Sunday, September 6, 2015

POETRY EVENTS - CHICAGO

 
POETRY & MUSIC

Salon Concert: The Transcendentalists

Thursday, September 10 
7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission
The first salon concert of the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago’s 2015 Collaborative Works Festival explores the impact of Transcendentalism on American composers. The program begins and concludes with a reception. 
Cosponsored with the Collaborative Arts Institute of Chicago
 
 
POETRY & MUSIC

Robert Schumann’sDichterliebe

Tuesday, September 29, 7:00 PM
Poetry Foundation
61 West Superior Street
Free admission
Celebrated musicologist Don Michael Randel, president emeritus of the University of Chicago, leads an exploration of interpretation and expression in Robert Schumann’sDichterliebe. Tenor Jonathan Johnson, a member of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center at Lyric Opera of Chicago, and pianist Craig Terry, Ryan Opera Center music director, perform the masterpiece in its entirety.
Cosponsored with Lyric Unlimited

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Plug Nickel Cabaret

September 2 & 3: Enjoy an entertaining evening of spoken word, kinetic storytelling, and darned good tunes featuring acclaimed playwright and performer Beau O'Reilly, accompanied by the wildly talented Troy Martin, along with the "exquisitely... surprising" Judith Harding reprising her most irreverently agile character, La Dink.

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