More from last week's visit from @nbcnightlynews and @lesterholtnbc ! Thank you again to @jazzinstitute for making this happen. Photos by Kent Richmond. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #LesterAcrossAmerica #jazz #jazzinstitute

Part 2. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #shakespeare @thomasmohrphotography

Photos from January's Shakespeare Festival! The Comedy of Errors and The Winter's Tale.Thank you to @thomasmohrphotography ! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #shakespeare

A few of the Academy Spring Saturday Program students! Great job these past 10 weeks! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts

Well, that was awesome! Thank you to Lester Holt for visiting us today at The Academy! Lester jammed with Academy senior Micah Collier, sophomore Isabella Isherwood, and Alejandro Salazar from Addison Trail High School. They discussed their love of jazz and their work with the Jazz Ambassadors program at The Jazz Institute. The piece will air tonight at 5:30pm on NBC Nightly News! Thank you Mekeda Johnson-Brooks and Heather Ireland Robinson from the Jazz Institute for helping to make this happen! @jazzinstitute @nbcnightlynews @nbcchicago @lesterholtnbc #SmartArtistsSmartArt #nbcnightlynews #lesteracrossamerica #jazz #jazzinstitute

Student-Composed Opera! Join Joseph, Mariclare, and Ilana for their opera "Planet X" on May 13th at 7:30 p.m. Presented in collaboration with with Ensemble Dal Niente. Poster image by Violet Moyer #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #opera

Some photos from Friday's Music Department presentation of "Dido and Aeneas"! What a great performance! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #opera

Senior Micah Collier performing at @andysjazzclub last week! Sounded awesome! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #jazz

The Music Department vocalists present "Dido and Aeneas'! This Friday at 6pm. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #opera

Part 2. Photos by @thomasmohrphotography ! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #musical #merrilywerollalong

Throwback to Musical Theatre's "Merrily We Roll Along"! Thanks to everyone for coming out these past two weeks for "All Shook Up"! Photos by @thomasmohrphotography #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #musical #merrilywerollalong

More from the Spring Exhibition! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #painting #drawing

Visual Arts Spring Exhibition 2018 #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #painting #drawing

Rehearsal for tomorrow's Spring Jazz Concert at @jazz_showcase ! Tickets on our website. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #jazz

Theatre Department Senior Show! Next Friday at The Academy. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #theatre

Rehearsal for the Spring Dance Concert! Next Saturday, May 5 at @athenaeumchicago #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #dance

Tonight! Still just a few tickets left for this weekend! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #allshookup

Media Arts Seniors. Thursday, May 3rd. 7pm. Be there. #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts

Join the Theatre Department on April 26th for the Directing Showcase, presented by the juniors in the Department! #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts #theatre #directing

The Visual Arts Spring Exhibition is next Friday, April 27th at 5pm! Thank you to the support of the @luminartsculturalfoundation #SmartArtistsSmartArt #CAArts