03-02-2010, 12:01 AM
Craving that certain something to help lift yourself out of the winter blahs? Why not partake of a cultural event this weekend to lift your spirits and help restore your hope in something good going on in this community?
Now Playing:
Bowen Park Opera Company presents, "Shakespeare's Women...the Lives and Loves" this Friday, featuring the lives and loves of several of the Bard's most notable female characters. With music composed by Verdi, Bellini, Hoiby and others, with many of the pieces sung in their original languages, you'll be treated to some of the best professionally trained voices in the Chicago area today. Mixed-media tiles featuring images and quotes from Shakepeare's prodigious masterworks created by actress Jhenai Mootz are on display and available for purchase. It's a delight for the eyes as well as the ears if you can attend one of these performances.
Where: at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Drive - Bowen Park
Waukegan, IL 60087
When:[b]March 5-6, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
March 7, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Adult tickets are $25.00
and be sure to attend the [b]Waukegan Symphony Orchestra's upcoming performance this Sunday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m. to hear some incredible music, featuring pianist Jamie Schaak on George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Also featured in the concert titled, "American Spirit: Red, White and Blues," you'll hear Copland's 'Outdoor Overture,' and selections from "Rodeo," "Three Shades of Blue" by Grofé, and the "Second Essay for Orchestra" by Barber.
When:Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Where:Trapp Auditorium in Waukegan High School, 2325 W. Brookside Ave. Waukegan, IL 60085
Adult tickets are $15.00 each, Senior & Military $12.00, Student over 18 $7.00, Students 18 years of age and under are free.
All tickets may be purchased at the door or at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Drive-Bowen Park, Waukegan, IL 60087
To order by phone, call 847-360-4740.
We need people to come out and support these valuable community assets; don't assume that enough people will come, so it isn't important if you don't show up. You are important to the survival of the arts in Waukegan. Care enough to come out.
Now Playing:
Bowen Park Opera Company presents, "Shakespeare's Women...the Lives and Loves" this Friday, featuring the lives and loves of several of the Bard's most notable female characters. With music composed by Verdi, Bellini, Hoiby and others, with many of the pieces sung in their original languages, you'll be treated to some of the best professionally trained voices in the Chicago area today. Mixed-media tiles featuring images and quotes from Shakepeare's prodigious masterworks created by actress Jhenai Mootz are on display and available for purchase. It's a delight for the eyes as well as the ears if you can attend one of these performances.
Where: at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Drive - Bowen Park
Waukegan, IL 60087
When:[b]March 5-6, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
March 7, 2010 at 3:00 p.m.
Adult tickets are $25.00
and be sure to attend the [b]Waukegan Symphony Orchestra's upcoming performance this Sunday, March 7 at 4:00 p.m. to hear some incredible music, featuring pianist Jamie Schaak on George Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Also featured in the concert titled, "American Spirit: Red, White and Blues," you'll hear Copland's 'Outdoor Overture,' and selections from "Rodeo," "Three Shades of Blue" by Grofé, and the "Second Essay for Orchestra" by Barber.
When:Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 4:00 p.m.
Where:Trapp Auditorium in Waukegan High School, 2325 W. Brookside Ave. Waukegan, IL 60085
Adult tickets are $15.00 each, Senior & Military $12.00, Student over 18 $7.00, Students 18 years of age and under are free.
All tickets may be purchased at the door or at the Jack Benny Center for the Arts, 39 Jack Benny Drive-Bowen Park, Waukegan, IL 60087
To order by phone, call 847-360-4740.
We need people to come out and support these valuable community assets; don't assume that enough people will come, so it isn't important if you don't show up. You are important to the survival of the arts in Waukegan. Care enough to come out.