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were developed by WTTW11 producers and featured on our award-winning productions: Chicago Tonight, Artbeat, Arts Across Illinois and Arts Across Illinois: Centerstage.
Chicago's Redmoon Theatre enjoy making a spectacle of themselves. And the pageantry, puppetry and exaggerated scale of their
theatrical pieces have won them national acclaim.
The sirens of Greek myth were said to lure travellers with their music. Illinois roots musician and jazz guitarist Jim Kanas
may have followed their call, but he hasn't been led astray.
From his home in the hills above the Mississippi River, Erwin Thompson has heard the waters pass. And he listens closely whenever
they carry a song, storing it in his memory to share with the next generation.
