goat island archive Through June 23 Chicago Cultural Center Chicago-based Goat Island was a performance group who influenced a generation of artists and theatre makers with their creative process that incorporates repetition, chance and audience perception. In conjunction with the city's Year of Chicago Theatre, nine national and international performance groups and artists have been commissioned to develop and present new work, each inspired by one of Goat Island's original performances. The performances will take place at the Chicago Cultural Center's Sidney R. Yates Gallery, which has been transformed into a scale re-imagining of the church gymnasium where the collective rehearsed.

Chicago Dance Month at the Chicago Cultural Center Tuesdays, through May 7 (except April 30) Chicago Cultural Center, Dance Studio  See Chicago Dance presents a robust Chicago Dance Month, showcasing the city's diverse opportunities to enjoy professional dance. Performances will be held at the Chicago Cultural Center and at venues throughout the city. Check SeeChicagoDance.com for a comprehensive listing.

Chamber Mondays April 1 & 22 Chicago Cultural Center	Dame Myra Hess Concerts April 3, 10, 17 & 24  Chicago Cultural Center	Juicebox featuring Stacy Buehler April 5 & 6 Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory

Learning Lab Meet an Artist April 5, 6, 13, 19, 20 & 27 Chicago Cultural Center	University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series April 5  Chicago Cultural Center	Crossing Borders April 7 Chicago Cultural Center

DCASE Professional Development: The Avenue to Success in Advertising Through April 9   Chicago Cultural Center	Furtive Through April 7   Chicago Cultural Center	Forgotten Forms Through April 7 Chicago Cultural Center

In Good Company Through April 7    Chicago Cultural Center	OTV/Open Television Screenings April 10, 17 & 24  Chicago Cultural Center	Peace Yoga April 14 & 28  Millennium Park

University of Chicago Works of the Mind Lecture Series April 14 Chicago Cultural Center	Cecil McDonald, Jr.: In the Company of Black Closing House Party April 14 Chicago Cultural Center	New Music Chicago Presents: Picosa contemporary music by Chicago composers April 18 Chicago Cultural Center

Juicebox featuring Halau i Ka Pono April 19 & 20 Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory	WTTW Saturday Film Series April 20 Chicago Cultural Center	Live Music Now! Young People's Concert  April 25 Chicago Cultural Center

Jazz Institute of Chicago 50th Anniversary Listening Session April 25 Chicago Cultural Center	Gardener's Plant Walk April 26 Millennium Park	Beginning Birding for Families April 27  Millennium Park

CHA/DePaul Spring Doc Film Premiere April 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Chicago Folklore Ensemble: Where Rivers Meet April 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Bronzeville Echoes: Faces and Places of Chicago's African American Music Through July 28 Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago! The Play, The Movies, The Musical...The Murders Through July 28 Chicago Cultural Center	Flying Creatures Ongoing Hanging from the street poles along Wabash Ave. between Washington and Randolph Streets Chicago Cultural Center	Stand Up for Landmarks! Protests, Posters & Pictures Ongoing City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower

Art on theMart

Art on theMART is joining the city in celebration of the 2019 Year of Chicago Theatre! This spring, a multi-part projection piece capturing seven significant Chicago theater artists by renowned lighting designer John Boesche will illuminate theMART. Coming this June, Art on theMART will introduce a collaboration piece between scenic designer John Musial and Lucky Plush Artistic Director Julia Rhoads. Visit artonthemart.com for more info

"Art in Chicago Neighborhoods" Year of Public Art book is now available online and at your local library

Mayor Rahm Emanuel and DCASE recently released a 248-page book that serves as a guide to the 2017 Year of Public Art, which encompasses artworks throughout Chicago's 50 wards, commissioned via the 50x50 Neighborhood Arts Project and in collaboration with Aldermen, community groups, creative organizations and sister agencies across the city. It works in tandem with Thyng, an app that allows the user to view in-the-moment footage of artists engaged in the creative process and of public celebrations during the Year of Public Art. Check out a copy from your local Chicago Public Library, or download a PDF from our website. (Editor: Tricia Van Eck, 6018North. Co-editor: Iker Gil. Design: JNL graphic design. Photography: Ji Yang, Jasmine Clark and others.)

Photo Credit : Caliph I. Rasul II & Caliph Rasul III of Rascal by Design, on behalf of One Chicago Fund.

Opening May 2: National Veterans Museum Triennial: On War & Survival exhibition 

 

May 9: Chicago City Markets kickoff at Daley Plaza 

 

May 13-19: Chicago Riverwalk Season Celebration 

 

May 23-25: Chicago House Music Conference & Festival 

 

May 25: Chicago Memorial Day Parade & Wreath Laying

 

May 31 & June 1: Chicago Gospel Music Festival  

 

June 7-9: Chicago Blues Festival 

 

Civic Orchestra Chamber Ensemble at Indian Boundary

Saturday, April 13, 3-4pm

Indian Boundary Park, 2500 W. Lunt Ave.

 

Join musicians of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the training orchestra of the Chicago Symphony, for a varied program featuring William Grant Still's Lyric Quartet alongside Piazzolla's Tango Ballet and Debussy's String Quartet in G minor.