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This Winter in Millennium Park
With the changing of the seasons comes a new slate of fun things to do in the city. Bundle up and head downtown for caroling, skating and more.
Post-Season with Audrey Lee
"The stakes felt high . . . and I loved being pushed in that way," said violinist Audrey Lee, who reflects on lessons learned as a Grant Park Music Festival 2021 Project Inclusion fellow.
A Mythical Cow, 2,000 Acres of Rubble and a Vision of a Great City
150 years on, the Great Chicago Fire burns brightly in the American story. An enduring symbol of Midwestern grit, the Fire sits at the crossroads of American expansion, giving rise to a modern city, a goodly amount of myth, and a piece of land that would one day become Millennium Park.
Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit 2022
About 98 percent of the time, the Grant Park Music Festival is about flip-flops and picnic baskets. But there is one event that draws a range of Festival die-hards for a tony gathering in the fall: the annual Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit.
Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit
About 98 percent of the time, the Grant Park Music Festival is about flip-flops and picnic baskets. But there is one event that draws a range of Festival die-hards for a tony gathering in the fall: the annual Advocate for the Arts Awards Benefit.
Carlos Kalmar and the Lessons of 2021
For Grant Park Music Festival Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Carlos Kalmar, the unplanned gap year brought on by the pandemic coincided with a surprising development.
Festival Welcomes New Board Members
Grant Park Orchestral Association Board Chair Adam Grais has announced the appointments of Renee Ferguson, Angela Lee, Jason Spigner, Curtis Tarver II and Andria van der Merwe to the Association’s Board of Directors.
A 380-Foot-Tall What?!
Always, music festivals tout their successes in terms of attendance, box-office figures and dollars raised. This year the staff of the Grant Park Music Festival presents a slightly different take on the 2021 series.
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Column: It's Summer. Again. Make Your Resolutions.
Chicago Tribune columnist Mary Schmich contemplates best bets for summer 2021.
Festival Welcomes a New Crop of Young Artists
In 1935, the Grant Park Music Festival began presenting free concerts to the people of Chicago along the city's lakefront. Since then, the Festival has expanded its reach, training young artists while reaching audiences in their own neighborhoods.