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CHICAGO PUBLIC MEDIA TENT TALKS POWERED BY WINTRUST
Folk family programming
Yard games and family activities provided by Pinstripes
Community artwork project with Art makers Outpost
phoebe sanders puppet workshop & performance on saturday, september 12 at noon
a rosh hashanah family singalong with children’s entertainer joel frankel on sunday, september 13 at noon
And more!
Mini-film screening
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Icons of Chicago Music
An all-star compilation of vintage musical performances of some of the heroes that put Chicago on the map as an American Music Capital. Rare clips of John Prine, Steve Goodman, Sam Cooke, Howlin' Wolf, Curtis Mayfield and other Chicago artists and venues featured. Compiled from master tapes and films by award winning archivist and filmmaker (Newport & the Great Folk Dream, Summer of Soul) Joe Lauro
Also screening: Maxwell Street: A Living Memory, a 30-minute cinéma vérité documentary made in 1964 by Chicago filmmakers Michael Shea and Gordon Quinn.
"On Sunday mornings at Chicago's famous Maxwell Street open-air market, busking bluesmen battled with hawkers, preachers, and dancers for coveted space — a bubbling scene that preserves stunning examples of raw, informal, gritty, undeniably urban blues." Amazon