Our Next Arts Workshop -- Phil Cohran

Monday, January 26th
(6:00-7:00, 7:15-8:30 p.m.)

Mozart Park Fieldhouse
2036 N. Avers Ave.
Chicago, IL   60647

all ages, free & open to the public

You are invited to come to our next arts workshop, when we focus on the life and legacy of Kelan Phil Cohran:  

• We will talk about Cohran's biography and listen to selections of his music; 
• We will improvise in a musical ensemble; and
• Participants will create art works -- writing, visual art & music inspired by Cohran. 
  

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: 

• Arts Workshop at Mozart Park: The Art Ensemble of Chicago (2014)
• Arts Workshop at Mozart  Park: The Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (2014)
• Arts Workshop at Mozart Park: Sun Ra & Ed Roberson (2014)
• "For These Street Players, Brass Runs in the Family" by Lily Koppel (The New York Times, 9/4/2006)
• Hypnotic Brass Band
• Kelan Phil Cohran
• "New Frankiphone Blues: A Guide to Philip Cohran’s Avant-Garde Jazz" by Zaid Mudhaffer 
• "The progeny of Phil Cohran mesmerize in Brothers Hypnotic" by Peter Margasak (Chicago Reader, 4/4/2014)
• wax poetics, issue 25: Jazz's Madmen