Claudia’s Cabaret-Paree

  • Feb 12, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Join Claudia Hommel at Le Piano for an evening with singer Gabrielle Goudard, Howie Pfeifer (piano), Patricia Spaeth (accordion), and Jim Cox (bass). Come for the music, stay for dinner, drinks, & romance! CLICK TO RESERVE 6970 N Glenwood. Street parking (free and metered) throughout…

  • Aug 31, 2023 @ 8:30 pm – 11:00 pm – The Festival kicks off on August 31 with a Cabaret Fantaisie du Cirque (Circus Fantasy Cabaret) at Les Deux pianos in the 15th arrondissement.  The clowns arrive: Clovis the musicopath and his partner Patrick Pernet, Anne Fromm and her Weill Circus (the Brechtian music of Kurt Weill), and Paulus the Cabaret Geek, direct…

  • Aug 28, 2023 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm – Singers from Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Paris perform in this musical tribute to Josephine Baker in her home region of Dordogne. Hosted by Michèle Barbier, Baker’s former secretary. Stefan Kukurugya at the piano. Our host Michèle Barbier, with singers Sue Berke, Jeanie…

  • Aug 28, 2023 – Sep 4, 2023 @ All Day – TRAVEL with us to FRANCE in 2023 The fifth Chicago Paris Cabaret Connexion exchange takes place in Paris from August 28 to September 4, 2023. Our mission is to “advance together the art of cabaret”. The itinerary includes 20 hours of workshops and master…

  • Birds, Bees, And Other Beasts

    Jul 30, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm – Join us for our second summer friendraiser at a private garden in Albany Park. Swingin’ Sisters leads the pack with singers from SongShop and the Cabaret Connexion travelers including David Hoffman, the Swingin’ Sisters (Barbara, Carolyn and Tirzah), René Lara, Christian Halvorsen, Ruth Fuerst, Staci Kelley,…

  • Bonjour Paris!

    Jul 12, 2023 @ 6:15 pm – 7:30 pm – In advance of Bastille Day, the Alliance Française de Chicago hosts an intimate plein-air concert in their beautiful courtyard. Getting an early start for Bastille Day — “Bonjour Paris” with Cabaret singer Claudia Hommel July 12 at the Alliance Française de Chicago Wednesday at 6:30…

  • 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

    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…

  • Bonjour Paris! Luncheon show

    Sep 1, 2022 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm – NILES SENIOR CENTER (Illinois) PRESENTS Singer Claudia Hommel and accordionist Patricia Spaeth bring you the magic of Paris for a day. You’ll be humming “Bonjour Paris” as we stroll down the “Champs Elysées” “Under the Paris Skies”. It’s enough to make the heart beat “Padam…

  • 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…

  • Nov 29, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm –   Le Piano, 6970 North Glenwood Avenue, Chicago 6 PM: Passed hors d’oeuvres with Red, White and Bubbly will be followed by cash bar and Le Piano’s fine menu. Entertainment beginning at 7 PM provided by Barb Bailey, Carla Gordon, Ester Hana, Claudia Hommel, Daryl…

  • Oct 30, 2021 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm – Called by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. We had too much fun on our Ferris Bueller float with Ryan Stajmiger as “Ferris”. All along State Street our audience was the most colorful, smiling-est crowd ever to be introduced to Chicago Cabaret.…