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Chicagoan Diane Delin has got the world on a string. Considered one of the finest jazz violinists in the country, she's played
for the President and toured with Frank Sinatra and Ray Charles.
In the heyday of silent films, deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences flocked to movie houses and nickelodeons. Some Chicago film
buffs are working hard to bring audiences back to theatres.
Balancing grace and power, JASC Tsukasa Taiko creates driving rhythms that reflect the religious rites and military uses that
have left their mark on Japanese drumming.