Category: Dance & Movement

Rhizome Bloom

4/29/2014

Rhizome Bloom: a multi-genre exploration
with music, poetry, projections & movement

Tuesday, April 29 (8 p.m.)

Chicago Temple
77 W. Washington St.
Chicago, IL

$7 suggested donation

"Rhizome Bloom" features premieres of Deep Black Garden II & Weep Dark Blue by Renée Baker. The American musical genius Duke Ellington was born on April 29, 1899; this performance event features a tribute to Ellington in the program as well.

ensemble members:
Renée Baker -- composer
Angel Elmore -- piano
Dan Godston -- trumpet
Jenae Taylor -- movement
Charles Joseph Smith -- piano & movement
Lou Ciccotelli -- drums

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Our Next Arts Workshop: Katherine Dunham & Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

4/20/2014

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You're invited to come to our next Chicago Heroes & Arts Adventures workshop --

Monday, April 21 (6:00-7:15, 7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL 60624

all ages, free & open to the public

During our next workshop we will focus on the lives and legacies of Katherine Dunham and Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Participants will create graphic scores and write poetry inspired by those important individuals.

Location: Mozart Park is in Chicago's Logan Square neighborhood. It's on the north side of Armitage Ave. -- several blocks east of Pulaski Rd., just south of Dickens and Shakespeare Streets. Our workshop series happens in the room to the left of fieldhouse lobby; some workshop sessions may happen outside in the park, weather permitting.

Transportation & parking: Mozart Park can be reached by public transportation (such as the #73 Armitage Ave. bus, and not far from the Logan Square and Western Ave. stations on the CTA's blue line. Mozart Park has a parking lot on Armitage, east of Avers.

Registering for Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys: You can register for this workshop series at the Chicago Park District website.

Additional info: You can contact us by clicking here (if you have questions about this workshop or to RSVP). Click here to find out more about the Chicago Heroes & Arts Journeys workshop series.

Links:

"The Black Arts Movement: Let Me Count the Ways" chapter from Visionary Women Writers of Chicago's Black Arts Movement by Carmen L. Phelps

Katherine Dunham: My Love of Dance (Visionary Project interview

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Rhizome Bloom

Our Next Arts Workshop: Katherine Dunham & Jean Baptiste Point du Sable

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