The Ravinia Festival, which serves as the summer home of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, announced its launch of a $75 million renovation plan that will improve acoustics and infrastructure at its main performance pavilion and provide artists with better back-stage facilities. The project will help the festival prepare for its 125th anniversary in 2029. A Tempo host Rachel Katz interviews Ravinia President and CEO Jeffrey Haydon about these plans and Ravinia's place in the Chicago area's cultural scene.
The program also includes a chat with former Opera Philadelphia President and CEO David Devan, now a consultant to non-profit organizations, about some of the uncertainty facing the arts world amid announcements and executive orders coming from the Trump Administration, including the leadership shake-up at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington.
