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a man in a jean jacket, trucket hat, and white shirt — Tommy Prine — strums a guitar and sings into a microphone onstage

Tommy Prine doesn’t dodge his father’s legacy but makes his own way in compelling debut

Tommy Prine never set out to be a singer-songwriter, but it proved to be a “saving grace” after losing his father, John Prine.

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Keegan Morris | May 9, 2023

On a Knife’s Edge: Cooking, Music, History Come Together in Okpebholo’s Cook-Off
Grace Bumbry at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors
Associated Press | May 8, 2023

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Associated Press | May 5, 2023

Violinist on Russian trains soothes weary commuters
Grace Bumbry at the White House for the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors

Grace Bumbry, 1st Black singer at Bayreuth, dies at 86
Associated Press | May 8, 2023
Bumbry was among the winners of the 1958 Met National Council Auditions. She had a recital debut in Paris that same year and made her Paris Opéra debut in 1960.

Violinist on Russian trains soothes weary commuters
Associated Press | May 5, 2023
Classics, jazz, Russian folk music and children's songs all flow as Oksana glides her bow across the strings.

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‘Some Like It Hot’ leads Tony Award nominations with 13 nods
Associated Press | May 2, 2023
The message of self-acceptance and respect for all was echoed across Broadway, from the new musical take on Some Like It Hot to a Black actor-led Death of a Salesman to the new play Ain’t No Mo.
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Celebrating Asian American Heritage in Chicago: 13 Events for May!
Adela Skowronski | May 1, 2023
The umbrella of Asian American Pacific Islander — or AAPI — heritage covers a vast range of cultures, making for a huge variety in the types of events hosted all around the city.

Video Premiere: Exciting Brass Ensemble The Westerlies Plays ‘This is Water’
Keegan Morris | April 28, 2023
How a speech by David Foster Wallace inspired a new triptych for brass quartet.
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