By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Newberry Consort, which will present “The Passion of Héloïse and Abélard,” a concert of medieval love songs next weekend at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. The concert will take place on Saturday. Pierre Abélard was a 12th-century poet, philosopher, and scholar that fell in […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., will host a program entitled “Resilience in Chicago and Hauts-de-France,” on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature artist David Schalliol in conversation with architect Marshall Brown to address how changes in post-industrial landscape alter […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Chicago Children’s Choir will celebrate Black History Month through a three-day concert series that will be held this week. About 4,000 singers from the Chicago Children’s Choir will perform on Feb.14 through Feb. 16, at the Chicago Symphony Center, 220 S Michigan Ave. The Children’s Choir performance will feature […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer With five candidates running for the office of Cook County 3rd District Commissioner in the 2018 Illinois Primary election, the group will look to fill a seat left vacant by Commissioner Jerry Butler in 2017. The 3rd District includes Hyde Park, Prairie Shores, Old Town, Printers Row, Soldier Field, the […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) will host a State Representative of the 25th District forum on, Feb. 21, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Hyatt Place Chicago – South/University Medical Center, 5225 S. Harper Ave. Dwayne Hirsch, executive board member of the SBAC, will moderate the event, […]
By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Newberry Consort, which will present “The Passion of Héloïse and Abélard,” a concert of medieval love songs next weekend at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. The concert will take place on Saturday. Pierre Abélard was a 12th-century poet, philosopher, and scholar that fell in […]
By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern The Viola Project, a Chicago-based organization that uses the works of William Shakespeare to unite and empower girls from diverse backgrounds, will host its first President’s Day workshop Feb. 19 in Hyde Park. The workshop titled “Every Inch a Queen” will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at […]
By M.L. RANTALA Classical Music Critic What: “Elizabeth Cree” Where: The Studebaker Theater When: Through Feb. 18 Tickets: 312-704-8414 It was an unusual local premiere when Chicago Opera Theater presented only the second-ever mounting of the new opera “Elizabeth Cree” at the Studebaker Theater in the Fine Arts Building on Saturday night. With music by […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Sports Writer For the first time in school history, the Kenwood Academy Lady Broncos Basketball Team advanced to the Final Four of the Chicago Public League City Playoffs after a 57-54 win over the Morgan Park High School Lady Mustangs on Tuesday, Jan. 30. “Thus far I am very proud of this […]
By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer In round one of the 2018 Chicago Public League City Playoffs, the Kenwood Academy High School’s Broncos boys basketball team defeated Dunbar High School’s Mighty Men 70-59 on their home floor on Tuesday, Feb. 5. In the first half, the Broncos jumped out to huge leads of 20-6, […]
