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CSO Celebrates Mexican Bicentennial with free concert in Pilsen
Friday, September 17, 2010 by David Polk
Last night the Chicago Symphony Orchestra gave the inaugural performance at the brand new center for the performing arts at Benito Juarez Community Academy in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, which was officially opened earlier that day at a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Mayor Daley and other city officials. The free concert celebrating Mexico’s Bicentennial was more…
Chadwick’s Ode to the Chicago World’s Fair
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 by Louise Frank
On October 21, 1892 Theodore Thomas conducted the nascent Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a performance of George Chadwick’s Columbus Ode which he wrote for the opening of the Chicago World’s Fair. Chadwick based his composition on the poem Columbian Ode by Harriet Monroe. click here to view larger image See the entire score here: http://www.archive.org/stream/odeforopeningwo00monrgoog#page/n1/mode/1up more…
Bear Down!
Monday, September 21, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
I was all of two years old when the Bears captured their last Super Bowl win–as a result, every Chicago-area kid with the ability to speak was taught the words to “Bear Down, Chicago Bears.” Good teams have been few and far between since that time, and our collective memory of the song’s complete lyrics more…
Messiaen Goes Math Rock
Friday, May 29, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
I caught a show at Schubas Tavern last week headlined by District 97, CSO cellist Katinka Kleijn‘s metal/math rock band. The group is currently finishing up their new studio record for which I will be attending a mixing session a week from today. I brought by recorder along and plugged into the sound board for more…
Failed Postcards From Hong Kong
Thursday, February 12, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
A walk through Kowloon’s Flower Street in Hong Kong. I was hoping to see the bird market, but it had closed two hours early. I swear to you, this was the one and only time there weren’t at least 10 people in front of the hotel incessantly begging for my business. This was also the more…
Hong Kong – Pirate Ships (fishing and tourist boats)
Friday, February 6, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
Have you seen The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou lately (Bill Murray, 2004)? Fishing boats (and some tourism boats–we think) look much like the pirate ships that take captive Bill Murray’s crew in the film. Here’s Andrew with another Postcard from Hong Kong.
Ferry Boats to Downtown Hong Kong
Friday, February 6, 2009 by Matt DeStefano
Greetings from Hong Kong! Firstly, I must say that the climate here is incredible–humid and roughly 65 degrees Fahrenheit–a huge difference from what locals called a “mild winter in Japan” (we could see our breath on the streets a couple of days). Many commuters that come to Tsim Sha Tsui (the island on which the more…
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