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PIPE DREAM Clarinetist Don Byron reconvenes the jazz combo behind his history-making if unlikely ode to klezmer king Mickey Katz.
THE FIVE
Don’t-miss picks for Wed 11.11.09 through Tue 11.17.09:
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concerts Don Byron: The Music of Mickey Katz ALSO THIS WEEK: More big names hit town as part of CHF, including the composer John Adams on Nov 12, and the scientist and parrot whisperer Irene Pepperberg on Nov 14. |
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theatre All the Fame of Lofty Deeds ALSO THIS WEEK: A little musical called The Addams Family begins previews at the Oriental Theatre. Maybe you’ve heard of it? |
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classical Fulcrum Point New Music Project ALSO THIS WEEK: Eighth Blackbird do-si-dos with two different partners at the U of C: first, with fellow Grammy winners Pacifica Quartet on Nov 14; then with the Chicago soprano Dawn Upshaw in Osvaldo Golijov’s Ayre on Nov 17. |
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parties Robie House After Hours ALSO THIS WEEK: Speaking of the Prairie School—not to mention cocktails—the afterhours event Unveiled offers a peek at the Art Institute’s new Arts and Crafts exhibition, Apostles of Beauty, on Nov 12. |
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concerts Meat Puppets ALSO THIS WEEK: Ray LaMontagne spins his catchy, Sam Cooke-indebted melodies at Auditorium Theatre. |
FREEBIES OF THE WEEK
lit/lectures Jay Ryan
The local poster artist, illustrator, and subject of a loyal cult following chats about his new book, Animals and Objects In and Out of Water, alongside the Chicago graphic novelist Paul Hornschemeier. Hear Ryan this week; then look for our profile of him in the December issue of Chicago, on stands Nov 19.
GO: Nov 11 at 7. Quimby’s, 1854 W North. quimbys.com
lit/lectures Jaume Plensa
Meet the man who made spitting cool. The Spanish artist and mastermind behind Millennium Park’s Crown Fountain hosts a public chat on public art.
GO: Nov 11 at 6. Rubloff Auditorium, Art Institute of Chicago, 230 S Columbus. artinstituteofchicago.org
farrago Parade School
See a behind-the-scenes spectacle play out in public: In advance of McDonald’s Thanksgiving Parade, onlookers are invited to watch as organizers train 1,300 volunteers in balloon wrangling, with a giant inflatable Bob the Builder as visual aide.
GO: Nov 14 at 9:30. Front lawn, Museum of Science and Industry, 57th west of Lake Shore. 312-235-2217. Parade steps off from State and Congress on Nov 26 at 8.
Photography: Cory Wells Braun