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Floating Museum presents a new installation and project titled How to give life to a Mountain. This exhibition is an invitation to creatively engage with the legacy of Dr. Margaret Burroughs and the history of the DuSable Museum of African American History. Dr. Margaret Burroughs initially invited the community to donate their own historical artifacts for DuSable, and this act extended the value of the object to the exchange itself, emphasizing the relation between the institution and the people it represents.

And Then There Was Repast February 5, 7-11pm The Dojo 2304 S. Blue Island Ave. and then there was REPAST is a versatile interactive multimedia installation project on the urban millennial black and brown gaze when relating to death consumption. We would like to express the ritual of ethnic funerals, eulogies, repast and public consumption… Read more »

2nd Floor Rear 2017: RITUAL is moveable feast of artist-run events, projects, exhibitions, and performances that shine a light on the occult, hidden nature of alternative arts practices and the communities of care that spring up around them. The 2017 season kicks off with a fluxus-style potluck at Pond Hole Gallery on the evening of Friday, February 3. Events continue throughout Avondale, Logan Square, Humboldt Park, and Wicker Park on Saturday, February 4, and wrap up on Sunday February, 5 with various events spanning Pilsen.

RE/NIGHT/LIVE/MARE November 1 – December 31, 2016 ACRETV.org (Artist-made livestreaming tele-vision) RE/NIGHT/LIVE/MARE re- considers your nightmares; re- examines your daydreams; re- contextualizes pre-existing (video art? videotaped performance work? found footage?) through re- presenting, re- editing, re -mixing. Featuring works that re- search, re- consider, re- examine, re- contextualize nightmares, daydreams, flying-fancies, hyper-realities. Also included: live re-… Read more »

Pop-up holiday market with local vendors, food, art, and music Saturday, December 10, 3-9pm Underneath Argyle Red Line ‘L’ Station  Base Line’s Holiday Market is the premiere arts, food, and music indoor bazaar emerging underneath the Argyle redline line L train station showcasing the diversity and vibrancy of Chicago’s Uptown community. Base Line is organized… Read more »