Stuff to Do During WOMP:

All events are free unless otherwise listed.

9/10 Saturday: Lyric Opera at Millennium Park(LOMP).  Internationally 
acclaimed opera stars will perform a spectacular selection of beloved 
arias and ensembles with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Orchestra.  7:30pm, in 
the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

9/11 Sunday:  Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at Millennium 
Park(MOCSOMP) will perform a 9/11 tribute, conducted by William Eddins.  
The concert program includes 
William Schuman's arrangement of Chales Ives' Variations on America, Aaron 
Copland's Lincoln Portrait, and Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade.  Senator 
Barack Obama will serve as narrator for Lincoln Portrait.  4pm, in the Jay 
Pritzker Pavilion.

9/12 Monday:  Steppenwolf Theatre Company at Millennium Park(STAMP) will 
feature a performance of Studs Terkel's Will the Circle be Unbroken?, 
with special guest Garrison Keillor.  6:30 pm, in the Jay Pritzker 
pavilion.

9/13 Tuesday: Art Institute/MCA mega art trip: Tuesdays are free days
at the Art Institute, and Tuesday evenings are free at the Museum of
Contemporary Art (MCA)! So we're going to meet at noon in front of Eckhart
main (south) entrance, then go to the Art Institute, which closes at 4:30, and
then go to the MCA at 5 PM until it closes at 8 PM.  Make sure to eat 
beforehand -- we'll also grab quick food at a restaurant at 4:30. FREE except
for what you buy at the restaurant, which should be under $10.

9/14 Wednesday:

9/15 Thursday:

9/16 Friday:  
World Music Festival at Millennium Park(WORMFAMP).  
The Mexican Fine Arts CenterMuseum and the Mexican Consulate of Chicago 
present a tribute to Mexican Independence Day featuring Banda Manzanera, 
Lila Downs with Mariachi Perla de Mexico and Celso Pina y Su Ronda Bogota.  
6:30 pm, Jay Pritzker Pavilion.  

This performance is part of World Music Festival: Chicago 2005, which 
features many performances in a variety venues from Sep. 16th-22nd.  
Visit www.cityofchicago.org/WorldMusic for a complete schedule of events.  
Only the Millennium Park concerts are listed in this guide.


Celtic Festival Preview Concert.  Featuring Sarah Naylor 
(Scottish fiddler) and La Volee d'Castors (French Canadian Celtic 
band).  7pm in the Chicago Cultural Center.

9/17 Saturday:  Celtic Fest Chicago.  11am-9:30pm in Grant Park.

9/18 Sunday:  Celtic Fest Chicago.  11am-9:30pm in Grant Park.

9/19 Monday:  WORMFAMP. The Museum of Contemporary Art 
presents a night of cutting-edge Brazilian Music featuring Seu Jorge 
followed by the 19-piece Orquestra Imperial. Both will be making their 
Chicago debuts.  6:30pm, in the Pritzker Pavilion.

9/20 Tuesday:

9/21 Wednesday:  Redmoon at Jackson Park lagoon, dusk (approx. 
7:30)
Whimsical, Original, Magical Performance
cost: FREE
from info@redmoon .org:
"Join us in September on the lagoon behind the Museum of
Science and Industry as Redmoon takes spectacle to new
depths!  An ENTIRELY WATER-BASED event, LOVES ME... LOVES ME
NOT will transform this idyllic lagoon into a flooded world
with larger-than-life spectacle, WHIMSICAL watercraft,
original live music, and DAZZLING performances."

We'll leave from the front of Eckhart at 6:50 and walk along 57th street most of the way there.

9/22 Thursday:

9/23 Friday:

9/24 Saturday:

9/25 Sunday:  MOCSOMP.  Members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra will 
present an additional free concert.  Music Director Daniel Barenboim will 
do double duty in the performance, appearing as both conductor and soloist 
in one of Mozart's sparkling piano concertos. The program will also 
include a colorful journey traversing sunny Spain and featuring Ravel's 
four Spanish musical portraits-including his rhythmic and mesmerizing 
Bolero.  Jay Pritzker Pavilion, 6pm.