Welcome to Preston Reed’s guitar revolution. Everything you thought you knew is wrong. All the rules you thought applied have gone. For one night only, logic and reason have left the building and musical magic fizzes in the air, as the New York visionary credited with reinventing the acoustic guitar takes you on a six and twelve string thrill-ride through the impossible and unforgettable. Night after night, venue after venue, Reed’s growing army of converts are unanimous. He came. He soared. He conquered. Pass it on.

Genre: Acoustic/Blues/Jazz

Preston's site

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Welcome to Preston Reed’s guitar revolution. Everything you thought you knew is wrong. All the rules you thought applied have gone. For one night only, logic and reason have left the building and musical magic fizzes in the air, as the New York ... more

A Ballroom Dance competition to benefit Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago with GJDC company dancers and their partners from Chicago’s Who’s Who.

6:00-7:30 pm       Spirits and Light Fare
7:30-8:30 pm       Dancing with the Giordano Stars Competition
8:30-10:00 pm     Awards, and don't miss the newest addition Open Dancing for all.

Location:
Park West
322 W. Armitage Ave, Chicago

All Tickets Include 3 Hour Open Bar, Light Fare, Competition Show, and Dancing

The Contestants
Teresa Carso
Dirk Degenaars
Desiree Denoyer
Lisa Huff
Karl Leinberger
Susan Lichtenstein
Frank Muscarello
David Prange
Temple Seigler
Max Suzenaar

Evening Emcee
Steve Abrams, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Harris Theater

Giordano Ambassadors
Dina Gallay - Chair
Tremaine Atkinson
Linda Berz
Silvia Bichalo
Cindy Chereskin
K.K. Cleland
Bea Douma
Susan Flynn
Nina Flynn
Sandy Golub
Pam Kendall
Molly Newell
Joanne Ryan

For more information call 847-866-6779
Limited Capacity!

Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago is a 501-c-3 not-for-profit corporation.
All but $50 of the ticket price is tax deductible.

2008 Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago • A Not-For-Profit Corporation
614 Davis Street, Evanston, IL 60201 • Tel: 847.866.6779 • Fax: 847.866.9228
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A Ballroom Dance competition to benefit Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago with GJDC company dancers and their partners from Chicago’s Who’s Who.

6:00-7:30 pm       Spirits and Light Fare
7:30-8:30 pm  &... more

North Branch

The North Branch Book Group meets on the last Thursday of the month.  In September we will discuss Justice:  What's the Right Thing To Do by Michael J. Sandel.  (See the a staff review.)

“Michael J. Sandel, political philosopher and public intellectual, is a liberal, but not the annoying sort. His aim is not to boss people around but to bring them around to the pleasures of thinking clearly about large questions of social policy. Reading this lucid book is like taking his famous undergraduate course ‘Justice’ without the tiresome parts, such as term papers and exams.”—George F. Will

All are welcome.  Register online, call 847-866-0330 or stop in to pick up a copy of the book

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North Branch

The North Branch Book Group meets on the last Thursday of the month.  In September we will discuss <... more

Come celebrate John Coltrane's birthday with us at SPACE!

Chicago-based reedman and occasional pianist, Ari Brown is a musician who can play hard bop and post-bop as convincingly as he plays avant-garde jazz. Brown grew up on the city's South Side and graduated from high school in the early '60s and then attended Chicago's Wilson College, where he met Jack DeJohnette, Henry Threadgill, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman, and others who would later become members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). Not only a musician but also a teacher and active member in his community, his music reveals his strong character and fearless creativity.

Tenor sax giant John “Boom” Brumbach has worked with jazz, blues, and R&B legends such as Chaka Khan, Sunnyland Slim, Otis Clay, Jack McDuff, Buddy Guy, Earma Thompson, and Erwin Helfer. In 1972 he teamed up with Chaka's sister Taka Boom, and eventually moved to L.A. where he recorded and performed with Rufus, Parliament, the Gap Band, Bloodstone, Jermaine Jackson and Fred Wesley.

Genre: Jazz

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Come celebrate John Coltrane's birthday with us at SPACE!

Chicago-based reedman and occasional pianist, Ari Brown is a musician who can play hard bop and post-bop as convincingly as he plays avant-garde jazz. Brown grew up on the city's So... more

The newly-expanded Evanston Children’s Choir welcomes young people grades 2-12 who love to sing and want to be a part of something special to join us for our Fall Semester 2010.  The ECC experience is based on multiculturalism, spirited energy, musical excellence, mutual respect, positive reinforcement and fun!  Prospective new members must audition for placement.  Space is limited and choirs are filling up!  The ECC does not turn any child away because of money related matters.

To schedule an audition by appointment, please contact:
Gary Geiger, Director
(847) 733-0814

gary@evanstonchildrenschoir.org
www.evanstonchildrenschoir.org

The Evanston Children’s Choir is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

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The newly-expanded Evanston Children’s Choir welcomes young people grades 2-12 who love to sing and want to be a part of something special to join us for our Fall Semester 2010.  The ECC experience is based on multicultural... more

Jeffrey Siegel, piano

An evening of memorable melodies and jazzy rhythms including Gershwin’s rarely heard solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue, his Novelette in Fourths, and Sleepless Night. You’ll also hear music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Samuel Barber, whose 100th birthday falls this season.

Single tickets on sale June 21. Call 847-467-4000 for subscription information.

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Jeffrey Siegel, piano

An evening of memorable melodies and jazzy rhythms including Gershwin’s rarely heard solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue, his Novelette in Fourths, and Sleepless Nightmore

EPL is pleased to feature the art of Paul Whittaker, currently on display in the library. Mr. Whittaker is the latest artist in our ongoing series of local art exhibitions.

The show, entitled Circular Logic, features many of Mr. Whittaker's pieces in a variety of different mediums. Watercolors, paints, pastels, and photography are all employed in Mr. Whittaker's art, often within the same piece. The colors on display here can only be described as vibrant.

Stop by the 2nd Floor of the Main Library now through October 1st and see for yourself, and be sure to make plans to be at the library on Thursday, September 2nd from 6-8pm to meet the artist himself and discuss his work with him. Coming up later this month we'll feature an interview with Mr. Whittaker on our Off the Shelf blog. Stay tuned.
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EPL is pleased to feature the art of Paul Whittaker, currently on display in the library. Mr. Whittaker is the latest artist in our ongoing series of local art exhibitions.

The show, entitled Circular Logic, features man... more

Featuring original art by Evanston painter, Amy O. Woodbury. Landscapes, figures, abstracts, portraits. All sizes. All affordably priced.

Time: 8am - 4pm, rain or shine
Address: 1931 Colfax Street, Evanston.

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Featuring original art by Evanston painter, Amy O. Woodbury. Landscapes, figures, abstracts, portraits. All sizes. All affordably priced.

March with the high-stepping Northwestern University Marching Band in all its glory. Be sure to bring an instrument to play with the band. Park for free in the Ryan Field west lot on Ashland Avenue north of Central Street. Follow the signs to the Trienens Hall east side entrance, northwest of Ryan Field.
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March with the high-stepping Northwestern University Marching Band in all its glory. Be sure to bring an instrument to play with the band. Park for free in the Ryan Field west lot on Ashland Avenue north of Central Street. Follow the signs to the... more

(Following The Sledding Hill), Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A Discussion with Author Chris Crutcher!

Chris Crutcher comes to Evanston!  The acclaimed YA author of Deadline, Whale Talk, Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes, and Ironman will speak with the teen cast and crew, and take questions from the audience, following the Saturday, October 2nd performance of The Sledding Hill.  Crutcher, whose books have been challenged and/or banned in several middle schools and high schools across the nation, will discuss censorship, YA literature, reading, writing, and more.  Don't miss this talk with one of the most influential modern YA authors writing today.  

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(Following The Sledding Hill), Community Meeting Room, Main Library

A Discussion with Author Chris Crutcher!

Chris Crutcher comes to Evanston!  The acclaimed YA au... more

[WHITE BOY + BLACK DAD = GREY AREAS]
written and performed by James Anthony Zoccoli

Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. • Friday & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.

The totally too-good-to-be-true story of one boy’s life in an interracial family in Chicagoland, 1979. [JAZ] gives his retrospective account of his life as Little Jimmy: a half-Italian, half-Polish kid who wants to be all Black when his White mother gets remarried to an African-American man.

“Combines honest storytelling with poignant questions about race and cultural identity.” -- Chicago Reader

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[WHITE BOY + BLACK DAD = GREY AREAS]
written and performed by James Anthony Zoccol... more

Human beings have craved the earthly pleasures of food and drink seemingly forever. Take a whirlwind journey with Chicago Acappella as they serve up a delicious musical menu, including songs about the pleasures of wine, coffee, sweets, and even bagels, mashed potatoes and chocolate milk. Highlights include Paul Carey’s cycle Play With Your Food!, medieval and modern drinking songs, movements from J. S. Bach’s Coffee Cantata, and steamy pop standards "Black Coffee" and "Java Jive."

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Human beings have craved the earthly pleasures of food and drink seemingly forever. Take a whirlwind journey with Chicago Acappella as they serve up a delicious musical menu, including songs about the pleasures of wine, coffee, swee... more

Bluegrass Advocates

Bluegrass Advocates

Ellen Hargis, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Douglass, violin; Brandi Berry, viola; Anita Rieder, flute; Craig Trompeter, cello; Jason Moy, harpsichord

The Newberry Consort’s season opens with a tribute to one of 18th-century England’s most popular and successful composers, Thomas Arne (1710–78). Arne’s works run the gamut from pleasure-garden songs for Vauxhall to the first Italian-style opera seria in English. Plumbing the Newberry Library collections, the consort has recreated his colorful orchestrations for strings, baroque flute, and continuo in a selection of Shakespeare songs, opera arias, and chamber pieces. You’re invited to sing along in the evening’s finale!

A $2 discount will be offered on phone orders made in advance of the concert.

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Ellen Hargis, soprano; Judith Malafronte, mezzo-soprano; William Hite, tenor; David Douglass, violin; Brandi Berry, viola; Anita Rieder, flute; Craig Trompeter, cello; Jason Moy, harpsichord

The Newberry Consort’s season opens w... more

The Sledding Hill,
a stage adaptation of Chris Crutcher's novel produced by B.O.O.K.: Theatre with a Spine.

Celebrating Banned Books Week 2010, The Loft's very own teen theatre troupe, the Bodacious Oracles of Knowledge, presents a stage adaptation of The Sledding Hill, a story about censorship, freedom, ghosts and courage by acclaimed YA author, Chris Crutcher.  Featuring an ensemble cast of teen actors, musicians, and crew, this challenging, provocative production will embody the troupe's slogan, Theatre with a Spine.  Suggested donation at the door: $5.  Recommended for ages 10 & up. 

Do you act?  Play music?  Draw?  Build?  Work stage crew?  Our theatre troupe is open to anyone who wants to participate.  If you're interested in performing or being involved in any way, please email Jarrett, the production's director, at jdapier@cityofevanston.org This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Location: Main Library, Community Meeting Room

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The Sledding Hill,
a stage adaptation of Chris Crutcher's novel produced by B.O.O.K.: Theatre with a Spine.

Celebrating Banned Books Week 2010, The Loft's very own teen theatre troupe, more