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Black Voices in Cabaret

  • SongShop Live presents “Better Together”

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    Claudia

    Jun 21, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Click to RSVP Let’s meet at the beautiful salon of PianoForte Chicago for two delicious sets of songs, Better Together. — Being together is usually better, so they say. Songs and stories will provide evidence to prove the case—or not! Offering opera, pop, jazz, Broadway,…

  • Opening Night! Chicago Cabaret Week 2023

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    Lydia Stux

    May 12, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Kick off Chicago Cabaret Week in style with Anne and Mark Burnell, Evelyn Danner, Hilary Ann Feldman, Cindy Firing, Jeanne Franks, Sean Harris, Claudia Hommel, Lynne Jordan, Ava Logan, Marianne Murphey Orland, Phillip Seward, and Barbara Smith. Join us Friday May 12, 8:00 PM at…

  • April Fools and Follies

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    Claudia

    Apr 2, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm – ORDER YOUR TICKETS TODAY! SONGSHOPLIVE.com/RSVP Songs for a Silly Season — of fools and kings, of fellows and follies, and much foolishness in Spring. Featuring Andy Bossov, Emily Buckner, Jeanne Franks, Ruth Fuerst, Beth Halevy, Carrie Hedges, Claudia Hommel, Daniel Johnson, Staci Kelley, Cristina Marinescu.…

  • Black Voices In Cabaret – Musicality of Poetry

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    Claudia

    Feb 28, 2023 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – The Guild Complex presents the Song and Verse as part of the Guild’s Musicality of Poetry series. The program will include performances from Black Voices in Cabaret – Arlene Armstrong and T. Patrick Davis. Along with poet, singer, performer Atena O. Danner and poet, playwright…

  • SongShop Live presents “Things Change”

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    Claudia

    Dec 11, 2022 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm – A concert for seasons and other things that change in us. Howard Pfeifer is music director, with singers Susan Arjmand, Evelyn Danner, Jeanne Franks, Ruth Fuerst, Carrie Hedges, Claudia Hommel, Staci Kelley, Jonathan Lewis, and Gabriel Valentino. We’re exploring in song the many ways change…

  • Women in Music, Song, and Verse

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    Claudia

    Nov 10, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Black Voices In Cabaret partners with the Guild Literary Complex for The Musicality of Poetry series featuring singer-storyteller Lynne Jordan and vocalist Arlene Armstrong, and poets Nikki Patin and Toni Asanti Lightfoot. Raymond Glover is at the keyboard. Along with poetry performances, there will be…

  • The Stars Come Out at Night

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    Lydia Stux

    Oct 17, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – A letter from Anne Burnell: Dear Friends,  Our first live Gala since 2019 is next month.  The 2022 Chicago Cabaret Professionals Gala will include performances by 25 singers, and an awards ceremony celebrating artistic achievements and community leadership.  Invite your friends and family to join us at Epiphany Center for the…

  • Talking to Petals & Strangers

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    Claudia

    Aug 20, 2022 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm – SongShop Live presents a garden concert in Albany Park. USE THE FORM BELOW TO RESERVE YOUR PLACE. The garden is in bloom. For forty fortunate people there’s room to enjoy songs up close and personal, whether jazz, blues, operetta, musical theatre or new and contemporary.The…

  • Black Voices in Cabaret presents: “Celebrating Sisterhood”

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    Dave DeGooyer

    Jul 27, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Black Voices in Cabaret: “Celebrating Sisterhood” The Cliff Dwellers Club invites you to an exclusive dinner and show. Celebrating Women’s History Month, we feature these amazing performers who have come together in the network of Black Voices in Cabaret. Host: Margaret Murphy WebbMusical Director: Christie…

  • Bastille Day, July 14th – dinner & show!

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    Claudia

    Jul 14, 2022 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm – An evening of French cabaret music at Norman’s Bistro Come kick up your heels with Claudia Hommel and accordionist Patricia Spaeth as we bring you the magic of Paris for Bastille Day. You’ll be humming “Bonjour Paris” as we stroll down the “Champs Elysées” “Under…

  • Josephine Baker and the legacy of fervor

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    Claudia

    May 16, 2022 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – A grand finale for both Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion and Chicago Cabaret Week 2022. In Person – In French & English. Ten performers from Paris and Chicago pay tribute to an extraordinary woman and artist! Featuring Michèle Barbier, who served as Josephine’s personal assistant. With…

  • “Making jazz, Arthur Briggs, and Josephine Baker French” – an online international round table

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    Claudia

    Apr 10, 2022 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – Making Jazz, Arthur Briggs and Josephine Baker French: Join an international conversation about the history of African-American artists living in France, the cross-cultural stories of their fight for recognition, race relations, and the embrace of solidarity through music. Travis Atria (author of Better Days Will…