Do you know your next door neighbor? How about the family down the block who moved in last fall? It’s not always easy to get to know folks in your neighborhood. So, why not learn how to host a block party in your neighborhood?
I was blown away the first time I heard the Music Institute of Chicago’s Academy Chamber Orchestra perform in 2008. Sitting in Nichols Hall with my daughters, we heard Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings played with both exquisite precision and intense emotion.