Friday 11/19 – Thursday 11/25
20 SATURDAY The Chicago Historical Society’s new exhibit Wade in the Water: African American Sacred Music Traditions–curated by historian Bernice Johnson Reagon, who’s also the founder of the gospel group Sweet Honey in the Rock–examines the cultural forces behind spiritual music, from hymns to Pentecostal “shout singing.” The exhibit, which ties into the society’s ongoing program “Good News! Chicago and the Birth of Gospel Music,” opens today with performances by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the South Shore Community Chorus at 2 and Lyric baritone Robert Sims at 3:30 in the Rubloff Auditorium. Other local choruses will perform between 11 and 2 in the galleries, and music will continue tomorrow from noon to 3 at the Chicago Historical Society, Clark at North (312-642-4600). Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for students and seniors.
