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New Music Chicago Presents - Crossing Borders Music, "Chicago Composers: the Next Generation"
Dec
17
7:30 PM19:30

New Music Chicago Presents - Crossing Borders Music, "Chicago Composers: the Next Generation"

“Chicago Composers: the Next Generation” celebrates the work of composers in the Crossing Borders Music Young Composers Project. In the project, youth from music programs in North Lawndale and Garfield Park receive weekly composition lessons and write a piece for the Crossing Borders Music string quartet.

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The Brother From Another Planet Movie Screening at The Fourtunehouse Art Center
Nov
30
7:00 PM19:00

The Brother From Another Planet Movie Screening at The Fourtunehouse Art Center

  • 4410 South Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago, IL, 60653 United States (map)
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November 30th, 2024 7PM at The Fourtunehouse Art Center. A mute alien, who looks like an African American man, faces struggle when he is chased by two of his fellow aliens in order to bring him back to his planet.

Limited Seating Available

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New Music Chicago Presents - Beteta, Rodriguez, Scofano: “Three Latin Americans walk into a …”
Oct
15
7:30 PM19:30

New Music Chicago Presents - Beteta, Rodriguez, Scofano: “Three Latin Americans walk into a …”

Composers Xavier Beteta (Guatemala), Josh Rodriguez (Colombia), and Richard Scofano (Argentina), will offer three world premieres – a rich sonic feast presenting eclectic aesthetics that draw inspiration from classical, contemporary, and Latin American dance and folk music. A celebration of music by Chicago-based composers from Central and South America, this concert of new piano trio music performed by Stephen Uhl, Brian Ostrega, and Brian Gaona will also feature the bandoneon. 

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Exorcism = Liberation: Art as Civic Ritual Long Table
Oct
10
6:00 PM18:00

Exorcism = Liberation: Art as Civic Ritual Long Table

Art as Civic Ritual is a Long-Table discussion, a participatory, non-hierarchical conversation for, with, and among the public about art making as a ritual for civic work, and a process for radical democracy. Featured guests  — artists, activists, and civic leaders Tonika Lewis Johnson, Faheem Majeed, Bindu Poroor, and Gibran Villalobos join the conversation to thicken and galvanize our dialogue.

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Hyde Park Jazz Festival Film Screening: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra
Sep
28
2:00 PM14:00

Hyde Park Jazz Festival Film Screening: Rob Mazurek Exploding Star Orchestra

  • Logan Center Screening Room (map)
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This video documents a singular performance, which featured original images by Mazurek projected onto the Adler Planetarium’s domed ceiling and the Exploding Star Orchestra’s hypnotic interpretations of music from their album Lightning Dreamers (International Anthem, released 2024).

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Florasonic: The World Doubles in Size
Sep
22
to Nov 24

Florasonic: The World Doubles in Size

  • 2391 North Stockton Drive Chicago, IL, 60614 United States (map)
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Following a summer spent in Chicago, “The World Doubles in Size” is a piece compiled of field recordings taken all around the city- documenting a summer spent at home. The sounds of the Chicago river, summer storms, conversations, cicadas, violin, and voice, are all featured throughout the piece in varying levels of processing.

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