Tango the Night Away

One of the goals of It’s Evansville is to highlight the cultural events in this town as it pertains to the arts. Other publications have a large focus on nightlife and culture in this town as it pertains to wet t-shirt contests and binge drinking at the local pubs. We’re not really the wet t-shirt types, so we want to give you a few alternatives every now and then.

When you talk about culture in Evansville, nothing defines that more than our own EPO, or Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra. This weekend the EPO presents Tango! with Raul Jaurena. Jaurena was born in Montevideo, Uruguay and is the master of the bandoneón. If you aren’t really sure what a bandoneón is, don’t fret. We weren’t either until we looked it up. Think of a bandoneón as an accordion without keys. Jaurena’s musical style pays homage to the last hundred years of tango music, while still giving it his own modern flavor.

There is a show tonight at 8PM at the Victory Theatre or tomorrow afternoon at 2PM. Tickets to Tango are still available by calling 812-425-5050.

photo courtesy of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra