{"id":21014,"date":"2024-01-07T04:48:58","date_gmt":"2024-01-07T10:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=21014"},"modified":"2023-12-31T15:04:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T21:04:10","slug":"2023-the-year-in-live-performances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/2023-the-year-in-live-performances\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: The Year In Live Performances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2023 was a slow year for live performances.\u00a0 I only managed to get to one concert and one exhibition, both since the start of November.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21015\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lizphair_ct.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"379\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lizphair_ct.jpg 379w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lizphair_ct-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/>On April 10, 1994, while watching <em>120 Minutes<\/em> in my dorm room late on a Sunday night, I saw the video for Liz Phair&#8217;s <em>Never Said<\/em>, the lead single from her debut album, for the first time.\u00a0 Nearly 30 years later, she came to the Chicago Theatre for the 30th anniversary of the release of <em>Exile in Guyville<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>This was my third time seeing Phair perform live, and the first in nearly twenty years.\u00a0 She&#8217;s become a more confident performer, finally getting over the stage fright that plagued her early career.\u00a0 She performed every song from the album, many I haven&#8217;t heard in years, if not decades.\u00a0 Overall, a good experience.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s hoping to more live music in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/disney100_bb8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21017\" src=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/disney100_bb8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/disney100_bb8.jpg 378w, http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/disney100_bb8-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/a>In the waning days of 2023, the family headed into the city to the Exhibition Hub Art Center for Disney 100: The Exhibition.\u00a0 To celebrate the 100th anniversary of what would become the Walt Disney Company, the company has opened its archives, showcasing more than 250 artifacts and works of art, costumes and props, and incredible memorabilia.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Michael was unable to join us, but the rest of us took a trip through Disney&#8217;s past, including more recent additions like the Star Wars and Marvel universes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023 was a slow year for live performances.\u00a0 I only managed to get to one concert and one exhibition, both since the start of November. 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