Arts & Culture
Haysun Kang Masterworks of Chamber Music: Piano Trio @ Loyola
HAYSUN KANG, a member of Loyola University MUSIC faculty, is joined by guest artists Diana Seitz (violin) and Cheng-Hou Lee (cello) and will present a VIRTUOSO PROGRAM of chamber music featuring the works of Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, Chopin, and Smetana. Dr. Kang's performance style has been noted for its elegance and wide palette of colors, and praised for her "immaculate technique and flawless dexterity."
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Posted on September 14, 2009
Buy a book and help the RPWR Historical Society
The Society needs help to continue its mission and expand its collections. Our funding comes mainly from our members. It is important to include all people interested in these communities to keep the Society a vital and dynamic organization. Encourage your family, friends and neighbors to join the Society.
Check out these two books on Rogers Park and West Ridge here.
Posted on September 10, 2009
From our Blogs: Origins of our New Sculpture
Mike Glasser's continued chronicles of his reintroduction to living in Rogers Park. Mike moves in with his girlfriend, Nancy, and her enormous dog, and shares his inspiring experience attending a Jargowood block club meeting. Read post.
Posted on September 10, 2009
The Last 4 Miles: Symposium at Loyola
The Last 4 Miles: A proposal by Friends of the Parks to Complete Chicago’s Lakefront Park System Symposium: Thursday, SEP 10│5:30-7:30 PM AUG 21 – SEP 27│Crown Center GalleryMore…
Posted on September 03, 2009
GARDEN OF TREASURES SALE & FUNDRAISER
Call for Donations RPGG garden gnomes are preparing for the annual sale & fundraiser upcoming on Sunday, September 27, from 10 am to 1 pm at Jarvis Square. Once again, the sale will be held in front of our first business supporter, Charmer's Cafe. This is the RPGG's big fundraising event that provides most of the monies used to pay for community gardening programs and activties. Adopt the Public Way and big projects such as the Metra Garden happen because of the success of this sale. And the sale is successful because of YOUR generosity.More…
Posted on September 02, 2009
Art opening at Studio 7013
This exhibition features the work of local Chicago artists, as well as national and international artists! We are very excited to show off their new work. We'll have a lot of great photography and some masterfully realistic, but emotional, large paintings. "Amnetic State" shows how artists deal with memory within the process of making work. How the past is represented and reconfigured, to reveal hidden truths, and obvious lies. Sept. 11th still remains a day of infamy and this show looks to embrace the situations and perspectives arrived in this context.
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Posted on September 01, 2009
rogerspark.com welcomes new blog - ‘Hidden in Plain Sight’
Pamela Van Giessen is an 18 year resident of Rogers Park who took to power walking with her rescue English Setter, Boomer, a few years ago. In the course of their walks, Pam and Boomer have come across many wonderful sights. They thought others might enjoy the extraordinary images they see around the neighborhood and beyond - the surprising things that make their daily walks around Rogers Park and Chicago a constant source of delight. Read her first installment, "Animal Spirits in Rogers Park", and find out what wild and not so wild animals are lurking where you'd least expect.
Posted on August 31, 2009
Under the Root - Shop Local
The Company, Under The Root, owned by Jennifer Brown, a long time Rogers Park resident, began in Chicago while designing and producing pieces for performers, clients, and necessity. It has continued, since 1998, to create delicates with sustainable and reclaimed, repurposed textiles.
The structures are designed to connect wearers with their personal charm, burlesque nature, conscious responsibility, and utilitarianism character. Each pattern has the inclination to uncover an individual’s sensuality and playfulness. This discovery, then releases the humor and desire for textiles that overlay the skin and ‘turn on’ the needs of what breathes underneath.
Today, each handmade structure reflects the use of materials and the grace of the human body. The designs display the nostalgia of the vintage eras they represent and the functionality needed for the 21st Century.
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Posted on August 27, 2009
Chicago Reader has new owners…again.
The Chicago Reader is reporting that the Reader is now owned by an investment fund in New York. Find a link to the reader article here.More…
Posted on August 26, 2009
The Ruckus Theater Makes Promising Chicago Debut With “Heist Play”
Recently transplanted from Kalamazoo, The Ruckus is a company dedicated to finding fresh ways to develop new work, and, according to their mission statement, bringing the ruckus. The world premiere production of Heist Play doesn’t quite bring the ruckus, but it’s on the right track. With a few cuts and some refining, the script has the potential to be as sharp as some of its killer one-liners.More…
Posted on August 24, 2009
New Rogers Park Mural
Lea Pinsky and her husband Dustin Harris spent the summer designing and painting a huge mural with neighborhood kids from Howard Area Community Center. It stretches from Estes to Greenleaf on Glenwood Ave.
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Posted on August 21, 2009
Got Photography? CaptureMyChicago wants you!
Capture my Chicago is caling all Chicago photographers to help create the best photo book about Chicago. Link to visit the website for more informationMore…
Posted on August 20, 2009
Glenwood Ave Arts Fest kick off party!
Kickoff Party this Friday Aug 21st 2009. The Glenwood Avenue Arts Fest (GAAF) is a free, weekend-long event that features artists, open studios, and live entertainment on three outdoor stages. Experience art of all disciplines, music, theater, food and drink on the cobblestone streets of the Glenwood Avenue Arts District in Chicago’s historic Rogers Park neighborhood.
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Posted on August 18, 2009
Professor Tom’s World of Wonders
professor tom's world of wonders, part of the flying cat circus out of new orleans. no chainsaws in this version, but fire eating, escaping chains, and more.More…
Posted on July 24, 2009
Portraits and Stories of the Pomona Day Laborers
Art Opening at Hotei Gallery presenting the work of Amy GlasserMore…
Posted on July 12, 2009
2009 Artists of the Wall Festival Winners Announced
Artists of the Wall Festival is an annual event in June. Artists of all ages, skills and backgrounds will gather at Loyola Park between Pratt and Morse Avenues. Sections of the wall are marked off and “sold” to anyone and everyone who applies.More…
Posted on June 27, 2009
Rogers Park Artist Lea Pinsky
Lea Pinsky is a painter, muralist, arts educator, and former actress. Raised in Evanston by artist Joanna Pinsky (and mathematician father Mark!), she grew up making art but pursued theatre for most of her twenties, earning her BFA at NYU and acting on Broadway in the 1998 Tony-award winning A View From the Bridge....More…
Posted on June 01, 2009
Tara Johnson - RP Photographer
Tara Johnson is a RP photographer who likes intense color and texture, clean lines and found objects taken out of contextMore…
Posted on June 01, 2009
Interview with Darrin Williams
Reposting of our 2008 video interview with Loyola Ramblers Hoops star Darin Williams. Interview by Mike Glasser.More…
Posted on June 01, 2009
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