ARTS & (HOME) ENTERTAINMENT RECOMMENDATIONS Since being stuck inside, which shows have you been watching? Which movies? Have you read any good books lately? Any new music releases have you dancing in your living room? StreetWise vendors, readers and staff are sharing what is occupying their attention during this unprecedented time. To be featured in a future edition, send your recommendations of what to do at home and why you love them to Creative Director / Publisher Dave Hamilton at dhamilton@streetwise.org
Art Outdoors!
‘Behold, Be Held’ "Behold, Be Held" uses the facades of The Block Museum (40 Arts Circle Drive), the neighboring Ethel M. Barber Theater, and the building of our community partner Youth & Opportunity United (Y.O.U.) as an outdoor gallery. Reproductions of artworks from the Block Museum collection invite visitors to reflect on how art holds us through moments of crisis. These works capture gestures that we may have taken for granted prior to the pandemic, that we have missed dearly. The selection of works was guided by themes of self-care, self-authorship, and community. It also explores how subtle moments with others prepare and carry us on our journeys. Within these works, people hold each other through life changes, create spaces of sustenance, and raise their hands to declare “I am still here.” “Behold, Be Held” is a meditation and a prompt, asking: W hat are you most in need of right now? On display through August 22. FREE. .
M C A Event Returns!
(HOME) ENTERTAINMENT
Tuesdays on the Terrace: Thaddeus Tukes and the Chicago Freedom Ensemble Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA’s Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden with free music highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned jazz community. Enjoy two sets of live music beginning at 5:30 p.m. hosted by Al Carter-Bey, WDCB 90.9 FM and Richton Guy Thomas, WHPK 88.5 FM, in a safe, sociallydistant outdoor environment. Free tickets must be reserved in advance. In case of inclement weather, the event will be canceled. Announcements will be made by 2 p.m. each week. Food and beverage are available for purchase on the upper terrace. Options on Tuesdays include light refreshments and a full bar with cold beverages, wine, and cocktails. Outside alcoholic beverages are prohibited. Masks are required for entry and must be worn at all times, except while seated. On June 8, enjoy music from Thaddeus Tukes and the Chicago Freedom Ensemble.
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Innovative Performance!
Paramodernities, night #1 Paramodernities offers an utterly unique hybrid of academic conference, dance performance, and town hall gathering, presented by the Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago. The series weaves theory and performance into a brain-tickling journey. With equal parts reverence and violence, choreographer Netta Yerushalmy and a cast of 20 dancers and scholars, ranging in age from 21 to 69, perform responses to iconic works from artists ranging from Bob Fosse to Alvin Ailey. Paramodernities was named as one of the “20 Top Works of the Last 20 Years” by Dance Magazine. Thursday, June 10, 8:30 - 9:30 p.m., Austin Town Hall Park, 5610 W. Lake St. FREE, no reservations required. Wear a mask and bring your own blanket!
Green Thumbs!
Get Growing! Expo Get Growing! Expo offers educational workshops and interactive gardening exhibits and plant shopping. The Get Growing Foundation offers its second Get Growing! Expo presented by Wintrust Bank at Stone Temple Baptist Church, 3607 W. Douglas Blvd., 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. daily Friday, June 11 – Sunday, June 13. Designed to attract a blossoming gardening audience as well as seasoned gardeners, the nonprofit organization’s events feature free educational classes and make-n-take workshops rotating on the hour, 10 inspirational and themed garden vignette displays and Plant Truck Chicago, a mobile plant boutique raising funds for the foundation through the on-site sale of plants. FREE.
