The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) hosts author Gary Shteyngart in conversation with Chicago writer Aleksandar Hemon on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014 at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at The Chicago Temple (77 W Washington St).
Meet Abdul Samee, his father is Iraqi and his mother is Puerto Rican. Longing to shed his cultural identity he changes his name to Sam, marries an American and does everything in his power to turn his back on his heritage. But when Sam meets Yasmina, a beautiful woman from his father's homeland, he begins to learn that a tree without roots cannot stand for long.
UMS Adventure Card is a game designed to reward your inquisitive instincts with the chance to win a special backstage meet-and-greet with a UMS artist. This season, Adventure Card activities will explore the genre of dance performance.
Four Clowns Jr.'s foursome packs a lot of punch into its 45-minute original family show about one clown's journey to a planet 'somewhere like earth.' This is pure interactive fun - the kind you can have while sitting in your seat without worrying you'll be dragged up onstage to suffer some horrifying humiliation at the hands of clowns.
Laughter has long been considered the language of the soul and Four Clowns Jr. has embodied this message in their productions That Beautiful Laugh, a show that spoke to children and adults alike through laughter and a slew of touchingly funny vignettes, and Robin Hood, a hilarious clown-inspired adventure, which marked the company's most prestigious collaboration to date with South Coast Repertory. Now, in its latest endeavor Somewhere Like Earth, Four Clowns Jr. plans to feed the soul, not just with laughter, but with learning as well.
This winter, the Chicago Cultural Alliance (CCA) presents a multicultural exhibit sharing ethnic holiday traditions including crafts, decorations and ceremonies from first voice perspectives with pop-up window displays and galleries in the Loop. World's Winter: Celebrations in Chicagoland, now on view through January 10, 2014, showcases the different cultural winter celebrations celebrated in Chicagoland including: Chinese New Year, Diwali, Filipino Simbang Gabi, German Silvester, Latvian Winter Solstice, Lithuanian Ku?ios, Polish Wigilia and Swedish Saint Lucia Day.
DAZZAL MI ENTERTAINMENT ended its 7-time nominated, 3-time winning production of 'Sunday Mourning,' with a sold out performance in Atlanta. And now Kinnik Sky is back at it again.
In this hilarious satire of musical theatre, one story becomes five delightful musicals, each written in the distinctive style of a different master of the form, from Rodgers & Hammerstein to Stephen Sondheim - and they all deal with the same classic melodrama plot - 'I can't pay the rent!' George Carlin famously joked a topic had to be universal for it to be funny. Well this topic certainly is and this show is hysterical!
The Ruth Page Civic Ballet is proud to present its annual production of The Nutcracker this holiday season. This production marks the 10th season the Civic Ballet performs The Nutcracker and the first co-directed by the newly named Director of the Ruth Page School of Dance, Victor Alexander, with Ruth Page School of Dance Associate Director and Co-Founder Dolores Lipinski Long. The Nutcracker by the Ruth Page Civic Ballet is performed Saturday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 8 at 1 and 5 p.m. at Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. Tickets are $25 for general admission, $18 for students and senior and $5 for Northeastern Illinois University students, faculty and staff. To purchase tickets or for more information visit www.RuthPage.org or call 312.337.6543. The Ruth Page Civic Ballet also performs The Nutcracker Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 22 at 3 p.m. at the College of Lake County, 19351 W. Washington St., Grayslake. Tickets range from $12-$30. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.jlc.clcillinois.edu.
The Chicago Humanities Festival (CHF) announces its Winter 2014 programs: featuring critically acclaimed authors Gary Shteyngart, Karen Russell, and Mohsin Hamid. Kicking off the new year, writer Gary Shteyngart will discuss his just-published memoir Little Failure with Chicago literary star Aleksandar Hemon on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014. Following in February, The New Yorker '20 Under 40' writer and MacArthur Fellow Karen Russell will talk about her latest book Vampires in the Lemon Grove with Time Out Chicago's Laura Pearson on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. Concluding in March, The New York Times bestselling author Mohsin Hamid will speak about his most recent novel How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia, on Tuesday, March 11, 2014. All events will take place at 6 p.m. at First United Methodist Church at The Chicago Temple (77 W Washington St). Tickets will go on sale to CHF Members Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 10 a.m. and to the public Monday, Dec. 9 at 10 a.m. Visit chicagohumanities.org for more information.
Laughter has long been considered the language of the soul and Four Clowns Jr. has embodied this message in their productions That Beautiful Laugh, a show that spoke to children and adults alike through laughter and a slew of touchingly funny vignettes, and Robin Hood, a hilarious clown-inspired adventure, which marked the company's most prestigious collaboration to date with South Coast Repertory. Now, in its latest endeavor Somewhere Like Earth, Four Clowns Jr. plans to feed the soul, not just with laughter, but with learning as well.
DAZZAL MI ENTERTAINMENT ended its 7-time nominated, 3-time winning production of 'Sunday Mourning,' with a sold out performance in Atlanta. And now Kinnik Sky is back at it again.
Chromolume Theatre has announced its next production, The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! The show has a book by JoAnne Bogart and Eric Rockwell, music by Rockwell, and lyrics by Bogart, and will be directed for Chromolume by Kristin Towers-Rowles. With choreography by Anna Rubin and music direction by Richard Berent, opening is set for tonight, November 8 at 8pm. The Musical of Musicals will play a strictly limited engagement through December 8 only.
Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, present the World Premiere of Motti Lerner's Paulus. All performances will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago. Paulus runs tonight, November 7 - December 15, 2013. Written by Motti Lerner and translated by Hillel Halkin, the show is directed by Jimmy McDermott.
Yonder (http://www.yonderchicago.com), a new concept Southern picnic cafeteria by the creators of Wishbone restaurant, has opened at 5 S. Wabash, on the third floor of the Mallers building in Chicago's Loop.
Chromolume Theatre has announced its next production, The Musical of Musicals, The Musical! The show has a book by JoAnne Bogart and Eric Rockwell, music by Rockwell, and lyrics by Bogart, and will be directed for Chromolume by Kristin Towers-Rowles. With choreography by Anna Rubin and music direction by Richard Berent, opening is set for Friday, November 8 at 8pm. The Musical of Musicals will play a strictly limited engagement through December 8 only.
Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani are proud to announce the World Premiere of Paulus, written by Motti Lerner, translated by Hillel Halkin, directed by Jimmy McDermott. Paulus runs November 7 - December 15, 2013, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago. Press opening is Saturday, November 16 at 4:00 pm.
Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, present the World Premiere of Motti Lerner's Paulus. All performances will be presented in the company's venue in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago. Paulus runs November 7 - December 15, 2013. Written by Motti Lerner and translated by Hillel Halkin, the show is directed by Jimmy McDermott.
Silk Road Rising co-founders, Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani, are proud to announce that the Midwest Premiere of Jonas Hassen Khemiri's Invasion! has been extended through September 15, 2013.
Silk Road Rising Artistic Director Jamil Khoury and Executive Director Malik Gillani are proud to announce the Midwest Premiere of Invasion!, written by Jonas Hassen Khemiri, translated by Rachel Willson-Broyles, directed by Anna C. Bahow. Invasion! runs today, July 30 - September 1, 2013, in Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago.
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