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Jeff Kolar
@jeffkolar.bsky.social
Artist & Composer. http://jeffkolar.us
Out today on Biom Editions in Greece!

_biom04: JEFF KOLAR - USEFUL RADIO

radio voices, citizen listening and the intimacy of signals

biom.bandcamp.com/album/biom04...
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Set times announced!

Sun Sep 14 2025
Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N. Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL 60608

The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days across the entire conservatory fairgrounds.
September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
My new album At Bay is out everywhere today!

“At Bay” was originally commissioned by choreographer Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian for their dance work “At Bay”, and premiered in March 2025.

Thanks for listening :)
July 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Honored to present new work next month at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion!

Saturday, August 9, 1-4pm
Monday, August 18, 5-8pm

Angel Bat Dawid & Eyeisha Sistrunk
Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar
David Bird
Glenn Kotche
Myles Emmons
Paige Alice Naylor
Saapato
Zouning Anne Liao

More info: ess.org/sonic-pavili...
July 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Reposted by Jeff Kolar
Gosh, the Petrushka work in progress was good, but the new dance by Noelle Kayser—a young choreographic fellow at Ballet X—“Scales on the Wings of a Butterly,” to a score by Jeff Kolar, a was just breathtaking. We all gasped when the curtain opened, and it got a standing ovation.
July 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Tonight in Chicago
July 11, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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✨🌱Poster for the 2025 Plantasia show at the Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago🌱✨
June 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Reposted by Jeff Kolar
September 14–15, 2025
Garfield Park Conservatory

Yes to all that is on the poster. All in the alt if interested for a clearer look outside of the art.
June 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Reposted by Jeff Kolar
Plantasia Festival in Chicago, Sept. 14

Source: TicketWeb. Sun Sep 14 2025 - Mon Sep 15 2025 6:00 PM (Doors 5:30 PM) Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at…
Plantasia Festival in Chicago, Sept. 14
Source: TicketWeb. Sun Sep 14 2025 - Mon Sep 15 2025 6:00 PM (Doors 5:30 PM) Garfield Park Conservatory 300 N. Central Park Ave. Chicago, IL 60608 The long-running celebration of ambient and electronic music returns, taking place over two beautiful days at the end of summer across the entire conservatory fairgrounds, including a new expanded outdoor stage. Brought to you by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents and Garfield Park Conservatory.
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June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Reposted by Jeff Kolar
CHICAGO: Live performances by Jeff Kolar, Kara-Lis Coverdale, Tim Hecker and many more at Garfield Park Conservatory for Plantasia Festival, presented by Sacred Bones and The Empty Bottle
www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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looking forward to Plantasia 2025 here in Chicago 🌺🌸🌻🌷
June 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Just announced! Excited for this one.

Join us at Plantasia at Garfield Park Conservatory in Chicago on Sept. 14 and 15. Presented by Sacred Bones, Empty Bottle Presents, and Garfield Park Conservatory.

Early Bird Two Day Passes are on sale now.

Tickets: www.ticketweb.com/event/empty-...
June 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’

www.cnn.com/2025/03/14/s...
Mysterious radio pulses from the Milky Way ‘are unlike anything we knew before’ | CNN
Astronomers say they have traced a mysterious pulsing in the Milky Way to a surprising source: a dead star locked in a dance with another star.
www.cnn.com
March 15, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Final performance tonight at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

“At Bay” 
Dance - Serouj Aprahamian and Jennifer Monson
Music - Jeff Kolar

March 6, 2025 - March 8, 2025
7:30 PM CST

Photos by Natalie Fiol

Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...
March 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Making this new work with dancers Jennifer Monson and Serouj Aprahamian has been an absolute pleasure. Come see the premiere tonight at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

March 6 - 8, 2025
7:30 PM CST

Tickets: krannertcenter.com/events/studi...
March 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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March 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
🖤
March 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Radio, Radio, Radio:
Rick Prelinger, Anna Friz, Jeff Kolar

By Marc Weidenbaum @disquiet.bsky.social

disquiet.com/2025/02/26/r...
February 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Tonight in Santa Cruz.

UCSC presents The Other Spectrum, including a lecture by @footage.bsky.social on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar.

DARK Lab, Digital Arts Research Center
University of California Santa Cruz
Free admission
7:00 - 9:00 PM
February 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Saturday in San Francisco at The Lab.

The Lab present The Other Spectrum, including of a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz & Jeff Kolar.

Tickets: link.dice.fm/f66a90feb387...
link.dice.fm
February 21, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I’m incredibly honored to present The Other Spectrum, a new evening length performance featuring a lecture by Rick Prelinger on “useful radio,” and a live transmission art performance by Anna Friz and Jeff Kolar. Please join!

Feb 22 @ The Lab (San Fran)

Feb 25 @ UCSC Digital Arts Research Center
February 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Rehearsal
February 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Thanks for having me @anindexof.bsky.social 🖤
February 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Tomorrow in Santa Cruz, California

Repost Indexical

Join us for an evening of improvised and composed music with LA-based ensemble Gneiss and Chicago sound artist Jeff Kolar.

Gneiss + Jeff Kolar
Sat., Feb. 8, 2025
Doors at 8pm | Show at 8:30pm
tickets via indexical.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM