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Program Highlights
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Tue 08.31 7pm
Brian Kahn looks at the manufacture of Cuban Cigars and the people who
make them in the special series Havana: The
Forbidden City.
Wed 09.01 2pm
Dave Brubeck’s sons, Chris on bass and Dan on drums, lead their
quartet in a concert from Detroit on JazzSet.
Thu 09.02 6:30pm
Screenwriters and filmmakers Ken White and brothers Andrew and Alex Smith
discuss their upcoming screen adaptation of Montana Native American
James Welch’s novel Winter in the Blood, set on the Fort Belknap
Reservation, on The Write Question.
Fri 09.03 2pm
The Jim Cullum Jazz Band and special guest Harry Allen reflect on the
legacy of tenor sax greats Zoot Sims and Al Cohn on Riverwalk
Jazz.
Sat 09.04 7pm
Musical insights, conversation and song with contemporary Celtic musician
Daithi Sproule on The Thistle & Shamrock.
Sun 09.05 6am
Stories of America’s working poor and global trends that affect
them on Humankind.
Mon 09.06 11am
Members of the Chicago Chamber Musicians perform Stravinsky’s Three
Pieces for String Quartet and Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio
in D.
Tue 09.07 7pm
The special series Havana: The Forbidden
City concludes with a cab driver
reflecting on his life and country, and why he’d rather drive
a taxi than finish college.
Wed 09.08 11am
From the Spoleto Chamber Music
Festival, a performance of Haydn’s
Trio in D, along with contemporary composer Paul Harvey’s Three
Etudes on Themes of George Gershwin, clarinet tunes from Porgy and Bess,
and Chopin’s Sonata in g by Alisa Weilerstein and Stephen Prutsman.
Thu 09.09 8pm
Canadian author and activist Maude Barlow in conversation on City
Arts & Lectures.
Fri 09.10 2pm
A late-night informal jam session with vocalist Catherine Russell and
pianist Dick Hyman joining the Jim Cullum Jazz Band at San Antoinio’s
Pearl Stable on Riverwalk Jazz.
Sat 09.11 noon
Ira Glass explores life in America focusing on a single theme on This
American Life.
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