1,001 Afternoons in Chicago

1,001 Afternoons in Chicago is an innovative collaboration between ACM and Dance Architects based on the stories of legendary Chicago newspaperman Ben Hecht. During the 1920's Hecht, a writer at the time for the Daily News, challenged himself to write a short story each day and publish it in the paper.
He succeeded and the result has been compiled and published as 1,001 Afternoons in Chicago. This collaborative piece explores 12 of the stories through music, motion and visual imagery.
The Evanston performance will be preceded by a panel discussion featuring the Chicago Tribune's Rick Kogan, Neil Steinberg from the Sun-Times and Notre Dame professor and Ben Hecht expert Bob Schmul. The panel will be moderated by Esther J. Cepeda.
Set to music by Amos Gillespie and Seth Boustead with choreography by Erin Carlisle Norton, 1,001 Afternoons is sure to please the eye and ear.

Details

Two shows!

Saturday, June 14 2:00 PM
Fine Arts Building, Curtiss Hall
410 S. Michigan Ave.

Wednesday June 18 7:30 PM
Music Institue of Chicago
1490 Chicago Ave.
Evanston, IL

Call 773-334-3650 for more info

Performed by:

Alyson Berger - cello
Heather Boehm - violin
Tiffany Coolidge - bassoon
Amos Gillespie - saxophone
Matt Peters - percussion
Chris Ramaekers - conductor
KT Somero - clarinet
Masumi Yoneyama - flute

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