no
It’s a warm Thursday summer evening on campus, and a few hundred people are enjoying a beverage and cheese platter in the Krannert Center lobby as they listen to the Kurt Reeder ORGANization, a jazz quintet that plays songs from the masters of the jazz organ like Jimmy Smith and Joey DeFranceso. This is Krannert Center Uncorked, a free concert series on many Thursdays throughout the year, which aims to provide a showcase for central Illinois musicians of many genres.
Krannert Center has long established itself as a premier performance space for international performing artists, hosting world-class orchestras, dance ensembles, and theatre troupes for over half a century. In the early 2000s, as part of their mission to encourage “…public engagement through the pursuit of excellence and innovation in the performing arts,” Krannert Center launched their Uncorked series at Stage 5 in their lobby to expand their offerings to local musicians and help bring the community together.
Read the full article by Sean Kutzko over at FAA Dimension.