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Playlist: Classical Chinese Music for Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year festivities are a great time to celebrate Chicago’s Chinese and Chinese American communities.

Stephen RaskauskasMay 16, 2018

Richard Gray, Chicago art dealer, philanthropist, and WFMT-WTTW trustee, dies at 89

Stephen RaskauskasMay 16, 2018

Studs Terkel Spoke To the Greatest Musicians of His Time. Now You Can Hear Their Conversations Online.

Stephen RaskauskasMay 15, 2018

The Studs Terkel Radio Archive, One of the World’s Great Spoken-Word Collections, Goes Public

Happy World Piano Day!

Keegan MorrisMarch 28, 2020

Today is World Piano Day! That's because it is the 88th day of the year, a neat tie-in with the number of keys on a standard keyboard (on non-Leap Years, the holiday customarily takes place on March 29.) In celebration of the versatile, ubiquitous instrument, we're sharing some of the finest piano performances and articles on the internet!

Discover Illinois’ Newest Opera Company — Opera Edwardsville

Michael San GabinoMarch 27, 2020

A four-hour drive southwest from Chicago and just across the Mississippi River from St. Louis sits Edwardsville, Illinois. The small city — founder Chase Hopkins' hometown — is the site of the state's newest opera company.

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