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Clef Notes Journal provides departments that cover a wide range of the creative muse for Chicago arts lovers. Our magazine brings news, interviews with renowned concert artists and editorials, essays and analysis on a wide variety of subjects all touching art, the artisan and the muse. In addition, we provide a comprehensive digest of cultural offerings within the Chicagoland area in the pages of

our popular Cultural Almanac, which features previews, reviews for current running performances and comparative listings of arts events throughout the Chicagoland calendar. | www.ClefNotesJournal.com

Across New York City, Building Young Dancers On and Off the Stage
11/06/2024

Across New York City, Building Young Dancers On and Off the Stage

As Ballet Tech, a tuition-free public school, prepares for its Joyce season, Dionne Figgins teaches the students to see the big picture of their art form.

Review: In ‘The Fires,’ a Triptych of Stories About Gay Men and Love
11/06/2024

Review: In ‘The Fires,’ a Triptych of Stories About Gay Men and Love

Raja Feather Kelly makes his playwriting debut with a spellbinding story of three generations of Black men at Soho Rep.

Parents Dance Like It’s the ’80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House
10/06/2024

Parents Dance Like It’s the ’80s on TikTok, and Bring Down the House

Videos of parents demonstrating their moves have been a surprise hit on a site where youth rules — perhaps because the trend isn’t played for laughs.

Review: A brilliant chat fest at A Noise Within, courtesy of George Bernard Shaw
07/06/2024

Review: A brilliant chat fest at A Noise Within, courtesy of George Bernard Shaw

Guillermo Cienfuegos directs George Bernard Shaw's cunning sociopolitical drama "Misalliance" at Pasadena's A Noise Within.

Artists priced out of Los Angeles head to this creative hub in the high desert
07/06/2024

Artists priced out of Los Angeles head to this creative hub in the high desert

Any given weekend at the Yucca Valley Material Lab can be action-packed from workshops to shows. It's helped artists build community in the high desert.

‘A Strange Loop,’ Johnny Cash and a little-known Hockney: The week’s SoCal culture report
06/06/2024

‘A Strange Loop,’ Johnny Cash and a little-known Hockney: The week’s SoCal culture report

The Tony winner for best musical comes to the Ahmanson, 'The Ballad of Johnny and June' starts its run and more news and reviews from the L.A. culture scene.

Romeo & Juliet
06/06/2024

Romeo & Juliet

The Spider-Man star strides through a gloomy, existential Verona

A View from the Bridge
05/06/2024

A View from the Bridge

Arthur Miller’s monumental tragedy doesn’t really suit this light, witty take starring Dominic West

Lie Low Review:
04/06/2024

Lie Low Review:

Surreal comedy about the bizarre aftermath of an attempted sexual assault

Boys from the Blackstuff
04/06/2024

Boys from the Blackstuff

Reincarnated in James Graham-penned stage form, Alan Bleasdale’s classic ’80s drama is a tremendously powerful study in tragic masculinity

Twelfth Night Review:
03/06/2024

Twelfth Night Review:

Highly enjoyable take on the Shakespeare classic, set in a seaside nightclub that nobody ever leaves

Megan Thee Stallion adds S.F. date to Hot Girl Summer Tour
31/05/2024

Megan Thee Stallion adds S.F. date to Hot Girl Summer Tour

The Grammy Award-winning rapper is bringing her Hot Girl Summer Tour to Chase Center in June.

Summer of Music free concert series returns to San Francisco
31/05/2024

Summer of Music free concert series returns to San Francisco

The free concert series is set to return for its second year in June, bringing live music to six San Francisco neighborhoods.

Review: Marin Theatre lights timely flame with q***r love story ‘Torch Song’
30/05/2024

Review: Marin Theatre lights timely flame with q***r love story ‘Torch Song’

Season-closing production is a showcase for lead actor Dean Linnard as neurotic drag queen Arnold Beckoff.

With great economy, ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ stages global economic collapse
30/05/2024

With great economy, ‘The Lehman Trilogy’ stages global economic collapse

British director Sam Mendes brings Stefano Massini’s familial critique of capitalism to American Conservatory Theater.

Dog Man: The Musical is silly and irreverent, and completely earnest
29/05/2024

Dog Man: The Musical is silly and irreverent, and completely earnest

Based on the first three books in a best-selling comic series, Dog Man twists together a tale that tells kids it’s okay to let your imagination run amok

Tom Wilson’s Beautiful Scars shines a light on identity, deceptions, decolonization and an unsettled psyche
29/05/2024

Tom Wilson’s Beautiful Scars shines a light on identity, deceptions, decolonization and an unsettled psyche

The premiere of the theatrical adaptation of the Juno-winner’s memoir in Hamilton was as homecoming as it gets

Passing Strange Review:
28/05/2024

Passing Strange Review:

Giles Terera is excellent in this enjoyably different if palpably self-regarding musical coming-of-age story

Richard III Review:
28/05/2024

Richard III Review:

Time Out reviews the best and worst theatre in London this week, bringing you the hits, misses and everything in between

The Enormous Crocodile
27/05/2024

The Enormous Crocodile

This music musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s picture book about a child eating crocodile looks great but lacks menace

Boys from the Blackstuff
24/05/2024

Boys from the Blackstuff

The absurdly prolific James Graham is surely too busy for a new play this year – he’s got a million screen projects and his musical ‘Tammy Faye’ is heading to B

Passing Strange Review:
24/05/2024

Passing Strange Review:

Giles Terera is excellent in this enjoyably different if palpably self-regarding musical coming-of-age story

Ed Hardy’s dragon scroll returns to San Francisco. Here’s how to see it before it’s too late
23/05/2024

Ed Hardy’s dragon scroll returns to San Francisco. Here’s how to see it before it’s too late

Datebook is the San Francisco Chronicle’s guide to Art & Exhibits in the Bay Area, combining award-winning news coverage with a curated events calendar.

Oakland artist Stephanie Syjuco tackles big themes in S.F. show
23/05/2024

Oakland artist Stephanie Syjuco tackles big themes in S.F. show

“Stephanie Syjuco: Dodge + Burn” features the Bay Area debut of several larger works by the Filipino American artist commissioned by museums across the U.S.

Maxwell to bring the Serenade Tour to Oakland this summer
22/05/2024

Maxwell to bring the Serenade Tour to Oakland this summer

The R&B star will return to the Bay Area after sold-out performances with SF Symphony in the fall.

La Doña at S.F. Jazz Festival
22/05/2024

La Doña at S.F. Jazz Festival

News, reviews, and event information for La Doña at S.F. Jazz Festival at Miner Auditorium on Jun 05, 2024, on Datebook from the The San Francisco Chronicle.

Lee Mingwei’s ‘Guernica in Sand’ remains tragically relevant
21/05/2024

Lee Mingwei’s ‘Guernica in Sand’ remains tragically relevant

The epic work at the de Young is now gone, but the questions raised by walking on it still linger.

Mickey Hart announces immersive art exhibition as part of ‘Dead Forever Experience’
21/05/2024

Mickey Hart announces immersive art exhibition as part of ‘Dead Forever Experience’

The Las Vegas exhibition is opening ahead of Dead & Company’s residency at the Sphere, which is scheduled to kick off May 16.

Daybreaker to bring dance event to San Francisco dance
20/05/2024

Daybreaker to bring dance event to San Francisco dance

The global wellness and community building organization is bringing one of its iconic dance parties to Grace Cathedral as part of its Peace Tour.

Childish Gambino is coming to S.F. Here’s how to get tickets
17/05/2024

Childish Gambino is coming to S.F. Here’s how to get tickets

The rapper and actor is ready to hit the road after releasing “Atavista” earlier this week.

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