Tonight I went down to Chicago’s beautiful Millennium Park to check out the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra. This orchestra moved into the facility just a couple of summers ago, and it is a massive venue improvement for this fine ensemble. Frank Gehry designed the...
My fiancee Courtney and I spent all of Monday walking around Lincoln Park in Chicago. Here are a few shots of our walk.This is the Lincoln Park Conservatory. This great building was completed in 1895, and you can definitely tell its age up close. It has four large...
Michael Goode of the Chicago Reading Orchestra was recently interviewed this week in the Chicago Reader by Deanna Isaacs. The article caught my attention because it was referring to a piece written by composer Bjorn Berkhout. Bjorn was my roommate in college at...
Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues will be playing this weekend at Oak Park’s beautiful Unity Temple. The Unity Temple was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 20th century, and it is really a magnificent building and a great place to hear a concert.The...
These guys are great players. Check them out if you happen to be in Southern Wisconsin the weekend. Here is their recent announcement: This weekend, July 21-23, is the Badgerland Bluegrass Classic! Southern Wisconsin’s largest Bluegrass festival of the season....
