This week’s edition of Blue Skies Ahead features a number of arts-related activities around the North Side of Chicago.
This week’s edition of Blue Skies Ahead features a number of arts-related activities around the North Side of Chicago.
This week’s edition of Blue Skies Ahead features a number of arts-related activities around the North Side of Chicago. If you are looking to get your live theater fix, check out an original horror rock musical. Interested in local art? Check out the last weekend of The Wandering Hibiscus gallery, or, hit up the open mic at Jarvis Square for some midweek fun.
Jarvis SquEAR Open Mic: Sept. 25
Join patrons at the Jarvis Square Tavern from 8 to 10 p.m. Sept. 25 to share at the mic. Participants can perform three songs or five minutes of spoken word, poetry or storytelling. The tavern has a house guitar, keyboard stand and a PA line, which can be used for original tracks.
Sign ups start at 7:30 p.m., and there’s a one drink minimum to perform. It’s also $5 wine night for all wines.
Gallery Closing Party: Sept. 28
The Wandering Hibiscus gallery by local Chicago artist Lisa Jean Allswede will host its last chance closing party from 5 to 8 p.m. this Saturday, Sep. 28.
Rogers Park wine shop Picnic Wine and Provisions has hosted the gallery since its July 5 opening, according to an Instagram post by Allswede. The art will be available for purchase from 1 to 4 p.m., according to another post by Allswede.
The gallery features several tiles of mixed, sewn textiles. Allswede’s art is about “embracing the beauty in imperfection” and “exploring the relationship between thread and reclaimed materials,” according to her website.
Stabbed in the Heart: A New Rock Musical: Sept. 26-28
This original horror musical, put on by the Factory Theater at 1623 W Howard St., will go on stage for the final time Saturday, Sept. 28. The show runs Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and highlights a “fun-filled weekend” that becomes “blood-soaked when a menacing killer starts slaughtering teens left and right,” according to the theater’s website.
The production balances classic horror with complex college friendships, love and anxieties. Tickets for the show can be purchased for $35.
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