Hannah Edgar

4 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Hannah Edgar

The movement du jour is for a museum to describe its offerings as “immersive.”It’s become a cliché, but it does nod to a cultural trend that predated, then was amplified by, the pandemic: Experiences, not exhibitions, are coaxing folks off their couches and into cultural institutions. That trend crops up in our museum preview this year.In fact, some of these suggested events don’t even take place within the confines of their host institution.

5 days ago | downbeat.com | Hannah Edgar

By Hannah Edgar   I  Jun. 3, 2025 The time and labor required to tour is, for many musicians, daunting at best and prohibitive at worst. It’s hardly unusual for musicians to spend more hours on the road than on stage; venue availability dictates tour routes, which too often leads to wasted hours zig-zagging across the country. And did we mention the runaway costs of touring since the pandemic? Kyle Knoke set out to address all that.

6 days ago | chicagotribune.com | Hannah Edgar

Condolences to everyone’s calendar. Despite sobering news of canceled summer festivals and slashed National Endowment for the Arts grants, Chicago summer — knock wood — looks to be as busy as ever. Classical and jazz programming alone is packed with blockbusters.Before the subscription arts season is out, Riccardo Muti is back at the Chicago Symphony, closing out the season with Verdi’s Requiem, his calling card, and trumpeter Esteban Batallán as a featured soloist (June 12-24).

1 week ago | chicagotribune.com | Hannah Edgar

Where most museums would open with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Intuit Art Museum, following a landmark $10 million renovation, reopened to the public recently with a ribbon-tying. Public officials and other guests turned to their neighbors and connected the ends of their ribbon scraps to create a long, interconnected artwork that will remain in the museum’s collection. It was an apt way to ring in a new chapter for this West Town institution.

2 weeks ago | wbez.org | Hannah Edgar

AMSTERDAM — At the Royal Concertgebouw, one of Europe’s most storied concert halls, Marina Mahler couldn’t stop eavesdropping on the rehearsal happening just yards away. She occasionally stopped speaking, overwhelmed by the music. “I love this part,” she breathed. The symphony she was listening to from the other side of the wall was written by her grandfather, Gustav Mahler.