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GIORDANO IS MAGNIFICENT AT 60!  

Giordano Dance Chicago celebrates 60th Anniversary Season with naming of Cesar G. Salinas as Associate Artistic Director, $3 Million Allocation from the State of Illinois, and commission of new work by South Chicago Dance Theatre’s Kia Smith  

 Shattered Globe Theatre (SGT) is pleased to announce the inaugural playwrights and plays chosen for its The Global Playwright Series (GPS), a new play development program specifically aimed at BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, neurodiverse and disabled writers and those who fall within intersections of these identities.

CABARET ZAZOU’S INAUGURAL PRODUCTION, LUMINAIRE, A NEW VARIETY SHOW FROM THE PRODUCERS OF SMASH HIT TEATRO ZINZANNI CHICAGO, TO MAKE WORLDWIDE DEBUT IN CHICAGO’S THEATRE DISTRICT THIS FALL | Directed By Prolific Choreographer Dreya Weber and Featuring Acclaimed Chicago Favorite Performers Frank Ferrante and Liv Warfield, Luminaire to Premiere September 7th at Cabaret ZaZou on Randolph

CABARET ZAZOU’S INAUGURAL PRODUCTION, LUMINAIRE, A NEW VARIETY SHOW FROM THE PRODUCERS OF SMASH HIT TEATRO ZINZANNI CHICAGO, TO MAKE WORLDWIDE DEBUT IN CHICAGO’S THEATRE DISTRICT THIS FALL | Directed By Prolific Choreographer Dreya Weber and Featuring Acclaimed Chicago Favorite Performers Frank Ferrante and Liv Warfield, Luminaire to Premiere September 7th at Cabaret ZaZou on Randolph

This is a value-added meeting, where IDOA certified vendors have a unique opportunity to pitch their business at the Governor’s Commission on Supplier Diversity in-person meeting on Monday, September 12 at Government Center South

Gov. Eric J. Holcomb offered the following statement:

The 2021 Frontier League Champion Schaumburg Boomers suffered a 16-6 loss at the hands of the Florence Y’Alls in the finale game of a mid-week road series in Kentucky.

Chicago’s only chalk art festival Chalk Howard Street announces entertainment programming and vendors returning outdoor for the first time since 2019 for one day only, Saturday, August 27th | A free immersive experience for the public to interact with and create street art, featuring nationally renowned 3D and 2D chalk artists, live music, dance, food and drinks, and more

Tickets now on sale for first-ever Chicago appearance by Kyiv City Ballet of Ukraine and all Auditorium Theatre 2022-23 season programming. | Plus, South Chicago Dance Theatre makes Auditorium Theatre debut in June with World Premiere of Memoirs of Jazz in the Alley, replacing Giordano Dance Chicago.