The other day at the Highland Park Poetry Open MIC, we were discussing the importance of meter and rhyme. One gentleman suggested, “that popular music is all about meter and rhyme. Like Cole Porter.”
Fred Astaire stars and Vincente Minnelli directed this 1953 classic
Some believe the Porter’s productive years of 1934 through 1956 were the golden age of popular music and popular culture. If you were around to enjoy this era, or just want to learn what it was all about, Susan Benjamin presents programs on two giants of the time: Fred Astaire and Vincent Minnelli. Both programs will take place at the Wilmette Theatre.
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Young dancers from the American Indian Center
Cabin fever comes early when the temperature nears single digits. So on Sunday, January 3, Ageless went to the Nichols Concert Hall in Evanston for the first of four free Music Institute of Chicago programs in the series, “Paving the Way to America’s Cultural Identity.”
We were not alone. More than 250 people shared the conversation, photography, music, drumming, dancing and film that made up the event called At the Core of Discovery: Lewis, Clark, and the Native American Encounter
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Sacred Songs III
WILMETTE, IL- The CD “Sacred Songs III” of the Baha’i Music Festival, A capella choir has just been released.
The concert took place on May 24, 2009 at the Baha’i House of Worship. This CD is a LIVE recording of the 130-voice Baha’i Choir. We wrote in our review at the time: “What is remarkable is that this group made up of Baha’i choir members and other singers from across the country and around the world, had four days to prepare. The often complex harmonies flowed smoothly between the sections, often punctuated by solos, duets and trios from the chorus members and Maestro (Van) Gilmer himself.”
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