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Various Small Noises

Monthly newsletter with shows + updates + tiny recommendations from sound artist + composer Lia Kohl

Newsletter · By Lia Kohl · Official site

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Sep 2, 2026
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Latest issues

  1. Issue · Sep 2, 2026

    Some poems, swan photos, and a tuna melt (opens the original)

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    Hi buddies,Happy September. In Chicago it still feels like dog days, but after a pretty chill August I’m diving back into many projects.I just finished working on the first iteration of Swans, a performance collaboration with Jess Bass, which we realized up in Milwaukee last week. It was such an adventure, challenge, and joy to work on this piece over the last nine months, and see it come to life through dancers and musicians from Chicago and Milwaukee. Making art in and for public space is one

  2. Issue · Aug 2, 2026

    Swans, cucumber soup, identifying trees (opens the original)

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    Hi buddies,I’ve been on and off of lots of planes in the last few weeks, now happily getting my land legs back in Chicago. I’ve been in Detroit, New York, and San Francisco, and got to see both of my parents in a matter of weeks — a rare occurrence. A lovely side effect of traveling so much for work is that I get to see them both more often. In addition to being my parents, they are wonderful, insightful people and artists, and I am grateful to spend time with them.I also got to experience my fi

  3. Issue · Jul 6, 2026

    Wrestling, an open call, a voicemail poem. (opens the original)

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    Hi buddies,It’s July! I hope this finds you dipping in a cool lake or eating a popsicle. It’s a little cooler today than it has been here in Chicago and I’m enjoying having the windows open again.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="22

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