Free events Chicago Cultural Center
When: Sunday, March 15, April 19, May 17, 2020 2–4:30pm
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Randolph, Claudia Cassidy Theater, 1st floor Dance Studio
f/Then is an open studio series that brings Chicago-based Honey Pot Performance into conversation with artists aligned with the ensemble’s creative work and values. Each program looks at aesthetics through hands on engagement, building upon the use of binary systems and divination/divining as a central metaphor in Honey Pot Performance’s creative process. If/Then is presented in association with the exhibition NKAME: A Retrospective of Cuban Printmaker Belkis Ayón (1967–1999).
Free events Chicago Cultural Center
Special Guest Schedule: Allegra Dolores Sunday, March 15, 2–4:30pm
Hailing straight from the “Mild Hundreds” of Chicago, the musical duo Allegra Dolores are biological sisters with inherited middle names as their moniker. They incorporate the meaning of their names – Joy and Pain – in their work. Their musical style is like gumbo: a little gritty, a little pretty, and still good for the soul.
Norman W. Long Sunday, April 19, 2–4:30pm
Norman W. Long is an artist/composer. His practice involves walking, collecting, performing and recording to create objects, environments and situations in which he and the audience are engaged in dialogues about memory space, value, silence and the invisible.
Sojourner Zenobia Sunday, May 17, 2–4:30pm
Sojourner is a Chicago-based storyteller and performance artist. Sojourner is currently working on Femme Body, an exploration on phases of feminine experience through the lens of a Black Queer experience.
what divine instruments Tuesday, May 19, Pre-show at 6:30pm, Performances begin at 7pm
As the closing program of the series, what divine instruments features all of the artists and improvisational scores created over the course of the series in one final experiment mixing movement, story, sound, and visual media in a fluid combination of play, ritual, and cooperative joy. Featured artists include: Allegra Dolores, Norman W. Long and Sojourner Zenobia.
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Other things to do at the Chicago Cultural Center
Public Group Tours:
- Weekly: Every Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 1:15pm
- Tours meet in the Randolph Street lobby.
- The group will be limited to the first twenty people.
- To schedule tours for groups of ten or more at other times, contact Anna Marie Gazzi at 312.744.7917.
Private Group Tours:
- Trained docents will conduct free, prearranged private tours for adult groups on Mondays though Fridays, 9 am-3 pm.
- Private tours are not available during weekends.
- Private tours are designed for adults and teenagers 13 years and over.
- Group sizes are limited, call for details.
- Reservations must be made at least one week in advance of the scheduled date by calling 312.744.7917.
- Private tours begin at the Chicago Cultural Center Information Desk in the Randolph Street lobby.
All self-guided group tours must check in with security upon entry.
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About the Chicago Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center, opened in 1897, was the first permanent Chicago Public Library after the original library was lost in the Chicago fire in 1871.
In addition to the library the building was also a Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (on the north side) dedicated to Northern soldiers who fought in the Civil War. All the Civil War artifacts once displayed here are now located at the Harold Washington Library. Here’s the buildings extensive history.
