duo, and the uncontrollable twists and turns they attempt to navigate in a new chapter of life.
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About Solo Celebration:
Solo Celebration is a major new performance series and producing division of the Greenhouse Theater Center showcasing the talents of solo performers. Running June 2016 - February 2017, Solo Celebration will feature more than 50 weeks of programming comprised of one-person, full-length plays, musical and cabaret performances, comedians and special events on all four of the venue's stages.
About Greenhouse Theater Center:
The Greenhouse Theater Center is a not for profit performance venue housing four stages in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, that strives to provide an epicenter for diverse artistic points of view and excellent entertainment through area partnerships, annual programming, educational events, carefully selected resident theater companies, and affiliations
5-Play and 3-Play Flex Passes:
Flex passes provide guests with admissions to five different plays at a cost of $160 or three fifferent plays at a cost of $99. Flex pass-holders receive additional perks depending on the flex pass purchased.
Please visit GroupTix.net for group sales of 10+
Thursday, August 04, 2016
PRE SALE tickets on sale now for The Taste of Streeterville Aug 30 (Chicago,IL)
 USE CODE: EARLYBIRD FOR $39 TICKETS!!! 
The Taste of Streeterville 2016 Tuesday, August 30th 6:30pm-9:00pm Pinstripes Chicago 435 E Illinois St Enjoy the opportunity to taste cuisines from Streeterville’s top restaurants. Gourmet menu items will be presented by each restaurant’s head chef. Plus 2 Drink Vouchers Per Guest for the select hosted bar. Billy Goat Tavern & Grill Navy Pier Chicago Burger Company Copper Fox Gastropub Emilio’s Tapas Sol y Nieve Howells & Hood Indian Garden Restaurant Labriola Chicago Lucky Strike Chicago /FTW Chicago Molly's Cupcakes Nix's Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel Pinstripes Pizzeria Uno Ron of Japan Steakhouse Stan's Donuts & Coffee The Windsor Tre Soldi and more! Hosted by: Cece & Melinda with Raymi Productions CLICK HERE to purchase tickets today! Cocktail Attire Required Must be 21+ Tickets are non-refundable A portion of the proceeds will benefit The Streeterville Chamber of Commerce EVENT PARTNERS: Pinstripes Chiro One Wellness Centers Deep Eddy Vodka Mac & Cheese Fest Gromeza Floral Design Studio |
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