Highlights
Ravinia Park is a private park in Highland Park, Ill. Its schedule includes a variety of outdoor and indoor performing arts facilities. It is best known as the site of the Ravinia Festival, a series of outdoor pavilion concerts and performances held every summer from June to September. It has been summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1906. The park takes its name from the ravines found nearby along the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
Ravinia Park is a private park in Highland Park, Ill. Its schedule includes a variety of outdoor and indoor performing arts facilities. It is best known as the site of the Ravinia Festival, a series of outdoor pavilion concerts and performances held every summer from June to September. It has been summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra since 1906. The park takes its name from the ravines found nearby along the shoreline of Lake Michigan.
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She knows how to entertain kids
Children may not know Ella Jenkins by name, but they likely will recognize the children's music pioneer's face, easygoing manner and, of course, her songs, especially the classic "You'll Sing a Song and I'll Sing a Song." Favoring call-and-response...Tags: Children, Ravinia Festival, People
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Music guide
Please submit listings by going online to metromix.com/listings. CRITICS' PICKS Chicago Sinfonietta: The city's go-to orchestra makes its debut at the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park with a multi-media program that's literally out of this world....Tags: Country Music, Adler Planetarium, Hammond, Gustav Holst, Festive Event
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Beaux Arts Trio
The "gold standard" of piano trios, disbanding after 53 years before the public, visits Ravinia for the final time as part of an international farewell tour. Pianist Menahem Pressler, violinist Daniel Hope and cellist Antonio Meneses perform signature...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham, Suzanne Farrell, Dancing, Jose Limon
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5 Browns
The young pianists from the same family are super-talented and their 50 fingers bring the sounds of five grand pianos alive in a way that charms crossover and classical fans alike. 8 p.m.; $40, $10 lawn. Ravinia Festival, 200-231 Ravinia Park Rd.,...Tags: Navy Pier, Ravinia Festival, Lake Shore Drive
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Beyond 'Party of Five'
Charlie, Bailey, Julia and Claudia Salinger—names and characters that will forever be tied to this Wisconsin-based group. When the creators of the Fox drama "Party of Five" selected The BoDeans' "Closer To Free" to accompany the show's opening...Tags: Ravinia Festival
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Are We There Yet?
Chicago photographer Dawoud Bey curates lens-based work by nine artists who unite images of various places with conceptual strategies; through Sept. 28; free. Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave. 773-324-5520. New Directions for the National Trust:...Tags: Michael York, Millennium Park, Ravinia Festival, Classical Music
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Joffrey brings the recent—and not so recent—past to Ravinia Festival
Chicago Tribune criticThe Joffrey Ballet's lineup for this year's outing at the Ravinia Festival boasts a couple of works seen last spring, but has its share of interesting pieces not seen downtown for a while, too. Among the latter, the Aug. 16 program will include an...Tags: Joffrey Ballet, Dancing, Festive Event, Paul Taylor, George Balanchine
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Things to do on the cheap
Special to the Chicago TribuneSo your wallet is a little slimmer this summer. You're taking that staycation out of caution or necessity. Either way, sitting in the back yard with your feet in a kiddie pool or watching traffic from your balcony won't cut it. Whether you're looking...Tags: Goodman Theatre, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Arlington Park, Joffrey Ballet, Buddhism
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Together again, Tashi celebrates Messiaen work
Not many pieces of modern music became masterpieces by being both startlingly new and exquisitely beautiful. The one usually precluded the other. But on Monday and Tuesday the Ravinia Festival will observe the Olivier Messiaen centennial with two great...Tags: Olivier Messiaen, Music Industry, University of Chicago, Roman Catholic, Ravinia Festival
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Chanticleer and Shanghai Quartet
The world's reigning male vocal ensemble is joined by one of the world's outstanding string quartets in a program that surrounds Chen Yi's new "From the Path of Beauty" with works by Ravel, Ligeti and others. 8 p.m.; $30-$50, $10 lawn. Martin Theatre,...Tags: Auto Trends, Mario, Ravinia Festival, Chen Yi
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Wait, there's more
The best part for Mahler devotees is that there is more to come. The mythic hero of Symphony No. 6 has fallen, the last hammer blow of fate echoing in the Highland Park night. But Wednesday brings violinist Sarah Chang and more Mahlerian delights, in a...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Ravinia Festival, Classical Music
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Classical grass
Summer is half over already, but there are still lots of classical concerts coming up. Here are some of the best for Friday through Aug. 19. Grant Park Music Festival Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park 100 N. Michigan Ave.; 312-742-7638...Tags: Georges Bizet, Music Industry, Grant Park, Festive Event, Music Theater
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