ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of things you do at home and why you love them to Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Groundbreaking Dance!
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Come witness the powerful and moving performances of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. For over 60 years, Alvin Ailey has a long and rich history of nurturing Black artists and expressing the African-American experience by producing forward-thinking and ground-breaking works. Performances will run March 2-6 at various times at the historic Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B Wells Drive. For more information on the event, please visit alvinailey.org.
All the World's a Stage!
Shakespeare in Type: Wing Foundation Lecture on the History of the Book To go or not to go, that is the question. On March 3, choose to join scholar and professor Claire Bourne as she uncovers and illuminates how typographical innovation affected the production and reception of Shakespeare’s dramatic writing in her lecture “Shakespeare in Type: Wing Foundation Lecture on the History of the Book.” This in-person event is open to the public and will be held at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St., from 6-7 p.m in Ruggles Hall. For more information and to register, visit newberry.org.
Evocative Classical!
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McGill Plays Mozart Experience the gorgeous sounds of the classics as Mozart scholar Dame Jane Glover and Chicago native and New York Philharmonic principal clarinetist Anthony McGill (pictured) perform Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto, featuring haunting tunes like Symphony No. 40 in G Minor and Overture to “Lucio Silla.” The event is hosted by Music of the Baroque and in partnership with Project Inclusion, whose aim is to increase diversity in the performing arts. Performance will take place at Harris Theater, 205 E. Randolph Drive, on February 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $35+ More information can be found at baroque.org.
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Tickle the Ivories!
George Vatchnadze, piano Join the DePaul School of Music at 2330 N. Halsted St., for Beethoven's challenging "Diabelli Variations" performed by associate professor George Vatchnadze. Anton Diabelli composed a waltz and invited the greatest composers of the Austrian Empire -- Liszt, Mozart's son, Beethoven -- to vary it on the keyboard. Beethoven responded with 33 pieces, some happy, some sad, including a riff on Mozart's "Don Giovanni" opera. Vatchnadze has played all over the world, from Ravinia to Ravenna, Covent Garden, Salzburg, Alice Tully Hall, Osaka Symphony hall and the Mariinsky Piano festival in St. Petersburg. The concert will be 2-3:30 p.m. March 6. Tickets are $15 standard, $10 senior, and $5 for nonDePaul students. For more information, please visit music.depaul.edu.
