Fancy footwork, Martin Luther King Jr. celebrations, professional bull riders and mocktails usher in the holiday weekend. Here are a dozen things to do in and around Chicago.
Lookingglass Theatre Company’s first production was a rendition of “Alice in Wonderland” performed at Shanley Pavilion. Now, founding ensemble member and Communication Prof. David Catlin said the group’s “whimsical and physically intensive” “Lookingglass Alice” show stems from that first performance. “Every time we do it, (the stories) continue to mean something, and they mean something.
The Evanston Arts Council will fund 20 local artists, art organizations and community art groups, awarding $70,000 in grants. The Cultural Fund Grant recipients range from Claudia Renteria, who works with local organization Evanston Latinos to promote Latine artists, to Chicago chamber music group Crossing Borders Music. The grant, which was open for applications from.
Suburban theater/circus artists Molly Hernandez and Lindsey Noel Whiting frolic and fly their way through a remount of the enchanting "Lookingglass Alice," Lookingglass Theatre s signature production that returns after a seven-year absence.