Black Voices in Cabaret
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Reimagining Cabaret: Journey through the Genres
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Katie Rub
Sep 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – From swing to soul, from Broadway to the opera house, from jazz to blues, we’re taking a Southside trip through the wide world of cabaret. Directed and produced by Lynn Colbert-Jones, musical direction by Theodis Rodgers,Jr. and emcee Margaret Murphy Webb. Lynne Jordan joins the…
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Spoon River House Festival
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Claudia
Sep 13, 2024 – Sep 22, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The Chicago Literary Hall of Fame and Working In Concert invite you to the Hyde Park house where Edgar Lee Masters wrote the classic Spoon River Anthology. Three different shows take place in a 2-weekend festival celebrating this iconic work from…
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A musical tribute to Carol Weston
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Claudia
Aug 4, 2024 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – The Old Town School of Folk Music and Working In Concert invite her legion of friends, colleagues and fans to honor the late Carol Weston on Sunday, August 4, 2024, 3pm to 6pm at the Szold Hall of Old Town School. RSVP’s are appreciated, but…
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Jun 23, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Our first garden concert of the season, Howie Pfeifer is at the keys and a coterie of singers will sing from the verandah: Patrick Davis, Beth Halevy, Ruth Fuerst, Carrie Hedges, Christian Halvorsen, Claudia Hommel, Lauren Lassen, Ren Perez, Barbara Smith, Swingin’ Sisters, and Gabriel…
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Bridge Over Muddied Waters with Cynthia Clarey
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Katie Rub
May 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The waters in our country have been muddied with hate, fear, and division. What are we going to do about it? Join Cynthia, along with Beckie Menzie and Irwin Berkowitz, as she traces where we’ve been and how we got here, finding truth, compassion, and…
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Chicago Cabaret Week 2024
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Katie Rub
May 10, 2024 – May 19, 2024 @ All Day – Chicago Cabaret Week returns for its third year! Unique in the U.S., the festival features a variety of blues, Broadway, R&B, jazz, American songbook, French chanson, world music, and pop, by some of Chicago’s finest artists. Sample Chicago’s growing cabaret scene and explore places…
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Celebrate the Cabaret Connexion in Old Town
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Katie Rub
May 6, 2024 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm – Join us for a Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion reunion concert at Steppenwolf theater and the launching of the Old Town-Montmartre neighborhood twinning project. Hosted by the Paris Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, with the participation of the Old Town Triangle Association, The Old Town…
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International Women’s Day Concert
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Claudia
Mar 8, 2024 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Our annual celebration showcasing women in the arts.Advanced reservation discount ends March 6. Singers Kimberly Jones, Janet Mensen Reynolds, Alison Meuth, and Christine Steyer are joined by collaborative pianists Jennifer McCabe and Sarah Yoon-Mayer. Special guests will be poet Maureen Kwiat Meshenberg and singer Dayanara…
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J is for January, Jazz, Jukebox and Joy
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Claudia
Jan 28, 2024 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Show and Dinner to brighten the short days of winter. SongShop Live presents a jump-for-joy songfest led by music director Howie Pfeifer with singers Susan Dennis, Ruth Fuerst, Beth Halevy, Christian Halvorsen, Carrie Hedges, Claudia Hommel, Cristina Marinescu, Gina Mincy, Patrick Davis, The Swingin’ Sisters,…
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Cabaret Connexion Showcase
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Lydia Stux
Sep 4, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – The festival closes on Monday, September 4 with a buffet dinner show at the Péniche Balle au bond. We present the participants of the 5th international Cabaret Connexion with singers from the Philippines, Romania, Spain, both coasts of the USA, Chicago, and Paris. Jeanne Franks chanteuse et…
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Audacious Women / Les femmes audacieuses
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Lydia Stux
Sep 2, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – The festival continues in Montmartre, where Chez ma cousine prepares the stage and the menu for a dinner show as we pay tribute to audacious women performers. The repertoire of Nina Simone, Edith Piaf, Joséphine Baker, Eartha Kitt, Tina Turner, Janis Joplin, Cher and…
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My History in Song / Mon histoire en chanson
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Lydia Stux
Sep 1, 2023 @ 9:15 pm – 11:15 pm – At the Studio Hébertot in the 17th arrondissement, this concert will feature brilliant American and French artists: Benjamin Legrand tells of travels with his father Michel, destined for Hollywood; Isabelle Georges and her melting pot, from Judy Garland to Jacques Brel, via Nino Rota and Yiddish music; the raising of Lynne…