02 / 25
Start: 2:00 pm
End: 4:00 pm
Don Wooten's "Legend of Oedipus" will be the focus of this two-hour session, plus a discussion of "Oedipus Rex", the Sophocles tragedy from which it was adapted. This program is presented in cooperation with CommUniversity, a cooperative adult education project involving area educational and cultural organizations. | ||
02 / 26
Start: 10:00 am
From 10am to 4pm, seminars and workshops on maritime history, shipwrecks, marine ecology, boating safety, lighthouses, the Christmas Tree Ship, tall ships, model boat building, kids' activities and more, presented by the Chicago Maritime Society, Underwater Archaeological Society of Chicago, US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Shedd Aquarium, Michigan Maritime Museum, Friends of the Chicago River, National Start: 3:00 pm
A half-hour guided tour into the world of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Measure for Measure. Led by a humanities scholar, the Pre-Amble examines a conceptual aspect of each CST production. Start: 3:30 pm
End: 4:30 pm
This panel will explore the use of slam and performance poetry as a forum for social and political discussion connected to literary movements throughout history. Educator and activist Bill Ayers will moderate; speakers will include poets Kevin Coval, Kelly Tsai, Gary Lilley and teen participants in "Louder than a Bomb: The 5th Annual Chicago Teen Poetry Festival". | ||
02 / 27
Start: 2:00 pm
A half-hour guided tour into the world of Chicago Shakespeare Theater's Measure for Measure. Led by a humanities scholar, the Pre-Amble examines a conceptual aspect of each CST production. | ||
02 / 28
Start: 5:00 pm
End: 6:30 pm
"I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo." --Shirley Chisholm
Start: 7:00 pm
This first-person music and slide presentation examines Chicago's early prominence as a performance mecca and incubator for jazz and blues. During the post-Civil War period of industrial expansion, African American migrants seeking a better life arrived in the city in great masses. Musicians, responding to the migrant's desire for entertainment, also flocked to the city. | ||
03 / 1
Start: 9:00 am
End: 5:00 pm
An exhibit on the "Amish Use of Technology", which consists of items the Amish currently use in their homes and businesses, and looks at the advances as well as the various adaptations they have created. Most non-Amish people believe the Amish live in the dark ages and do not use technology. Start: 9:00 am
A firsthand presentation of the trials and tribulations of the "Line Buck Sergeant," both during training and then under fire at Omaha Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Dal Estes discusses his combat experience, the men under his command and the dynamics of the relationship between commander and soldier. | ||
03 / 2
Start: 3:00 pm
Chicago Shakespeare's classic post-show discussions, where audience members have an opportunity to ask members of the cast questions about the performance they just experienced. Talk-backs take place after each 1pm Wednesday matinee performance and select Sunday performances throughout the 2004-05 season. Start: 7:00 pm
For more information contact Lacinda Mena, 217.242.0338.
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03 / 3
Start: 1:00 pm
One of the most celebrated poets of all time, Illinois’ own Carl Sandburg, wrote an epic poem in the 1930s called "The People, Yes," which turned the everyday words of Americans into everlasting images on the page. | ||
03 / 4
Start: 7:00 pm
Pub Cast Calls provide CST patrons a rare opportunity to gather with the cast of each Chicago Shakespeare production before select performances in the casual atmosphere of the Theatre's English Pub for an informal discussion of the play from a performer's point of view. Start: 8:30 pm
Three Dvorak in America concert performances at Elgin's Hemmens Theatre, featuring Dvorak's Symphony No. | ||
