• Eliza Fernand: Exquisite Beach Corpse

    Join interdisciplinary artist Eliza Fernand for a deep listening scavenger hunt in which we will interrogate our individual and collective value sets and question the usefulness of classification. Participants will enact body-based research, listening to the beach environment through a microphone, then capturing a collection 

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  • Crabtree Ecotones Soundwalk

    Crabtree Nature Center and Forest Preserve District of Cook County 3 Stover Road, Barrington, Illinois

    Join artist, educator, and Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology President Eric Leonardson on a unique soundwalk to engage listening and sound-making. Ecotones are transitional areas between different ecosystems, or plant communities, where species from both communities can coexist and interact. They often exhibit increased biodiversity due 

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  • Rachel Epp Buller – Walking to Listen: Climate Moves

    What are the sounds of Newton? How do sounds change as one season gives way to another? What sounds represent life here in 2025, and how might Newton sound different in 2050? Let's go for a walk, listen to what is happening now, and imagine