It can't be easy to travel with musical instruments from the Middle Ages. Have you tried fitting a hurdy gurdy into the overhead compartment of a commercial airliner? If you're Sting, you don't fly commercial. You have your lutes, synclaviers and mandolins in your entourage. While Music of the Baroque is between seasons, you can still get a heavy classical fix at the annual GPMF. It kicks off Jun 11 with the Tchaikovsky Extravaganza. The Water Music and Barber and Haydn bill should get you stiff in the knickers, too.
Do you smell that? That aroma of well-oiled leather, Scottish dew and man musk? Sting is in town. Yesterday, the pop star appeared at the Cadillac Palace Theatre to promote his new musical, The Last Ship, which will run June 10 to July 13 at Bank of America Theatre before setting sail for Broadway. So, as the kinks are worked out, the enigmatic bassist will be a man about our town.
It is our duty to make sure everyone in Chicago has things to do, from the commoner to the guy who wrote "King of Pain." So, Sting, this is for you. Or any of those who wants to live like Sting. (We figured you'd draw the line at Medieval Times.) Click the headlines for more info.
