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Join us for The Great Filipino Songbook performance by SamaSama Project in celebration of the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. SamaSama Project was launched as Chicago‘s premiere Filipino Folk Fusion band in 2008. “SamaSama” translated as “united, together” truly lives up to their name creating a blend of Filipino folk, rock, ska, and Latin music, inspired by a 1970s musical movement called Manila Sound. Over the years, the talented group led by singer and musical actress Lou Ella Rose and husband Baron Lloyd Cabalona, a versatile musician and arranger have made their mark showcasing a fusion of Filipino traditional folk and contemporary music at many notable venues and events. SamaSama Project regularly performs around Illinois and other Midwest States. Inspired by the drive to promote diversity through music, SamaSama Project continues to captivate audiences with their unique sound that transcends all boundaries. • Lou Ella Rose – Lead Vocals and Agung (ethnic) • Baron Cabalona – Drums, Bass Guitar, Kulintang (ethnic), and Musical Director • Ran Sevilla – Rhythm Guitar and Dabakan (ethnic) • John Kniker – Lead Guitar • EJ Luna – Bass Guitar • Giga Yanong - Saxophone, Bongos,and Kulintang (ethnic) How to Attend This event is available in person and online. Attend in person at the Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, Lower Level 400 S. State Street, Chicago IL 60605 Masks are strongly encouraged in all CPL locations. Questions about visiting the library? Check out our Using the Library FAQs. Attend online via CPL‘s YouTube channel This event will take place live on CPL‘s YouTube channel. You‘ll be able to ask questions during the event as well! Can‘t make it to the live stream? We‘ll archive the video on YouTube to watch later.

Chicago Cabaret Week Opening Night 2023 features Black Voices In Cabaret/Working In Concert, Acts Of Kindness Cabaret, and Anne & Mark Burnell as they kick off cabaret week! Catch the grand opening of the 2nd annual 9-day festival celebrating all aspects of cabaret from the American Songbook, jazz, Broadway, world music and French chanson, vocal harmonies, and more! Catch Lynne Jordan, Ava Logan, Hilary Feldman, Claudia Hommel, Cindy Firing, Barbara Smith among others. Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Pre-Mother‘s Day Dinner Show

It Might As Well Be Spring with Madeline Morgan and friends. A delightful cabaret jazz performance to celebrate Mother’s Day a day early.

Cover charge:

$25 General admission online by May 10.
$20 seniors online by May 10
$30 at the door
Scrumptious dinner and drink options available (separate from cover).

Free, secure, in lot parking available.

This is a featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Chicago Cabaret Week is sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Nationally recognized award winning entertainers, Carla Gordon and David Meulemans, will make you laugh and make you sigh. Featured guests include Rabbi Charlene Brooks, Kevin Wood, and Musical Director Beckie Menzie. You’ll hear some of your favorite songs like “Makin Whoopie!” “Side by Side”, “Yiddishe Mama” and more.

Admission includes a pre-show reception. Profits benefit Congregation Bene Shalom.

The Borscht Belt Buddies are kvelling to participate in Chicago Cabaret Week. The “Buddies” will tickle your funny bone and touch your heart.

Cabaret fans enter discount code “Borscht” to get $10 discount on each ticket, as our way of saying “Thank you” to the cabaret community. “Such a deal!”

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Chicago Cabaret Week is sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Sama Sama Project bedazzles the most memorable Filipino songs undoubtedly shaped by American music from the past century. In 1898, when Spain ceded its sovereignty over the Philippines to the US, the American regime brought a lasting influence on Philippine culture reinforced by public education, mass printing and a taste of American popular entertainment especially in music. Our greatest Filipino composers, some educated in Chicago conservatories, created their best works during America’s golden era of Music.

$25 food and beverage minimum – No cover charge. Event will not be ticketed, but reservations are highly recommended. Call (773)-244-9191.

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

A non-traditional look at celebrating the mothers in your life!!! If your mom isn‘t a brunch and mimosa type of woman, this is the show for HER!!! Good pizza, cold beer and great entertainment! Part of the 2023 Cabaret Week celebration! Cast includes: THE MOTHERS - Carol Weston, Lou Galecki and Ruth Fuerst THE OTHERS - Kevin Wood and Beckie Menzie, Visit https://www.eventbrite.com/o/kevin-woodopus-one-33711335979 for tickets!

Producer and entertainer Kevin Wood heads the cast of Mothers & Others!, a celebration of mothers in our lives. Ruth Fuerst, Carol Weston, and Lou Galecki join Kevin and singer-pianist Beckie Menzie to present an equally poignant and comedic look at Mom’s special day.

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Memorable and empowering soul songs that transformed musical theater.

"De-Lovely: An Evening of Cole Porter with Elizabeth Doyle and David Edelfelt" has brought audiences to their feet in Chicago, Paris, Feinstein’s in New York, Carmel, Indiana, and San Francisco, as well as the Cole Porter Festival. Taking turns at the piano, Elizabeth and David present some of Porter’s most well-known songs as well as a few lesser-known gems, along with a few custom comedy parodies that rival Porter’s own genius. Come celebrate Porter’s enduring appeal!

Performance only: 7:15 pm $25

Dinner and performance: 6:00 pm $55

Reservations must be made in advance by calling The Club at (312) 922-8080 or emailing reservations@cliff-chicago.org.

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

In a city brimming with classic blues and jazz divas, Lynne Jordan stands apart . Not only do her soaring vocals dip effortlessly into blues, jazz, funk, rock and even country but her bawdy personality wins over any crowd.

The Beaus are back for the 2023 season with new sparkles, new arrangements and new guests! This night we‘ll be joined by Kathleen Bakthari and a special opening set from The Peppermint Patties!

Join us at Hey Nonny in Arlington Heights on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:30pm for Cabaret Week 2023. Tickets start at $15.

Hailing from New York City, Lexa Maxa has now come to call Chicago home. This unique cabaret show is inspired by Lexa’s performance background in pop music as a singer-songwriter and musical theatre. Her set is peppered with hits Come to the Cabaret, All That Jazz, Edge of Glory, Rich Girl, What Baking Can Do, Burn, and more surprises.

Emily Cox opens with “I Do, I Did, I’m Done” – Imagine getting married THREE TIMES within a year to the same man–during a pandemic!! Caterers, cancellations and calamity, Southern ‘socially-distanced’ turnouts, and ever-changing elopement dates are all set against an unpredictable Covid crisis.

Cover charge: $15 suggested donation. Reserve your place at the Fulton Street Collective Website.

This is a featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Chicago Cabaret Week is sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

This charming trio of Carolyn Broquet, Tirzah Joy and Barbara Smith brings dynamic harmonies to the classic hits of the Andrews Sisters, swing, and boogie woogie. Featuring Sami Scot on piano and accordion and Steve Thomas on trumpet. Don’t sit under the apple tree without them!

$20 cover. Dinner and drinks available.

Event website link takes you to Le Piano reservation webpage. Select date 5/18 and put in comment box “Swingin’ Sisters Show”

Contact Chad Willetts at (773) 209-7631 with any questions.

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Dee Alexander’s talents span every music genre, from Gospel to R&B, from Blues to Neo-Soul. Yet her true heart and soul are experienced in their purest form through her performance of Jazz music. From a soft, sultry traditional ballad, to a contemporary Jazz-Funk groove; from a high flying swing, to a scat-filled romp, Dee Alexander delivers each style with a passion and love of music that comes across in each and every note, and with a style and grace that is truly her own. She joins the Chicago cabaret community as a gifted storyteller in song.

DJ DUANE POWELL will open the show at 7pm sharp

General Admission – $17, Limited Row Seating, bar seating and standing room (seating is first come, first served)

Table – $25, Guaranteed, reserved table seating. Tables seat 4 guests, so if you have less than 4 in your party you may be sharing a table. Seating is first come first served.

VIP – $32, Guaranteed, reserved table seating in the first 2 rows. Tables seat 4 guests, so if you have less than 4 in your party you may be sharing a table. Seating is first come first served.

Couch Section (Seats 6 Guests) – $175, reserved couch section for 6 guests.

Featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Chicago Cabaret Week is sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

A musical potpourri of Beckie & Tom’s BRAND NEW ARRANGEMENTS of songs by Barry Manilow, Cole Porter, Dave Brubeck, Irving Berlin, Stevie Wonder and more! These are songs we’ve wanted to sing for years. An exciting new show of Broadway, jazz, and 60’s and 70’s classic pop.

This is a featured performance of Chicago Cabaret Week 2023. Chicago Cabaret Week is Sponsored by WDCB 90.9fm, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago DCASE, and Choose Chicago.

Stop in for Carolyn‘s signature piano and vocals on her monthly night at Drew‘s. Often featuring special guest singers! $25 food/beverage minumum Reservations recommended $5 parking available

Irving Berlin: Jazz and the American Dream Spider performs this great music and stories about great songwriter with her jazz quartet featuring Pete Benson, Dan DeLorenzo and Eric Schneider. A fun night of great jazz with a comedic twist! Sets at 5:30 and 7:30

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS Host - Bob Howell. Music Director – Dan Stetzel Everybody is talking about the weather and we have something to say about it, too. Come listen to what our team has to say: Beth Halevy, Staci Kelley, Michelle Lazowski, Mario Mazzetti, Duncan Moore, Barbara Smith, Sean Stoudt, AND SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY: Punkin p $18 cover charge + 2 drink minimum For reservations contact www.Davenportspianobar.com or www.Eventbrite.com