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The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) has announced its 2010-2011 season of performance events, which will include an appearance by Stew and The Negro Problem (November 12-13). Stew and his Afro-Baroque cabaret band will be joined by his Passing Strange collaborator, Heidi Rodewald, for the concerts.

Also on the MCA schedule is The Astronaut's Butterfly (September 9-26), a new production from Redmoon Theater that's inspired by 1950s science fiction; EMPIRE (Art and Politics) (October 2-3), a fictionalized re-enactment of a Napoleonic battle from the Vienna and Paris-based company, Superamas; El Gallo (October 6-10), an experimental opera from the Mexico City-based Teatro de Ciertos Habitantes, with MAVerick Ensemble; and Mark O'Rowe's Terminus, a production from the Abbey Theatre of Ireland.

In addition to these productions, the MCA will present dance pieces from Big Dance Theater (November 4-7), Sankai Juku (October 20), and Trisha Brown Dance (April 15-17) as well as concerts from the International Contemporary Ensemble (September 11, February 24 and June 4) and JAS Tsukasa Taiko (December 19).

For further information, visit: www.mcachicago.org.