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Chicago Arts & Culture
by Ray Pride | May 3, 2024
Chicken sandwich at Goose Island Beer Co.’s Salt Shed Pub
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ART
Henry Darger’s Boarding House Digs Now A $2.6 Million Lincoln Park Single-Family Home
“Henry Darger died a virtually unknown artist in 1973. Since then, he’s become a renowned ‘outsider’ artist, known for the artwork he created in a one-bedroom apartment on Webster Avenue in Lincoln Park. This month, the building where he lived and worked for 40 years will go on the market,” lists the Sun-Times. “The rehabilitated building, now a five-bedroom home, will be listed for just under $2.6 million… Built in the 1880s, the building bears little resemblance to when Darger worked in a dark-painted room and turned out an enormous amount of art that included a 15,000-page typed fantasy novel titled ‘In the Realms of the Unreal.’ … Darger’s workspace is now a media room.”
Dread Scott Raises New Flag In Venice
“Dread Scott’s unabashedly activist art once led to a Supreme Court ruling on free speech. Now during the Biennale, he tackles racist immigration policies,” reports the New York Times. “Nobody would accuse the activist-artist… of being a diplomat. He would rather dismantle power structures than sustain them. But the ‘All African People’s Consulate’ he has created as a conceptual artwork along the Grand Canal during the sixtieth Venice Biennale has quickly become a solid gathering place for the Black community in a city that hasn’t always been hospitable to people of color. The exhibition is dedicated to an imaginary union of African countries that would protect the rights of its citizens to freely move around the world.”
“It’s probably the most optimistic image of the future that the artist has ever produced, in a thirty-five-year career that has seen his work censored more times than he can recall. Indeed, death threats have accompanied him since the first days, a 1989 college installation at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, titled ‘What Is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?’ that ignited a political firestorm by asking visitors to step on the American flag.”
“Opening Passages: Photographers Respond To Chicago And Paris” Starts Saturday
A multi-site exhibition featuring installations in non-traditional venues and community spaces across Chicago via Villa Albertine opens May 4: Chicago Cultural Center (Loop), 6018|North (Edgewater), BUILD Chicago (Austin), and Experimental Station (Woodlawn) showcase ten photographers—five American, five French—”whose work explores the dynamic social landscapes of Chicago and Paris. The unique approaches of the photographers highlight the historic processes of urban redefinition taking place in both cities with subtlety and accuracy.” More here.
 
DESIGN
Paul Goldberger Says Contemporary Architecture Criticism Is “Shouting And Not A Lot Of Clarity”
Talking to Dezeen, veteran architecture critic Paul Goldberger avers, “There is a greater willingness to deal with issues and to deal with architecture as a symbol of social inequity,” but “I don’t think anything directs the public discourse now… There’s a lot of shouting and not a lot of clarity. In some ways that’s healthy. It creates a sort of chaos and it levels the playing field–almost anybody can be on it. If certain established organs of journalism had too much authority once, now, kind of nobody has the authority.”
Avondale And Logan Square Could Get Special Tax District
“Logan Square Chamber of Commerce leaders are talking with Milwaukee Avenue property owners about a new special service area that would institute a property tax to fund efforts like snow removal and special events,” reports Block Club. “Previous efforts fizzled due to the pandemic.”
Rivian Adding Over 500 Jobs For New Electric SUV In Normal
Even as Tesla continues to take multiple tumbles, “Rivian will add more than 500 jobs as it expands its electric-vehicle assembly plant in Normal to produce a new small SUV,” reports Crain’s. “It’s another way the EV maker continues to be the economic-development gift that keeps on giving for Illinois.”
 
DINING & DRINKING
Goose Island Lands By Salt Shed
Friday is opening day of Goose Island Beer Co.’s new Salt Shed Pub. The original Clybourn Brewpub closed in December after thirty-five years; some of the original tanks are part of the new establishment, located alongside the Salt Shed and the Chicago River. Head brewer Mike Jacobs promises a rotating beer list along with Goose Island standards, including 312 Wheat Ale, Bourbon County Stout and Beer Hug IPA. Executive Chef Henry Pariser will feature a mix of legacy items from the Clybourn Brewpub menu, such as the double-patty smashburger and BCS milkshake, as well as additions including a smoked trout melt—smooth inside toasted spent grain bread—and a crunchy, delicious, oversized fried chicken sandwich with gochujang, kimchi slaw and pickles. (The other treat during a preview earlier this week was the standard BCS milkshake with malt and whipped cream.) More here.
Dom’s Kitchen Closure Slams North Side Food Pantry
“Care for Real picked up 52,000 pounds of food from Dom’s last year—donations they had come to rely on as demand for food assistance has exploded,” reports Block Club.
 
FILM & TELEVISION
“The Whole World Is Watching”: Chicago Film Archives Presents Witness From Those Who Were At Chicago ’68
Chicago Film Archives will present four films from The Film Group, a Chicago production company whose cinéma vérité shot during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago “pose questions about the society we lived in then—questions that resonate in our world now.” Along with the short films, a panel of Chicagoans who were there—journalists, filmmakers, and activists—will share their own stories of the 1968 Democratic National Convention: Zayd Ayers Dohrn (moderator), writer and professor in the Department of Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern; Gordon Quinn, co-founder and senior advisor, Kartemquin Films and 1968 protestor; Don Rose, veteran journalist and political advisor, 1968 National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; Don Johnson, journalist and writer, Newsweek correspondent at the 1968 convention; and Bill Ayers, Students for a Democratic Society activist. More about the films here. Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Wednesday, May 8, 6:30pm. More here.
“Documents”: A Celebration Of Doc Films And Its Commitment To Print
“Documents” is an exhibit displaying “a celebration of this moment in Doc Films’ design history and a retrospective of our commitment to print—on paper and on celluloid,” the society Tweets. Max Palevsky Cinema lobby, May 10–12, with an opening reception May 10.
 
LIT
Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award For Chicago Author Lina Chern
The Mystery Writers of America awarded Lina Chern The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award for “Play the Fool” (Penguin Random House-Bantam) at a ceremony held earlier this week at the Marriott Marquis New York in Times Square. Lina Chern has been published in Mystery Weekly, the Marlboro Review, the Bellingham Review, Rhino, the Collagist, Black Fox Literary Magazine, and the Coil. She lives in the Chicago area with her family. “Play the Fool” is her debut novel. The Simon & Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, established in 2001, is an American literary award, presented as part of the Edgar Awards. The award was created to honor author of suspense novels, Mary Higgins Clark.
 
MEDIA
Pulitzer Prize Board Esteems Columbia University Student Journalists
With the Pulitzer Prizes around the corner, some wondered if there would be any recognition of events this week on the Columbia University Campus. The Pulitzer Prize Board posted on Thursday morning, “As we gather to consider the nation’s finest and most courageous journalism, the Pulitzer Prize Board would like to recognize the tireless efforts of student journalists across our nation’s college campuses, who are covering protests and unrest in the face of great personal and academic risk. We would also like to acknowledge the extraordinary real-time reporting of student journalists at Columbia University, where the Pulitzer Prizes are housed, as the New York Police Department was called onto campus on Tuesday night. In the spirit of press freedom, these students worked to document a major national news event under difficult and dangerous circumstances and at risk of arrest.”
 
MUSIC
“Chicago: Home of House” History Opening At Navy Pier
House music will be amplified as the Design Museum of Chicago, The Vintage House Show and Navy Pier announce the grand opening of the “Chicago: Home of House” exhibit. A culmination of extensive research and curation by the Vintage House Show team, including Lauren Lowery, Lori Branch, and Kevin McFall, alongside the Design Museum of Chicago, led by Tanner Woodford, Kevin Reader, and Haoyu Lu, the exhibit pays homage to the history and evolution of House music. “From its humble beginnings in basements, high schools, and underground clubs to its global influence on music, fashion, dance and culture, the exhibit showcases rare artifacts, photographs, and a timeline-based installation that captures the essence and spirit of the Chicago-born genre,” Navy Pier advises. Now open at Navy Pier, exhibit just west of Chicago Shakespeare. More here.
 
STAGE
Haven Theater Chicago Closing After Eleven Years
The board of directors has announced that Haven Chicago will end operations as a producing organization at the end of the season, ending with “a true full-circle final production, with a new take on Haven’s very first show, ‘Hedwig & The Angry Inch,’ directed by an alumnus of the very first Director’s Haven, JD Caudill.” Writes Josh Sobel, vice president of the board and former artistic director, “We are actively exploring options for continuing our flagship artist-development program, the Director’s Haven, which has served to platform and showcase emerging directors at the very earliest moments of their professional journeys since 2015.” “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” begins previews July 6 at The Den Theatre. More here.
Collaboraction Theatre Company Building “House of Belonging”
Collaboraction Theatre Company will build a new home to open in fall 2024 inside Humboldt Park’s Kimball Arts Center. The “House of Belonging” will feature a ninety-nine-seat flexible studio theater and a fifty-seat cabaret with a cafe-bar. The 4,000-square foot space will be a community hub presenting live theater, spoken word, music, dance, films, workshops and special events, produced by Collaboraction as well as with guest artists and companies. Both spaces will be equipped with HD multicam systems to stream live and recorded content worldwide. It will be home to The Light, Collaboraction’s youth artist-activist program, and a destination for youth events, open mics and workshops.
Collaboraction launched a $1.5 million House of Belonging capital campaign with a $200,000 CARP grant from the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events, with additional support from Kerry James Marshall and Cheryl Lynn Bruce, AV Chicago, Henry Wishcamper, Lawyers for the Creative Arts, Perkins Coie LLP and Cordogan, Clark & Associates. More here.
Applications Open For Chicago Cultural Center’s Dance Studio Residency
The Chicago Cultural Center Dance Studio Residency is an opportunity for the research and development of new dance work, and provides space, time and $10,000–$25,000 for Chicago dancemakers. Learn more and apply by Wednesday, May 22 here.
PlayMakers Laboratory Presents “Celebration of Authors Gala”
PlayMakers Laboratory will present “Celebration of Authors Gala: A Family Friendly FUNdraiser,” the company’s annual gala and a family-friendly, interactive festival on Friday, June 14 at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. The evening will feature food and drink (open bar for adults), games, silent auction, a photo booth and live performances of stories written by Chicago students throughout the school year, adapted and performed by company members. All proceeds support continued arts education programming in Chicago elementary schools. PML will also present its second annual “PlayMaker of the Year Award” to emeritus company member Carly Ciarrocchi, for her work in supporting youth voices through her national platform as an Emmy-nominated performer, writer, musician and producer, mostly in children’s media.
“Lost Generation” Of British Stage Seen
“David Byrne, the artistic director of the Royal Court theater in London, has called for the next British government to create a ‘rescue package’ to keep young people in the arts or risk losing a generation of playwrights who cannot afford to stay in the sector,” chronicles the Guardian. He said, “We don’t just need a scheme—we need an entire rescue package to come to the support of younger artists.”
 
ARTS & CULTURE & ETC.
Millennium Park Slates Summer Number Twenty
The 2024 Millennium Park twentieth anniversary summer season has been announced, including artist lineups for the seven-part Millennium Park Summer Music Series (most Mondays and Thursdays, July 1–August 8) featuring Corinne Bailey Rae, Terrace Martin, Charlie Musselwhite, Buscabulla, GZA, Protoje, Seun Kuti, and the NPR Tiny Desk contest winner. The seven-part music series is at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. The Chicago Film Office at DCASE also announced the Millennium Park Summer Film Series (Tuesdays, July 16–August 20). Films are shown on a forty-foot LED screen from the Pritzker stage with guests in the seating bowl or on the Great Lawn. Films begin at 6:30pm. In partnership with the Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals, each screening will also showcase one of the many independent film festivals in Chicago’s film community. More here.
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs Gets Grant For Youth Trauma Care
The Union League Boys & Girls Clubs, with the University of Illinois, Chicago, have been jointly awarded a $250,000 grant to support specialized Trauma-Informed Care training and programming at the Union League Boys & Girls Clubs’ standalone Club One in Pilsen and Baretto Club located in Humboldt Park. The grant will be used by ULBGC with three UIC partners: UIC Law School Restorative Justice Project; the UIC Urban Youth Trauma Center; and the UIC Office of Community Engagement and Neighborhood Health Partnerships. Funds will be used by the partners to provide Trauma-Informed Care, “a practice which seeks to understand the impact of traumatic experiences, such as discrimination or violence in schools and communities, and to respond in ways that provide pathways to healing.” The grant was issued by the American Arbitration Association-International Centre for Resolution Foundation.
 
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