Date: Sunday, March 1
Time: 12:00PM – 3:00PM
Location: Navy Pier – Crystal Gardens (600 E. Grand Ave.)
Free Admission
As part of Navy Pier’s Neighborhoods of the World series, join us for performances on two stages of traditional Chinese art forms, and a bustling marketplace filled with Chinese trinkets and crafts. This is the perfect event to bring your family for an interactive experience they won’t soon forget!
Featuring artists from the Cheng Da Drum Team, Flying Fairies Dance, Xilin Asian Community Center, the 8 Tones Music Ensemble, Yellow River Dance, Illini Wushu, Ling Ling Pao Dance, Yang Dance, lion dancers from the Chicago Chinese Cultural Institute, and more!
Civitas Ensemble Celebrates the Year of the Ram
with Two World Premieres
Date: Sunday, March 15
Time: 3:00PM
Location: Music Institute of Chicago Nichols Hall
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The Civitas Ensemble, in collaboration with the Chinese Fine Arts Society, will present a concert featuring works by all Chinese composers. Included will be two World Premieres: “The Five Elements,” by Pulitzer Prize Winner Zhou Long, commissioned by CFAS for the Civitas Ensemble, and “Emantations of Tara” by Yao Chen, a previous CFAS composition competition winner.