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APRIL 2018

 

Featured Events
2018 Year of Creative Youth Chicago_ Lead Sponsor Allstate










Nina Chanel Abney_ Ivy and the Janitor in January_ 2009. Acrylic on canvas_ 54 _ 60 inches _137.2 _ 152.4 cm_ overall. Collection of Noel Kirnon and Michael Paley. Image courtesy of the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Photo by Peter Paul Geoffrion. _ Nina Chanel Abney.










Kick-Off Party: Friday, April 13, Harold Washington Library, 401 S. Plymouth Ct.
Teens-Only Festival: Saturday, April 14 - Columbia College Chicago, 623 S. Wabash Ave.
The Chicago Public Library's YOUmedia ChiTeen Lit Fest (CTLF) is a for-teens-by-teens event that provides a safe and creative space for young adults to unlock and discover their unique voices through the literary arts. CTLF brings together young people from across Chicago to celebrate their talents as they express themselves through exceptional and honest art. This event is open to teens age 13-19. For more information, visit chiteenlitfest.org.

Register online


Through May 6
Chicago Cultural Center

The first solo exhibition in a museum for the Chicago-born artist Nina Chanel Abney, the exhibition is a 10-year survey of approximately 30 of her paintings, watercolors and collages. Abney, born in 1982, is at the forefront of a generation of artists that is unapologetically revitalizing narrative figurative painting, and as a skillful storyteller, she visually articulates the complex social dynamics of contemporary urban life.

This exhibition is organized by the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University and is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts to the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.   

 

April Events
Chamber Mondays Dame Myra Hess Concerts CineYouth Festival
Chamber Mondays
April 2 & 23
Chicago Cultural Center
Dame Myra Hess Concerts
April 4, 11, 18 & 25    
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Gingerate Capoeira University of Chicago First Friday Lecture Series Chicago Dance Month
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory 
 
Presented by
Lifeway Kefir


Chicago Cultural Center

Chicago Cultural Center

Maxwell Street Market ChicagoMade Music Collective Chicago Cultural Center Building Tour
Maxwell Street Market
April 8, 15, 22 & 29 
800 S. Desplaines St. 

Presented by
Country Financial 

Chicago Cultural Center
 
Chicago Cultural Center Spanish Language Tour
April 10
Chicago Cultural Center


Jazz Links Jam Sessions OTV_Open Television Screenings Chicago Public Schools All-City High School Exhibition
Chicago Cultural Center
April 11, 18 & 25
Chicago Cultural Center
Expo 72
University of Chicago Works of the Mind Lecture Series Chakaia Booker Exhibition _PASS THE BUCK 2008_ rubber tires _ stainless steel_ Nina Chanel Abney_ Royal Flush
April 15
Chicago Cultural Center
Through April 15
Millennium Park, Boeing Galleries
April 19
Chicago Cultural Center

Keith Haring_ The Chicago Mural _Photo by_ Marcelino Y. Fahd_ International Music Foundation Meher Dance Company
Chicago Cultural Center
 
Chicago Cultural Center
 
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory 
 
Presented by
Lifeway Kefir


Screening of Youth Produced Films by Free Spirit Media Chicago Dance Month Cleveland Dean_ Recto_Verso _ Duality of a Fragile Ego
Chicago Cultural Center
 
Chicago Cultural Center
 
Chicago Cultural Center
 
de-skinned_ duk ju l kim recent work Xavier Toubes_ Descriptions Without a Place. PushMoon4 Scott Stack_ Interior and Exterior
Chicago Cultural Center
Through July 29
Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago Cultural Center
Keith Haring_ The Chicago Mural  _Photo by_ Marcelino Y. Fahd_ Stand Up for Landmarks_ Protests_ Posters _ Pictures
Keith Haring: The Chicago Mural
Through September 23
Chicago Cultural Center

City Gallery on the Historic Water Tower

 

Featured News
DCASE Impact Report 2017-2018 Celebrating 2017, anticipating 2018
DCASE recently released an 'impact report' covering the 2017 accomplishments and 2018 highlights of Chicago's cultural sector - including the Year of Public Art (2017), the Year of Creative Youth (2018) and a continued commitment to theatre, dance and dancing, Chicago's music legacy, a richer Taste experience, Millennium Park Campus enhancements and much more. Simple Truth provided the design, concept and creative direction. Download your copy today: www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/Annual%20Report/dcaseimpact1718.pdf

Year of Creative Youth Year of Creative Youth #BornCreative
As part of Chicago's Year of Creative Youth declared by Mayor Emanuel and DCASE, teens and young adults are invited to share their art, music and performances on social media with hashtag #BornCreative to be featured online and possibly at the Creative Youth Festival on September 22 in Millennium Park. Follow the Year of Creative Youth and DCASE on Facebook (Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events), Twitter and Instagram (@ChicagoDCASE) and Snapchat (ChicagoDCASE) #2018isYOCY #ChiCreativeYouth #BornCreative. To learn more, visit cityofchicago.org/YOCY
 


Presented by
 
Good Starts Young_  Allstate 
Millennium Park City Announces Updated Security Plan for Millennium Park
New security measures will be implemented this summer to keep park visitors safe during free cultural programming at the #1 attraction in the Midwest.

 

As the summer season kicks off in Millennium Park, some important changes are coming to improve security and the visitor experience at the park.

 

Coinciding with the start of the busy summer season on May 19, Millennium Park will implement a security perimeter and bag check for all concerts and events that take place at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. Firearms, knives and other weapons will be prohibited to ensure the public's safety.  

 

Outside alcohol will be prohibited at the seven Jay Pritzker Pavilion events with the highest attendance:

  • May 26: Chicago House Music Festival
  • June 8-10: Chicago Blues Festival
  • June 24: Chicago Mariachi Festival
  • July 4: Grant Park Music Festival Independence Day Salute
  • August 9: Wait, Wait Don't Tell Me
  • August 13: Broadway in Chicago Summer Concert
  • August 29-September 2: Chicago Jazz Festival

Outside alcohol will be allowed at the other 70 public concerts and programs happening in Millennium Park this summer.

 

Chicago Kids and Kites Festival Save the Date for Spring Festivals & Events
May 5 - Chicago Kids and Kites Festival
May 26 - Chicago's Memorial Day Parade
May 26 - Chicago House Music Festival
June 1-2
- Chicago Gospel Music Festival
June 8-10 - Chicago Blues Festival





Chicago Kids & Kites Festival
Presented by
Country Financial

Free, Free, Free!
Arte Dise_o Xic_go
Arte Diseño Xicágo
March 23 - August 19, 2018
National Museum of Mexican Art, 1852 W. 19th St.
Arte Diseño Xicágo (Art Design Chicago) examines the early artistic involvement and influence of Mexican immigrants and artists in Chicago. The exhibition includes artwork, photographs and objects that concentrate on the years between the World's Columbian Exposition (1893) and the Civil Rights Era of the 1970s. Admission to the museum is free to all.
 
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