Monday, June 25, 2007

千年公园

临走想买个小东西做纪念,挑了一个芝加哥千年公园(Millennium Park)的磁性粘贴。

这个公园大概是我见过最好的公园了,好看又实用。北部的城市大都很稀罕夏天,芝加哥真是做到了极致。从6月初到8月底,这个公园的演出几乎天天不断,再加上周围几个公园的场地,每天都有高水平的演出,而且都是免费的。到了傍晚,很多人就呼朋唤友拖家带口的来了。如果想专心听音乐,就坐到前面的座位上。很多人更喜欢坐在后面大片的草地上,带上几把躺椅,一张毯子,吃的喝的,边看演出边玩。还有的直接躺在睡袋里,尽管到这里来睡觉的原因不是很明显。整个草场的上面像是扣了一个稀疏的面罩,不锈钢管交叉点上都挂了音箱,所以不管坐在什么位置听音乐的效果都是一样的。演出场地边上的两个雕塑,“大豆子”和王冠喷泉也非常有趣,每天都有一堆的大人小孩在边上玩。

在芝加哥呆了近两个月,来这里听了5,6场音乐会,见了个把老友,认识了几个新的,吃了些,也喝了些。回去把公园帖到冰箱上,有机会再来玩。



附:C,演出场地(Jay Pritzker Pavilion)和洛杉矶的Walt Disney Concert Hall的确是一个人设计的——Frank Gehry

3 comments:

Little Owl said...

I enjoyed your posts of music in Chicago. I liked the Jazz festival in Grand Park, not sure if it the same thing. Was about to say there is a jazz bar called Green Mill on broadway, of historical and Mafia fame, has wonderful intimate acts. See you are about to leave, so this is for next time you return.

bing said...

little owl,

I was looking forward to the Jazz festival too but it's in August this year. So this is something for next time too, along with Green Mill ^_^

Anonymous said...

Don't you love Google. I knew it was from the same architect...