Music
Sounds from the Future
On May 18, discerning classical music buffs joined a supportive assortment of families for a concert in the University of Chicago’s intimate Fulton Recital Hall. The show featured works by doctoral candidates in composition, performed by famed artists-in-residence Pacifica Quartet and eighth blackbird. »
Rhymes and reasons
“Yes! No! Listen to the poem!” the audience chanted as up on stage twenty-odd students from schools across the South Side recited their poetry in Englewood’s first Youth Poetry Duo Slam. »
TRIX are for kids
Last Wednesday, the picturesque theater on the third floor of Ida Noyes Hall at the University of Chicago hosted a four-act line-up of melodic post-hardcore-and-pop-punkers. »
House Plans
While the Dorchester Projects developed out of the the home of installation and performance artist Theaster Gates, it is now also an archive of books, records, and fine art slides, which he hopes will become a community resource for his friends and neighbors. »
Blues Limbo
Willie Dixon’s Blues Heaven Foundation occupies an iconic building from a bygone era. Located in the old home of Chess Records, a blues powerhouse in the ’50s and ’60s, the ornate façade stands in sharp contrast to the clean steel and glass of the high-end condos next door. »
Joyful Noise
Sponsored by the University of Chicago’s campus radio station, WHPK 88.5, this event brings together two musicians with little in common besides their axes of choice. »
Sound it out
With talent drawn from the deliciously obscure Midwestern avant-noise/free music scene, “Pictures and Sounds” revisited the live soundtrack tradition of early silent film. »
Different Folks
Despite what you may (or likely may not) have heard about the withering state of traditional folk music, the UofC’s Folklore Society is just as lively as it was the day it was founded in 1955 »
