With events, programs and activities for all ages, the Garden is open every day of the year. The Chicago Botanic Garden, one of the treasures of the Forest Preserves of Cook County, is a 385-acre living plant museum featuring 27 distinct gardens and four natural areas. Visit /lightscape for more information and to purchase tickets. Lightscape opens on Friday, November 22, and runs during select dates through Sunday, January 5, 2020. "We are delighted to partner with the Chicago Botanic Garden to introduce Lightscape and debut the illuminating artistic installations for the first time in the U.S.," said Jonathan Marks, chief development director of RGL, a Sony Music Company.Īdditionally, Lightscape is being creatively produced by Culture Creative and promoted in partnership with Arny Granat of WAD Entertainment.
The Chicago Botanic Garden is producing Lightscape in partnership with Sony Music, which has amazed more than one million people in 2018 with similar shows in multiple locations across the U.K. Attendees will find themselves in the center of it all-stepping through a tunnel of light, walking among immersive ribbons of light, enjoying a stunning festive finale, and toasting marshmallows over a fire. "Lightscape will transform the Garden into a festive, magical world of light, art and sound, offering a whole new way to celebrate the holiday season."Īlong a mile-long path, the night will come alive with color, imagination, and sound, from a playful choir of singing trees to a spectacular waterfall of light. "To generate excitement and engage our visitors year after year, we constantly look for ways to reinvigorate our programs and introduce new experiences," said Harriet Resnick, the Garden's vice president of visitor experiences and business development. debut this November with immersive experiences and artistic installations by international artists. 21.GLENCOE, Ill., J/PRNewswire/ - The Chicago Botanic Garden has new magic for the holidays with the introduction of Lightscape, an enchanting, after-dark, illuminated trail inspired by and created just for the Garden. See works by contemporary choreographers Jermaine Maurice Spivey, Nacho Duato and Aszure Barton when Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns with "The Fall Series: RE/TURN" starting on Thursday at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, 205 E. 12, he graces the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University, 50 E. 29, he brings his show to the Paramount Theatre, 23 E. Spend "An Evening With David Sedaris" and hear the author share his quirky observations Thursday at the Genesee Theatre, 203 N. 14Īuthor and raconteur David Sedaris returns to the Chicago area with shows at Waukegan's Genesee Theatre, Aurora's Paramount Theatre, and Chicago's Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University.
The concert bill also features Dvorak's "New World Symphony" at College of DuPage's McAninch Arts Center, 425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Violinist David Taylor with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra returns to perform a "Carmen" suite as a guest soloist with the New Philharmonic this weekend.
Sung in Spanish with projected English translations. The late Mexican composer Daniel Catán's "Florencia en el Amazonas" receives a new 25th anniversary production courtesy of the Lyric Opera of Chicago for five performances starting Saturday at the Lyric Opera House, 20 N. Courtesy of Lynn Lane, Houston Grand Opera
The 1996 Spanish-language opera by composer Daniel Catán and librettist Marcela Fuentes-Berain is inspired by the work of magical realist author Gabriel García Márquez. Soprano Ana María Martínez stars in the title role of "Florencia en el Amazonas" in its Lyric Opera of Chicago debut.