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Summer in Chicago | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

free chamber concerts all summer with classical music chicago. string quartets, soloists, and a mission nearly 50 years strong to make classical music open to everyone. ode.fm/collection/2...

Classical Music Chicago | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

welcome classical music chicago. july’s lineup is rich, and it costs nothing to hear it. listen in ode.fm/organizer/206

Jahnvi Madan: Reimagining Seattle Jazz for a New Generation | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

clarinet. composition. community. jahnvi madan does all three, inviting audience and students to listen, respond, and feel

profile & interview by @paige.ode.fm

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A Broken Promise: Seattle Arts Push Forward Despite NEA Cuts | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

since 1965, the nea stood for national access, public good, and artistic vision. in 2025, the trump administration called that misaligned—and cut it ode.fm/article/nea-...

by @sydneyjackson.bsky.social

if ode’s being weird, it’s not you. cloudflare’s down and took half the internet with it

split down the middle.
team red. team blue.
no script. no fourth wall.
only gravity, trust, and the chance to choose again.
by @paige.ode.fm
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Full Circle: Lesley Hampton on Heritage, Accessibility, the Transformative Power of Fashion | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

luxury shouldn’t mean exclusion; lesley hampton builds garments and communities that celebrate every body type and story. buff.ly/HtK6iVq

A New Era: Indigenous Identity & Empowerment at SWAIA Native Fashion Week | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

indigenous fashion isn’t just regalia. it’s revival, resistance, and renaissance. swaia native fashion week brought designers together in santa fe. handmade beadwork, couture corsets, ancestral stories woven into fabric. we’re living in a cultural rebirth buff.ly/hWnVScQ

Last Minute Plans: May 23 - 25 | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

this weekend: firebird in sf, lawn chair liftoff in chicago, ligeti and spoken word in santa fe. mental health meets music in portland, dover quartet hits seattle, and vancouver’s inner elder cuts deep. joy, depth, and a little absurdity. buff.ly/FfYtuEQ

Audrey Koh and A Spring Finale with PSSO | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

audrey koh joined psso looking for community. she found it in beethoven, string section jokes, and a room full of people who show up for each other. buff.ly/icos6p2

Muse in the Line of Fire: An Administration Intent on Dismantling Six Decades of Artistic Endeavors | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

arts orgs across the country just lost NEA funding they were promised. rehearsals paused. premieres canceled. the damage is already here. buff.ly/ZBPn1xm

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Muse in the Line of Fire: An Administration Intent on Dismantling Six Decades of Artistic Endeavors | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

arts orgs across the country just lost NEA funding they were promised. rehearsals paused. premieres canceled. the damage is already here. buff.ly/ZBPn1xm

Last Minute Plans: May 9 - 11 | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

this weekend: new music in vancouver, high drama in seattle, native fashion week in santa fe, and a season finale in chicago. portland gets verdi, vegas gets beethoven, sf gets heart, and boston gets price and rachmaninoff.

Memory, Reclamation, and the Depths of Deep River | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

deep river isn’t just dance. it’s memory in motion. breath as resistance. light as testimony. alonzo king doesn’t choreograph history, he channels it. buff.ly/Ou55PKh

if you’re curious about our org structure just watch Devs

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h: 239°
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b: 96%
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a little electric a little emotional unmistakably ode blue

Seattle Arts & Lectures | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

a conversation with ocean vuong on the emperor of gladness—chosen family, memory, second chances. q&a with thanh tân. june 1 in seattle. book included. buff.ly/rlcR4bZ

Nestled Between Mountain and Sea: Vancouver Joins Ode | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

hello, vancouver. it’s been a minute, but we’re thrilled to be here. ode is now live in your city—and we’re just getting started.

Celestial Bodies, Earthly Connections: Experiencing The Planets and Diaspora | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

a saxophone solo, nasa footage, and a mother’s quiet tears. diaspora and the planets at seattle symphony reminded me why we built ode. music should belong to everyone. words by @paige.ode.fm

Last Minute Plans: April 4-6 | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

this weekend spans continents, centuries, and marilyn monroe. string works in sf, ballet in portland, photo history in seattle, poetry in santa fe, verdi in vegas, shostakovich in chicago, and carousel in boston. a little something for every timeline.

The Erasure and Reclamation of Clara Schumann | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

her piano trio in g minor, op. 17 isn’t just a romantic-era gem. it’s a declaration. bold, expressive, and structurally masterful, it holds its own alongside the greatest works of her time.

Last Minute Plans: March 28-29 | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

your guide to this weekend: emma donoghue in seattle, albee in portland, bruch + schumann in chicago. sf gets johan dalene, santa fe brings the heart, and boston lifts opera into the air

Sensory Friendly Family Concert - Sat, Apr 12 | Ode We’re excited to continue the S...

back by popular demand: sfco’s sensory friendly concerts return. designed for our neurodivergent community, but open to all—fidget toys, space to move, no sudden loud sounds

Mao Fujita - Sun, Mar 16 | Ode Don’t miss this chance to hear ...

mao fujita at @chicagosymphony.bsky.social tomorrow. mozart’s sonatas, beethoven’s brilliance, and chopin’s poetry—played with precision and soul. a rare chance to hear a rising star in action ode.fm/event/1876

Deleting Women’s History Won’t Silence the Women Who Composed It | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

wrote this piece about the women in classical music who history tried to erase. they weren’t given space, so they carved out their own. their music is proof that erasure isn’t the end.

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Deleting Women’s History Won’t Silence the Women Who Composed It | Ode Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

women in classical music have always been here. they weren’t given space, so they carved out their own. their work survived because they refused silence

Barbie The Movie: In Concert Ode is your guide to fine and performing arts. Discover events, connect with organizations, and stay inspired by classical and contemporary culture near you.

barbie the movie, but with a live orchestra. seattle symphony takes it up a notch with the bangers from lizzo, dua lipa, nicki minaj, ice spice, charli xcx, and the original score

classical music and fine arts fans rejoice. alongside sf, chicago, seattle, portland, boston, vegas, and santa fe, we’ve heard you. la and vancouver are next

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