Featuring works of Steve Reich, April Dawn Guthrie and David Lang this minimalist inspired program includes Reich’s entrancing and meditative Piano Phase (1967) and his not often performed 4 Organs (1970). Filling out the program is Guthrie’s beautiful and provocative Boarding School Run (2024) and Lang’s energetic and virtuosic Learn To Fly (2013).
Athenaeum Center for Thought & Culture presents
Eighth Blackbird: Kinetic Machine
Learn to Fly
April 6, 2026
7:00PM
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Event Details
Doors Open: 6:30pm
Show Begins: 7:00pm
Running Time: ~60 minutes
Ages: All Ages
Performance Space: Paradiso
Address: 2936 N Southport Ave. Chicago, IL 60657