Theater Performances in Illinois

Join us for an evening of live music! 🍉 6pm - potluck/social hour 🎤 7pm - show 💵 $20-30 suggested donation 👨‍👩‍👧 All ages, family-friendly YAGODY’s music is an initiation ritual. It is the wind across the steppe. It is the voice of your ancestors. A living energy, a musical trance, a dance of voices. YAGODY performs in a style we call ethno-drama — traditional Ukrainian vocal polyphony blended with theatrical storytelling and ritualistic elements. On stage, their performance becomes a living rite, unfolding between song, physical presence, rhythm, and silence. This is not just a concert, but an immersive experience where the human voice becomes a vessel of memory and the stage turns into a shared ritual space. YAGODY’s songs weave together Ukrainian laments, motifs from different cultures, and subtle theatrical magic. YAGODY’s music feels like letters from the past that were never delivered — a garden of memory where past and present embrace. YAGODY took part in Ukraine’s Eurovision National Selection (2024–2025) and has toured internationally, performing at major festivals and venues including FITS (Romania), Pannonica (Poland), Rudolstadt Festival (Germany), and Sziget (Hungary). Their performances have reached audiences across Europe and North America, presenting Ukrainian vocal tradition as a living, contemporary art form. ================== The potluck is optional, but is a great chance to connect others in the audience and maybe even share a meal with the artist. It also helps ensure the artist isn't having to have a meal from a gas station. We'll provide the plates, bowls, silverware, napkins, and, if you need it, serving spoons. Feel free to bring anything you'd like--an entrée, appetizer, dessert, or drink to share. Bring something you will enjoy eating, because if you enjoy it it is likely others will as well. ================ Crossroads Cultural Connections is supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, through federal funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Humanities, the Doris and Ken Kolb Charitable Trust, Big Bluestem Wind, and generous donors like you!

Using various musical forms, including hip-hop and jazz, this dynamic musical production commemorates the struggles, recognizes the heroes, and celebrates the story of America’s African sons and daughters.Using various musical forms, including hip-hop and jazz, this dynamic musical production commemorates the struggles, recognizes the heroes, and celebrates the story of America’s African sons and daughters.From the beginning of American slavery to the Reconstruction, the Great Migration, the Civil Rights Era and modern movements for justice,1619 packs generations of history into a two-hour musical theater experience that traces the African-American journey towards freedom and equality.