Conversation with Orbert Davis
October 4 at 6:00
Art Institute
Free
Trumpeter Orbert Davis and art historian Kym Pinder discuss artist Romare Bearden's connection with jazz.

Conversation with Branford Marsalis
October 11 at 6:00
Art Institute
Members and students with ID: $10, public, $15
American jazz and classical saxophonist Branford Marsalis discusses his innovative international musical career as well as his passion for collecting art, particularly the work of collagist Romare Bearden. He is joined Art Institute President and Director James Cuno. Tickets required. Cosponsored with Jazz at Symphony. Jazz at Symphony Center subscribers receive free admission: contact the CSO box office at (312) 294-3000.

Conversation with Alex Ross
November 6 at Noon
Art Institute
Free with museum admission
New Yorker critic Alex Ross discusses his new book, The Rest is Noise, with host Andrew Patner.

Conversation with Sam Stephenson
November 16 at 6:30
Art Institute
Member and students with ID: $10, public $15
Sam Stephenson, media historian, sheds new light on Thelonious Monk's famous "Town Hall" concert through newly available film and audio clips by W. Eugene Smith, one of Time-Life's greatest photojournalists. Tickets required. He is joined by musician Jason Moran. Jazz at Symphony Center subscribers receive free admission: contact the CSO box office at (312) 294-3000.

Conversation with Edward Albee
December 7 at 6:00
Art Institute
Members and students with ID: $10, public, $15
Playwright Edward Albee, perhaps best known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is joined in conversation by Chicago theater critic Richard Christiansen. Tickets required. Presented in association with Goodman Theatre.

Conversation with Brian Dennehy
December 20 at 6:00
Art Institute
Members and students with ID: $10, public, $15
Winner of two Tony Awards, actor Brian Dennehy considers what has made the plays of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller so essential to our lives as well as the state of contemporary theater today. Tickets required. Presented in association with Goodman Theatre.

Conversation/Concert with Philip Glass
February 9 at 6:00
Art Institute
Members and students with ID: $25, public, $30
Through his operas, symphonies, works for ensemble, and his collaborations with artists of various media, composer and musician Philip Glass has had an extraordinary and unprecedented impact upon the music and intellectual life of our times. Included in this program will be Wichita Vortex Sutra, a piano and poetry duet performed live with an audio recording of the voice of Allen Ginsberg, and a selection of Glass's recent Etudes for piano. Tickets required.

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