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Channeling the Duke Vocalist Paul Marinaro will celebrate the release of his most ambitious recording project to date with shows on Jan. 24 and 25 at Studio5 in Evanston. Marinaro and his dectet will perform selections from “Mood Ellington,” a double album of 25 Duke Ellington and/or Billy Strayhorn compositions. Fresh off a tour of Italy that included appearances in Gravina, Bari, Palermo and Rome and a visit to his ancestral hometown of San Fele, Basilicata, Marinaro is as in touch with his heritage as he is with the Great American songbook. Often compared to Bennett and Sinatra, he carries …

Having taught herself to sculpt marble, Jyl Bonaguro has set her sights on a contemporary re-imagining of one of the medium’s towering masterworks. For years, Jyl Bonaguro had a vision so clear it was almost haunting: sculpting a female figure in marble on the scale of Michelangelo’s David. Bonaguro, the current president of Chicago Sculpture International, is fundraising for her project to create Modern Athena, which has received grants from the Illinois Arts Council and the Cliff Dwellers Arts Foundation. Bonaguro tells Fra Noi about her passion for art, how she found her way to sculpting, and her determination to …