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Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 5pm
Logan Center Performance Penthouse 9th Floor, 915 E. 60th St., Chicago, IL |
WordSong Chicago explores how one poem can be interpreted in multiple ways by readers, composers, and performers. Four musical settings of Chicago author Ami Kaye's poem "Woodwinds" will be premiered, including piano/vocal settings by Jo Ann Daugherty, Keith Murphy, Brandon Young-Eleazar, and a four-part a cappella rendering by 2024 Virtual songSLAM winner Tabes Bridges. Each of the four premiere works will be performed by members of Fourth Coast Ensemble alongside pianist and moderator Mark Bilyeu. Attendees will receive an interactive guide to write down thoughts, reactions, and insights, and will be encouraged to engage in conversation with the composers and poet in attendance.
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Saturday, March 29, 2025 at 5pm
Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Penthouse (Hyde Park, Chicago) The Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts is designed to provide an appropriate home for visual arts teaching and studios, music and theatre instruction and performance, and film studies. The facility has been characterized as a “mixing bowl for the arts” that fosters opportunities for artistic collaboration and inquiry among faculty and students and with artists beyond the traditional boundaries of the University. Seating up to 110, the Performance Penthouse is an intimate space with incredible views, used for the Logan Center Cabaret Series, classes, lectures, readings, concerts, and more. |
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Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7pm
Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney (Lincoln Park, Chicago) The mission of Kibbitznest Books, Brews & Blarney is to preserve the quality of human interaction by promoting a balance between face-to-face and electronic communication media. In that spirit, they are a Wifi-FREE Zone, providing the community with a “third place" where creative, sensitive, and intellectual discourse is practiced. As a bookbar, they encourage the the use of comfy chairs and couches as well as communal tables where patrons can socialize while enjoying a glass of wine, a craft cocktail, Irish coffee, or one of their 35 craft beers. You can also have a nosh such as chips and salsa, hummus plate, Chicago style hot dogs, imported cheese and crackers, or Homer’s Gourmet Ice Cream. |
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