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FEBRUARY 2016

 

Featured Events
Strandbeest_ The Dream Machines of Theo Jansen _Photo credit_ Animaris Apodiacula _2013_. Courtesy of Theo Jansen. Photo by Uros Kirn._










OnEdge - Temporary Distortion
In the first major American exhibition tour, Theo Jansen's wholly distinctive kinetic creations blur the lines of art, engineering, science and performance. Celebrating the thrill of the Strandbeest's locomotion as well as the processes that have driven their evolutionary development, the sculptures are accompanied by artist drawings, videos, daily demonstrations of the Strandbeests' movements, a display of "fossils" as well as photography by Lena Herzog. Opening weekend activities include a preview with the artist on Friday, Feb. 5, a STEAM Family Day on Saturday, Feb. 6, and an afternoon conversation between Theo Jansen and Chicago Humanities Festival's emeritus artistic director Lawrence Weschler on Sun, Feb. 7. More information at chicagoculturalcenter.org.     
OnEdge, Feb. 19-Mar. 4, spotlights experimental dance, theater and genre-defying performances from national and international artists and companies. The free performances and workshops take place at the Chicago Cultural Center, the Storefront Theater and Links Hall and include Bronx Gothic by Okwui Okposkwasili, Yellow Towel by Dana Michel, My Voice Has an Echo In It by Temporary Distortion, and Mon, Ma, Mes by Jack Ferver. Full schedule and information at cityofchicago.org/dcase  
February Events
ProjectUS Open Mic
Juicebox with S_n_k_ West African Percussion Ensemble
Wired Fridays





February 4 & 18
Chicago Cultural Center

February 5 & 6
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory

February 5
Chicago Cultural Center
University of Chicago _ First Friday Lecture
Chinese New Year Kickoff Celebration
Chicago Cultural Alliance - Enduring Objects





February 5
Chicago Cultural Center
February 8
Chicago Cultural Center

February 11
Chicago Cultural Center
Present Standard
University of Chicago Works of the Mind Lecture Series
Juicebox





February 11
Chicago Cultural Center 
February 14
Chicago Cultural Center

February 19
Chicago Cultural Center
Wired Fridays
Present Standard _Remix 2016 by Chris Silva. Courtesy of the artist_





Chicago Sculpture International - Women Sculptors of Chicago, Not for Men Only
February 19 & 20
Chicago Cultural Center & Garfield Park Conservatory
February 25
Chicago Cultural Center

February 27
Chicago Cultural Center

Crossing Borders





The Playground TheaterMcCormick Tribune Ice Rink




February 28
Chicago Cultural Center

February 29
Chicago Cultural Center

Through March 6
Millennium Park
 
Present Standard _Course Work 2015 by Alberto Aguilar_





Librer�a DoncelesMaxwell Street Market




Through April 24
Chicago Cultural Center

Through April 24
Chicago Cultural Center

Sundays
800 S. Desplaines St. 
 
Featured News
Clarke House Museum Clarke House Museum Tours are Now Free
The Clarke House Museum (1827 S. Indiana Ave.) is now offering FREE public tours of Chicago's oldest house on Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays at 1pm & 3pm. Learn about what life was like for a family in Chicago during the city's formative years before the Civil War, when much of the area was still undeveloped prairie. Built in 1836, the house has survived multiple fires, been moved twice, and is now located in the Chicago Women's Park in the Prairie Avenue Historic District.

More information at clarkehousemuseum.org.

If you are interested in becoming a docent to lead tours of the Clarke House Museum, please contact [email protected].

 

 

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