Your #StaytheFHome Curated Weekend: 5/6 and Beyond
- Drive-In Movies & Concets!
- ChiTown Movies - This weekend will feature screenings of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Toy Story, Die Hard, Halloween, and Coco.
- Dino Safari – A Drive Thru Adventure
- Support Local Venues
- Kingston Mines is open with some great lineups this weekend
- Sleeping Village is opening up Patio Reservations this weekend including Vagabond Vegan Club dishing out brunch on Sunday!
- Fitzgerald's Patio is also back in full swing with tins of artists playing throughout the week
- Evanston Space's shop is open and you should consider donating to help the venue during these weird times
- Head over to the Hideout 's regular shop and get yourself some great merch! Their Holiday Sale page is also still up with links to great local artists!
- Metro shop is full of fantastic concert posters from yesteryear and cool merch
- Lincoln Hall/Schubas always has great items in their shop waiting for you! Plus Schubas/Tied House will be opening their kitchen this weekend!!
- Same goes for Thalia Hall's merch store (those holiday socks? *chef's kiss*)
- Let's not forget Empty Bottle's fantastic merch shop! While the annual Music Frozen Dancing may not be going on, celebrate with some special merch where a portion of the proceeds go to the Empty Bottle Staff! Plus they just added some new stuff designed by some awesome people that is sure to catch your eye!
- Art Galleries and Special Events
- All Star Press is constantly putting up new prints for you to decorate your space with! Check out Liz Flores' solo exhibit In Between! They've started a whole new year long series Naturally Beautiful! Check out some of their prints from last year's Vertical Gallery collab, which you can purchase here!! There is also a virtual gallery featuring all the works! And don't forget to check out the virtual edition of JC Rivera's new exhibition "Still Undefeated" ,his latest print "Puertorican Flavor", and a new enamel pin!
- Galerie F has a fun stock of prints from concert posters, pop culture prints and more!
- Rotufugi will be showing a new exhibit Birdbrain: New Works by Bird Milk. So if you feel comfortable mask up and see the work in person.
- WOMANISH Experience is a cool pop up featuring the work of female and gender non-confirming artists exploring womanhood from a diverse range of perspectives.
- Nom Nom: 40 Years of Pac-Man Design and History @ Chicago Gamespace will give you a deep dive into the world of Pac-Man
- Immersive Van Gogh does exactly what its name says: immerses you into Van Gogh paintings via huge projections that bring the already lively art to life!
- Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes at The Museum of Science and Industry
- WNDR Museum is back
- Jump into a world of reflections with ArtSpace8's "Quantum Mirror"
- The ‘Friends’ Experience Chicago
- Jeppson’s Pop Up Shop at Cobra Lounge!
- Art on theMART will be projecting the spacey visuals of Astrographics alongside a soundtrack assembled out of by Experimental Sound Studio's Sun Ra Arkestra archives
- Garfield Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show: Saturation is open! Book a reservation to see all the beautiful gardens safely!
- Lincoln Park Conservatory Spring Flower Show: Pretty in Pink! Book a reservation to see all the beautiful gardens safely!
- Fireworks at Navy Pier are back! The 10 minute show stats at 9:00pm every Saturday in May!
- Pop up Grocer is coming to 1555 N. Milwaukee Avenue from 4/3 to 5/30 for you to discover hundreds of new products from the most innovative and exciting food, beverage, home, pet, and body care brands today.
- 1 Cancer Patient is an exhibition of art created by cancer thriver Traci Asher, Chicago photographer Warren Perlstein and curator Rosa Gallagher. The intent of the show is to ease fears of the unknown often felt by women diagnosed with cancer. The exhibit will display works by Jane Michalski, Nancy Pirri, Sara Peak Convery, Kaitlyn Keely, and Warren Perlstein as well as Traci Asher in a variety of media including photography, painting, ceramic and encaustic. The exhibit will run April 30 through June 25. Free registration is required to limit attendance during the COVID-19 pandemic
THURSDAY, MAY 6th
Hollyy @ Sleeping Village via Noon Chorus, the most chill spot in your place, 8:00pm and for the following 24hours WHAT: Excellent show raising money for CIVL and Skatistan SO WHAT: Hollyy is putting on some of the smooth jams that will grace your ears and while we can't get together and listen to them live and in person just yet, this fundraiser is a great substitute. Raising money for CIVL (which supports local musicians and venues) and Skateistan (who is teaching children how to skateboard and leading youth outreach projects in Afghanistan, Cambodia, and South Africa), Holly will be dishing out a full hour of songs livestreamed from Sleeping Village! NOW WHAT: Tickets are $12 and go toward a great cause!! You have a full 24 hours to watch the broadcast so enjoy Holly throughout the next dayFRIDAY & SATURDAY, MAY 7th & MAY 8th
Kimmel/Ali/Harris and Artifacts @ Constellation, the most musically inclined room in your home, Friday 8:00pm, Saturday 8:00pm & 10:00pm WHAT: An amazing show for your weekend! SO WHAT: Constellation has been putting on some incredible shows during the pandemic and this weekend is no different! First up on Friday Kimmel/Ali/Harris will be performing songs off their latest album Vivary ! Then on Saturday it's Artifacts,the trio of Cellist Tomeka Reid, flutist Nicole Mitchell, and drummer Mike Reed performing two shows of their incredible jazz compositions! Be sure to look ahead at Constellations' schedule because next week Wednesday will feature Angel Bat Dawid/Charles Joseph Smith & Marvin Tate/Johanna Brock in a show co-presented by Elastic Arts! NOW WHAT: Stream tickets are $15, so sit back and enjoy the incredible show this weekend! There are also limited in person seating tickets available for these shows!SATURDAY, MAY 8th
FitzGerald’s Stay-at-Home Truck Concerts @ Their Facebook Page, 2pm or any time after on VOD, All Ages 2:00pm WHAT: Musicians performing at home or in the back of a pickup truck and livestreaming it for all! SO WHAT: Fitzgerald’s will continue bringing live music to their Berwyn neighborhood at their patio and with their Stay at Home Concert Series! For the Stay at Home Concerts, artists will be playing live from the back of a pickup truck throughout that week's chosen community, encouraging folks to stay home and watch from their porch or through their Facebook livestream. This weekend will feature a Fitzgerald’s Community Truck Concert with Jenny & Robin Bienemann in the Soputh Oak Park neighborhood! NOW WHAT: Stay home and enjoy the show on Facebook! If you live on the lucky block where the performance is held, watch from your property and maintain quarantine! Fitzgerald’s has also opened their doors and will have live music on their patio. Check out their listings.THE WHOLE SELF-DISTANCING WEEKEND & BEYOND
CineYouth 2021 @ Chicago Film Festival's streaming Platform, the most cinematic place in your home, Various times WHAT: A chance to see the next generation of filmmakers at CineYouth 2021 SO WHAT: CineYouth 2021 presents 14 international short film programs as well as panel discussions, live filmmaker Q&As, and more! There is so much to discover from these young filmmakers in a wide variety of genres, themes, and styles, giving you a fresh perspective on the world around us. Check out their full lineup of showings and panels to schedule your perfect film festival experience! NOW WHAT: The programs are free! Just head over to Chicago Film Festival for links to the free virtual tickets!The Quarantine Concerts @ Experimental Sound Studios, Your best sounding internet-connected device, at various times WHAT: Experimental Sound Studio, Elastic Arts and the Hideout's Resonance Series come together for a series of amazing livestreamed concerts SO WHAT: The Quarantine Concerts is collaborative series which aims to give artists a space to share their work and continue earning a living during this time when live, in person, performances have been cancelled due to COVID-19. This is a perfect opportunity to unite the community for a few hours of amazing musicians. This weekend features:
- 5/6 - TQC: Tone Glow Presents: Duos - 7:00pm
- 5/7 - Flow Symposium Attendees Live Performance - 7:00pm
- 5/8 - Flow Symposium Attendees Live Performance - 7:00pm
- 5/9 - Flow Symposium Lunchtime - Noon
- 5/10 - OPTION: Vasco Trilla - 1:00pm
- 5/11 - COTFG Presents: Sounding the Body - 7:30pm
You can check out their full schedule here. NOW WHAT: Head over to their Twitch stream and start watching some great shows. There is a suggested donation of $5-$10 per evening. 100% of the donations contributed during each performance go to the artists who played that night
- Friday May 7 and every following Friday – LP’s Happy Hour – 5:00pm to 7:00pm – $5 Award-winning country singer, sought-after DJ, and long-time Hideout employee Lawrence Peters will be hosting a weekly happy hour on Hideout Online, from his home to yours. Maybe you’ll tune in for some deep cuts from his lauded collection of records, maybesome Hideout folks will drop in to swap stories about the bar, or maybe LP will even sing ya a tune.
- Tuesday May 11 – A Scientist Walks into a Bar: ROBOTS – 7:00pm – $5 For the March show, A Scientist Walks into a Bar is taking a look inward– namely, inside the Earth itself. Join the fun monthly science show for a conversation with Wami Ogunbi and Eva Mungai, roboticists and PhD candidates at the University of Michigan. Wami and Eva will talk about how they teach robots to walk, how robots can help people with disabilities, and what they hope the future of robotics might hold.
- Wednesday May 12 - CFA + the Hideout Present: Caligari's Cure - 8:00pm - $10 Hideout is teaming up with the CFA for a virtual screening of Tom Palazzolo’s 1982 film Caligari’s Cure followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
- May 11 -Alison Bechdel: The Secret to Superhuman Strength - 8:00pm - $29 and iculdes a copy of The Secret to Superhuman Strength shipped directly to your door
- May 12 - Casey Wilson in Conversation with Jessi Klein and Andrew Rannells - 7:00pm
- 5/7 Scott Hesse/Musicians Photo Collective Art Opening @ Fulton St. Collective in person $5
- 5/11 Terry/Brookmeyer's Power of Positive Swinging performed livestream
- 5/12 Electric Forecast perform music of WEATHER REPORT livestream
- 5/13 Victor Garcia Septet livestream