Lin Brehmer is a guest on the May 6th Dinner Party! A completely new and different kind of show, host Elysabeth Alfano invites three Chicago and/or national celebs and a known chef to a dinner party. Over food, wine, chocolate, Twitter and a few impromptu performances, the conversations flow! Filmed live and streaming live on-line, Read more…
Nick Bowling is on the May 6th Dinner Party! A completely new and different kind of show, host Elysabeth Alfano invites three Chicago and/or national celebs and a known chef to a dinner party. Over food, wine, chocolate,Twitter and a few impromptu performances, the conversations flow! Filmed live and streaming live on-line, buy your tickets Read more…
Did you miss that April 1 Dinner Party? That’s crazy! It was great. See below for the clips: stand up comedy by Brian Babylon, a solo by Frank Orrall, and dance performance by Ted Seymour and Ellen Green, John Manion cooking Empanadas, Kale Salad, and Pork Loin with a Black Bean Risotto, a peak in Read more…
We are a Chicago-based dance company that values making intelligent, visually rich dance theater driven by inquiry. We ground our inquiry in contemporary issues, the history of art and ideas, and reflection on personal experience toward our pursuit of bold, exacting and potent physicality. Under the direction of choreographer, Carrie Hanson, the center of The Read more…
Dolly Varden has been making music for almost two decades but its latest release explores how quickly that time has passed. The band is built around the heartfelt singing and songwriting of husband and wife Steve Dawson and Diane Christiansen, the melodic and soulful guitar and lap steel playing of Mark Balletto, and the solid Read more…
Jerry Tietz, General Manager Chicago native Jerry Tietz joined Chicago Opera Theater in the fall of 2010 as the Artistic Administrator. Jerry began his career in arts administration as an artistic intern at Glimmerglass Opera, and became the company’s Artistic Coordinator after his first summer. From Glimmerglass he moved to New York City where he held Read more…
“Kelly Hogan is a national treasure”– Andrew Bird Kelly’s voice is so versatile it can wrap itself around any song, in any style, be it torchy jazz, country weepers, soul-fueled bump and grinders or long-lost pop nuggets, and transform them into something all her own. Kelly was born and raised in Atlanta where her dad is Read more…
Michael Sheerin Executive Chef, Partner A chef and restaurateur, Michael Sheerin, with his brother Patrick Sheerin, is the executive chef/owner of Trenchermen restaurant in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. With a resume that lists the iconic classical French kitchen of Chicago’s Everest alongside the molecular gastronomy pioneer wd~50, chef Michael Sheerin has crafted a style born from an incredibly wide Read more…
Dee Alexander is among the premier vocalists and songwriters in American music today, and one of Chicago¹s most gifted and respected artists. Her performances span virtually every music genre related to the African diaspora: gospel, blues, neo-soul, rhythm-and-blues, and world music. But her true heart belongs to jazz, the one idiom that can encompass all Read more…
Founder and Executive Director, Black Ensemble Theater Company Jackie Taylor was born in Chicago, Illinois, and was raised in the Cabrini Green housing project. She rose from modest roots to become a distinguished director, producer, actress, singer, playwright and theater founder. As the Founder of the 35 year old Black Ensemble Theater, she has created Read more…
