This week’s featured gig poster was created by artist and performer Cristal Sabbagh with assistance from Natalya Sturlis and Scott Rubin.
Tag: performance
Posted inArts & Culture
Darling Shear is ready to fly
The artist’s piece Querida is a personal performance presenting sexuality, sensuality, and healing from trauma.
Posted inArts & Culture
A live-lit series wants you to ask yourself, Am I Man Enough?
Be prepared to take a serious look at toxic masculinity, led by Ada Cheng.
Posted inBlogs
Links Hall turns trading post for a festival of artistic exchange
Five Chicago-based artists have invited out-of-town guests for a series of joint performances.
Posted inBest of Chicago
Comfort Station is a calming cure for Logan Square whiplash
A visit to this longstanding cultural hub is the perfect antidote to overstimulation.
Posted inMusic
Alvin Lucier is sitting in a room (at the MCA)
Composer Alvin Lucier comes to Chicago for a three-day retrospective.
Posted inArts & Culture
Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers takes it over the top
Chicago League of Lady Arm Wrestlers takes it over the top
Posted inArts & Culture
Too Much Light at 25: An oral history
The Neo-Futurists reflect on a quarter century of their forever-running show, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind.
Posted inArts & Culture
Culture Vultures: Illustrator Matthew LaFleur recommends the webcomic Space-Mullet
Chicagoans recommend the webcomic Space-Mullet, a pair of contemporary art mags, and Lisa Alvarado’s Still, Life
Posted inArts & Culture
Culture Vultures: Writer Austin Gilkeson recommends Roxane Gay’s Ayiti
Chicagoans recommend Roxane Gay’s Ayiti, comics confab Brain Frame, and T-shirts from Skim Milk.
Posted inMusic
A new box set gives experimental composer David Tudor his due
A new box set recognizes experimental composer David Tudor’s pioneering work with electronics and indeterminacy.
Posted inBlogs
8/4 and 8/6 — Free Dance Performances in Welles Park
The Moving Architects perform “Sacred Spaces” at Welles Park on Wed 8/4 and Fri 8/6.
Posted inBlogs
2/26-2/27 — Free Show and Writing Workshop with Abby Sher
Second City alum and author Abby Sher presents a free performance on Fri 2/26 at 7 PM and free writing workshop Sat 2/27 from noon to 2 PM, both at Flourish Studios.
Posted inBlogs
The Films of Stuart Sherman
25 films by New York performance artist Stuart Sherman screen Sunday 2/21 at The Nightingale.
