Arts & Entertainment
A New Play and Stand-Up From a ‘Bob’s Burgers’ Star, Here Are 4 Arts Picks for Your Week
JJJJJerome Ellis (Marc J. Franklin)
Every Thursday, WTTW News newsletter producer Josh Terry highlights his picks for the week’s must-see cultural events.
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You may have spent this past week wearing green, drinking green beers, learning what “borgs” are and celebrating Irish culture around the city. You might be tired from all the revelry, but Chicago isn’t slowing down when it comes to fun cultural events. That said, these artistic picks are less of a party and more of an enriching experience. From a play to new arts exhibits, stand-up comedy and more, WTTW News has you covered with a small sampler of events.
Play: “Two Sisters and a Piano” — Writers Theatre (Glencoe)
Head up to the North Shore for a Writers Theatre production of “Two Sisters and a Piano,” a play from the Pulitzer-winning writer Nilo Cruz. It follows two sisters living in 1991 Cuba under house arrest as their lives get upended by new love and the end of the Cold War happening around them. This run in Glencoe ends March 29 and you can buy tickets here.
Art: Vida Sačić: Self-Evident — Chicago History Museum
In her new exhibit at Lincoln Park’s Chicago History Museum, local artist Vida Sačić presents a “letterpress exploration” of the Declaration of Independence and “features immigrant responses to language drawn” from the text. The opening ceremony is 7 p.m. Thursday and will include a lecture from the artist that promises to touch on “themes of immigration, authorship, collective narrative and print as both a historical and living medium.” For more information, click here.
Comedy: Dan Mintz — The Den Theatre
Dan Mintz is best known as the deadpan voice of Tina Belcher on the long-running animated sitcom “Bob’s Burgers,” but real fans have realized he’s been a phenomenally talented stand-up comedian for far longer. On Friday, Mintz is headlining Wicker Park’s Den Theatre and a few tickets are still available.
Performance: JJJJJerome Ellis Performance Lecture — Art Institute of Chicago
JJJJJerome Ellis is a Jamaican/Grenadian/American musician and multimedia artist set to give a lecture and performance at the Art Institute of Chicago’s Fullerton Hall on Tuesday evening. Presented by the SAIC’s Wellness Center, the event will be followed by an audience Q&A. Per the event page, “Concepts that organize the artist’s practice include: unknowing, improvisation, fugitivity, illegibility, inheritance, opacity, prayer, gap, contradiction, aporia, eternity, unpredictability, interruption, silence, and devotion.” For more information, click here.
WTTW News arts coverage is supported by the JCS Arts, Health & Education Fund of the DuPage Foundation.
