Kathy D. Hey writes creative non-fiction essays. A lifelong Chicagoan, she is enjoying life with her husband, daughter and three dogs in the wilds of Edgewater. When she isn’t at her computer, she is in her garden growing vegetables and herbs for kitchen witchery.
In 2021, the Music Institute of Chicago launched One Composer, One Community, to give underrepresented composers the exposure they deserve. They have honored Black composers William Grant Still and Florence […]
Turn It Out With Tiler Peck and Friends is a visual and musical feast of modern dance, ballet, and tap. The dances are set to amazing live and recorded original […]
The “Ed Heads” were out in force at the storied Fitzgerald‘s in Berwyn. (Svengoolie fans holla Burrr-wynn!) The weather was a balmy 65 degrees, and it was even hotter inside. […]
Wednesday was a significant anniversary for Kurt Weill’s Der Silbersee, ein Wintermärchen (The Silver Lake, A Winter’s Fairy Tale). It was banned by the Nazis on that date in 1933, and Weill […]
Fascism never completely goes away because the concept of a utopian society or a “golden age” is subject to those in power. Theatre Y is staging the North American premiere […]
Nova Linea Musica presented The Drum Also Sings, an hour long concert by Third Coast Percussion at the Merit School of Music on Wednesday. NLM and Third Coast Percussion are […]
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts gave a series of dance performances last week dedicated to Śiva Bhāva: Love, Care, and the Cosmos. The visually stunning 75-minute performance in two parts […]
There are some moments in music that have broken my heart and made time stand still. Last Thursday, the musical phenom that is Michael Mayo thrilled the audience at Guarneri […]
The first time I saw a Free Street Theater performance was back in the ’70s. I was on a school field trip, and the performance was an unexpected highlight. I […]
Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra brought new life to popular classics on Wednesday at the Music Institute of Chicago. I was thrilled to see how much soul was imbued into the […]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a classical music genius from the 16th century. He was also something of a rock star in the 20th century. Mozart was one of the few […]
Rising Water is one of a trilogy of plays by John Biguenet about Hurricane Katrina; the other two plays are Shotgun and Mold. It has been 20 years since America […]