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Dear Margaret’s Poutine starts with Kennebec frites fried in beef tallow, fresh Wisconsin cheese curds, topped with the velvety sauce poutine ($15). On Monday, aka Industry Night, January 17, “slide into DM for a very Canadian celebration featuring burgers and poutine, along with Labatt’s and shots of Canadian whisky,” alerts the establishment, “and likely a soundtrack exclusively of iconic Canadian rock band Rush.” The Canuck Burger is a griddled CDK beef patty topped with housemade peameal bacon, cheddar, lettuce, onion, pickle, and garlic aïoli ($15). “The demolition of another pre-Fire residence reinforces architect John Vinci’s belief that Chicago is in desperate need of a museum of architecture,” writes Crain’s.ĭear Margaret Makes It To A Year With Poutine And Labatt’sĬhef Ryan Brosseau follows a long Christmas break with a celebration in honor of Dear Margaret’s first anniversary. Making The Case For A Museum Of Architecture In Chicago

Tonika Johnson is creating “Everyday Englewood,” an immersive guide to Chicago homes that were held in land sale contracts, a predatory lending vehicle of the twentieth century, reports Crain’s. For Tickets visit Johnson Maps Englewood Homes Where Contracts Denied Black Land Ownership “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” debuts Thursday, March 24 at the Lyric Opera House located at 20 N. Terence Blanchard will be in conversation with the Chicago Humanities Festival this Friday Night where he will discuss the opera. Fire Shut Up in My Bones is an opera for today.

Brown’s cinematic direction and Brown’s dazzling choreography to create a singularly profound and moving experience. The Chicago Defender spoke with the hometown star, Will Liverman about his role in “ Fire Shut Up in My Bones” and the importance of telling black stories in the genre of opera.īlanchard’s dramatic and heartfelt music combines with Lemmons’s elegant and poignant libretto to set the stage for James Robinson and Camille A. Whither Must I Wander (Odradek), with pianist Jonathan King, was named one of the Chicago Tribune’s “best classical recordings of 2020”. In February 2021, Cedille released Will’s Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers. Will is the recipient of the 2020 Marian Anderson Vocal Award, 2019 Richard Tucker Career Grant, and Sphinx Medal of Excellence. Will Liverman – Photo by Jaclyn SimpsonĬalled “a voice for this historic moment” by The Washington Post, GRAMMY-nominated baritone Will Liverman will star in the Met Opera’s reopening production of Fire Shut Up in My Bones in fall 2021. Chicago audiences will soon discover why. When the opera had its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera last year, it instantly became the must-have ticket for the fall.

It is an opera that looks and sounds like America, as seen through the lens of Black culture and told by Black storytellers.įire Shut Up in My Bones brings together an extraordinary collection of talent-composer Terence Blanchard, one of the most influential figures in American jazz, whose score is a fusion of opera, jazz, gospel, and other musical traditions first-time librettist Kasi Lemmons, a celebrated screenwriter, and film director and a top-flight cast including many of America’s most brilliant singing actors, including Will Liverman, an alumnus of Lyric’s Patrick G. We are taken through the turbulent 1970s in rural Louisiana, where Charles faces a chaotic home life and self-doubt on his path towards college and ultimately to self-acceptance. The opera follows young Charles on his inspirational journey to becoming a man. Will Liverman (left) and Latonia Moore (center) in Fire Shut Up in My Bones – photo Ken Howard Met Opera Photo Credit: Will Liverman and the company of Fire Shut Up in My Bones – photo Ken Howard Met Operaįire Shut Up in My Bones, is a new opera from six-time Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard and Kasi Lemmons, based on the memoir by New York Times columnist Charles M.
