The largest single archive devoted to influential experimental composer John Cage lives in a library at Northwestern—and it goes a lot deeper than its famous Beatles lyric sheets.
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Tseng Kwong Chi, downtown New York’s photographic ambassador
The Block Museum hosts a retrospective of one of the most overlooked artists of a vibrant era.
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Get crocked at the Reader’s Winter Mix-Off, a documentary about supper clubs, and more things to do this week
Poetry‘s Wintertime Party, a Charlotte Moorman exhibit, and other weekend happenings in Chicago from January 25-28.
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Avant-gardist Charlotte Moorman finally gets the recognition she’s due
The performance artist, festival curator, and “topless cellist” is the subject of a new Block Museum retrospective.
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Alvin Lucier is sitting in a room (at the MCA)
Composer Alvin Lucier comes to Chicago for a three-day retrospective.
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Discovering the early avant-garde sounds of eclectic composer Joseph Byrd
A terrific new collection of early works by the eclectic American composer Joseph Byrd, who founded the late 60s psychedelic rock band United States of America, has been released by New World Records.