Category: Music

George Zarr: Columbia College Chicago’s renaissance man

Chicago Talks, April 28, 2023April 26, 2023

Long before George Zarr became a radio professor at Columbia College Chicago, he was a…

Chicago Talks, March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

On March 25th, Joe Powers will perform his debut album Power Move live with his…

Chicago Talks, March 2, 2022March 3, 2022

We need more ABBA in our world — we desperately need it. In such turbulent…

Chicago Talks, January 19, 2021September 11, 2023

Four times a week, Jackson High School band students log on to a Zoom call…

Chicago Talks, November 5, 2020November 5, 2020

When Paul Ruffino and his husband, Mike Weaver, decided to expand the storefront of Rattleback…

Chicago Talks, May 24, 2020

Experimental Sound Studio, located in the Edgewater neighborhood, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to artistic…

Chicago Talks, March 19, 2020March 20, 2020

Whenever an artist performs better live than their studio music sounds, it is almost immediately…

Chicago Talks, January 5, 2020January 5, 2020

One recent Saturday afternoon, on the edge of Logan Square, Chicago producer Bento improvised beats…