23 Freeport McMoRan Theater Environmental racism is at the heart of John O'Neal's new play. The CAC presents this staged reading of Junebug Production's newest drama. Founder of Junebug Productions, O'Neal has crafted nearly twenty plays with a passion for storytelling, keeping a culture's memories tied to its daily life and, like his artistic mentor Thelonious Monk, taking complicated things and making them sound simple yet distinct. Like Poison Ivy explores how global changes can affect individuals and how those individuals can in turn affect their world. Shapiro and Smith complement their demanding and dynamic choreography with unconventional props, a poetry of one-liners and Latin rhythms of the '40s and '50s.
Sensational movement grounds their unique form of dramatic dance theater.
From the heart of Chicago's flourishing avant-garde scene, Ken Vandermark brings his quintet the Vandermark 5 to the CAC for an unforgettable evening. Join the composer as he visits the birthplace of jazz and strikes out anew. St. Charles Ave. In the Solarium concert series. Leading a quartet, Hannibal celebrates the passion, spirit and labors of Oretha Castle Haley, Jerome Smith and Lolis Elie.