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Friday night was the kickoff event for the Third Annual Hyde Park Jazz Festival - Cassandra Wilson at Rockefeller Chapel, with the Kenwood Academy Chorus (Kenwood is public magnet school). Awesome! This was the only ticketed event; all else was free.



Saturday morning I went early to the AAUW book sale to help set up. (Psst, that book was there again!) Only came away with two books, though.

Left there, and went to hear Marguerite Mariama at the Little Black Pearl Art & Design Center, and from there to the Oriental Institute, where I heard Samuel "Savoirfaire" Williams, a jazz violinist:


and also Tatsu Aoki and the Miyumi Project, a fascinating mix of jazz and traditional Japanese music. Then back to Rockefeller Chapel to hear Tammy McCann, catching a bit of Miguel and Sylvia de la Cerna's music drifting out of Robie House on the way.

The weather had been overcast, with rain forecast. But fortunately that didn't happen, and so when McCann finished shortly after 5:00, I went to the mainstage over at the Midway Plaisance:


I heard the tail end of Edwin Sanchez Latin Jazz, and then wandered over to the vendors' booths for some pad thai and a glass of wine (I held off on the gelato until later). That was followed by Dee Alexander and then Orbert Davis.

By then, it was about 9:30, and I decided to go over to International House to hear a bit of music there. I wasn't sure if I could hold out until the midnight jam session. In any event, when I got there, there was a huge long line waiting to get in, so I decided not to wait. I was pretty tired, so went home.

But it was a fantastic day, as always, and all the best people were there:


(More photos here.)

Today I slept until after 9:00!

I can't believe I never got around to posting about last weekend, and here this weekend is all over but the shouting, as they say.

( Hyde Park Jazz Festival )

On Sunday, I went back to the Art Center, as there was an event to kickoff Chicago Artists Month. All of October there will be events going on all over the city (I should say, even more art events than usual, as there are always a lot anyway). There was some rather outré performance art; these kids seem to have mixed reactions, from intrigued to "what the heck?":
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( Springfield )

Today, I went up north for the annual Lake County Women's Coalition Tea, this year honoring Women in Law Enforcement.

Now I have to do my homework for Italian class, and start getting ready for Charleston. I can't believe I'm leaving in just a couple of days! Looks as though the weather will be generally pleasant, but I'd better pack the umbrella. I'd also better figure out what books to bring to a) read, and b) release. By the way, I've booked a Gullah Tour for Friday at 11:00, if anyone is interested in joining me.