In this performance presented in conjunction with Edra Soto's installation La Casa de Todos, artist SAGE DYE installs a drying line inside the sculpture and hangs a series of garments partially submerged into containers with natural dyes created from edible plants, fruits, and vegetables. The garments, created from handmade linens and heirloom textiles collected from […]

Experience a live, improvisational movement performance by Freedom From and Freedom To, an exploration and celebration of artistic circumstance. Movement and sound improvisers from all around Chicago gather in front of a live audience, where they are grouped by chance. Each group performs an improvised set, fusing diverse artistic backgrounds and practices to create unique […]

Poets from various Chicago neighborhoods harness the power of Plena, a traditional Puerto Rican musical form, as an historical tool of protest. Plena is known as the “sung newspaper” because of the way it recounts history and the everyday life of the common people.  “Of Plena and Poetry” combines poets reciting lyrics about the struggles […]

Join 6018North for an outdoor musical experience on the beach! Enjoy performances from an array of Chicago musicians from across genres as water, sustainability, and music combine for a memorable concert. Water Music on the Beach is an annual series of live performances initiated by 6018North in 2012 to highlight Chicago’s proximity to Lake Michigan. […]

In conjunction with its exhibition, Indigenous Chicago, the Newberry hosts a performance by the Black Hawk Performance Company, introduced by Dr. Dorene P. Wiese. The performance is followed by a presentation of Dancing for Our Tribe: Potawatomi Tradition in the New Millennium by Sharon Hoogstraten. The publication documents Potawatomi Regalia in the twenty-first century.

Join the Hyde Park Art Center for a live concert as part of the Hyde Park Jazz Festival featuring Inaugural Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young and his band, de deacon board. This concert honors the 100th anniversary of the birth of author James Baldwin, who was deeply connected to jazz and Black music. The […]