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Home » Kennedy Center

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Posted inMusic

Mariachi Herencia de Mexico turns Chicago schoolkids into chart-busting stars

by Peter Margasak May 23, 2018August 18, 2021

The Mariachi Heritage Foundation has partnered with CPS to create a student band that’s already played Kennedy Center, toured internationally, and opened for the likes of Lila Downs and Los Lobos.

Posted inMusic

Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst rises like the tide

by Peter Margasak April 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Jazz bassist and vocalist Katie Ernst hasn’t helped only herself with her talent, wit, and confidence—she’s also lifting up her peers and students.

Posted inColumns & Opinion

With the arrival of US Artists, Chicago becomes home to still more ‘genius’ grants

by Deanna Isaacs March 31, 2015August 18, 2021

The arts nonprofit, which awards dozens of $50,000 fellowships yearly, joins the MacArthur Foundation in what’s becoming a hub of the ‘prestige economy.’

Dee Alexander's new record includes reinvented versions of 11 classic songs.
Posted inMusic

Will Chicago’s most daring and virtuosic jazz singer finally get the recognition she deserves?

by David Whiteis July 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Dee Alexander has earned international acclaim, but fame has eluded her. Her great new album might change that.

Jason Moran
Posted inMusic

Jason Moran builds a bigger bandwagon

by Peter Margasak May 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Theaster Gates and Ken Vandermark join pianist Jason Moran in an oral history of their evolving Chicago collaboration Looks of a Lot.

Posted inBlogs

Betty Ford

by Michael Miner July 18, 2011August 19, 2021

The accidental Ford presidency put a nice guy in the White House for a couple of years and made a public figure of his wife. Her new prominence was a good thing for the country.

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