“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” Lena Horne

Ava Logan

Imagine an evening of songs that have been performed by Lena Horne and Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Etta James, Anita Day, Johnny Frigo among others. Then imagine internationally known vocalist (and Chicago resident) Ava Logan singing at one of the premiere listening rooms on the North Shore. It will all be there when the Skokie Theatre presents “Lena Horne and Friends” on Saturday, March 20 at 8 p.m.

Besides being an extraordinary singer and actress, Lena Horne was a transformational figure in the movement for civil rights. At the age of 16 in 1933, Horne joined the chorus line of the famed Cotton Club in New York City. During a club engagement in Hollywood, talent agents caught her act and Horne signed a long-term contract with MGM; the first African American performer to do.

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