CCPA News

Now that Illinois has a new governor and Chicago has elected a new mayor, the first order of business for our political leaders needs to be saving the state’s colleges and universities.

At a time when the number of hate groups in America is rising, Roosevelt University is shifting focus toward understanding hate and working together for solutions in a new project: the Considering Matthew Shepard Residency.

Thomas J. Kernan, assistant professor of music history at Roosevelt University, is the recipient of the Newberry Library’s prestigious Rudolph Ganz Long-Term Fellowship.

Inspiration can be found in all places, and for CCPA faculty member and internationally-recognized composer, director and essayist Daron Hagen, it was discovered for his newest work in legendary filmmaker, actor, activist and visual artist Orson Welles. Hagen’s Orson Rehearsed, which will premiere at Chicago’s Studebaker Theatre, is described as a “70-minute multimedia Joycean stream of consciousness dreamscape.” It is a work that focuses on the last hour of Welles’s life, implementing an enormous variety of multimedia components and improvisational elements.

Critically acclaimed jazz vocalist Rose Colella drives audiences and critics alike simply wild with her performances, with an “elegantly tipsy” voice that frequently headlines top jazz clubs around Chicago. She, however, also travels to myriad top clubs and venues around the country: here she is masterfully singing “You Made Me Love You” at the Metropolitan Room in New York City. She’ll be returning to The Big Apple on July 26, 2018 at 7 p.m. to perform at the Triad Theatre.