Past Events

In celebration of Henry Darger’s 125th birthday, NON:op Open Opera Works, Bodies of Work, and Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art present FEED: to play, to be happy, and to dream. Local performing artists present an eclectic range of short works to honor Henry Darger's legacy from a disability culture perspective

  CLICK HERE to Purchase Tickets CLICK HERE to View Performers A war of aggression. Oppression. Racism. Human rights. And in the midst of this, we’re required to celebrate America’s “greatness.” I’m not talking about now — were you thinking that? No, no — not now . . . this was the 1960s. Remember that? Vietnam. Black power. Liberation. Women. Gays. People of color. How can music, art, theatre even begin to make a difference now? How could it possibly have…

Tickets: https://feed.brownpapertickets.com/   Join us for a celebration of the Frontier Feminists who trailblazed a path to the farthest reaches of America from the Alaskan wilderness to the isolated Black Hills to the desolate plains of Arkansas. Travel with us for an evening of food, beer, song, and storytelling as we explore America through the eyes of female pioneers who first settled it. Words by Willa Cather, Calamity Jane and other Frontier Feminists are set to music by musical pioneers…

Music : Words : Action PURCHASE TICKETS Where are the boundaries between sound, speech, act, silence, metaphor, and the real? Who sets these boundaries and on whose terms? On the Cusp (May 4, 2018) interrogates these and other boundaries. Liminal works of the past century—Samuel Beckett’s Cascando, Sam Shepard’s Tongues, Tristan Tzara’s A Gas Heart, Gertrude Stein’s A Circular Play—are performed by artists with and without disabilities, including Michael Herzovi, Arlene Malinowski, Kyle Price, Hal Christine, Sam Porretta, Steve Butters, and Christophe Preissing. Poised between theatre, music, and movement; between story,…

Tickets: https://feed-act.brownpapertickets.com/ FEED:ACT - A communal feast for the body, mind, and soul. Kick off NON:op's 3rd season of programming and join us for a decadent all-you-can-eat bacchanalian feast for the body, mind, and soul. FEED:ACT features a crawfish boil with potatoes, corn, mushrooms, sausage, and of course, crawfish. A vegetarian alternative will be available and prepared separately. Beer courses provided by Metropolitan Brewing and middle brow beer. Live performances by The Velcro Lewis Group, Earth's premiere acid-rock, space-funk septet,…

Space p11, 55 E. Randolph St., Pedway Level, Chicago Eric Leonardson and Christophe Preissing discuss their soundwalking and listening practices at Space p11, leading up to Saturday’s HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground. Space p11 is an independent gallery for off-grid art, architecture and culture, located in the Chicago Pedway. Learn more at space-p11.com Register (optional) on Facebook

A Soundwalk in Chicago’s Pedway System led by Christophe Preissing and Eric Leonardson Register (optional) on Facebook 2:00 PM Saturday, February 9, 2019 Hear Below: Listening to Chicago Underground will explore the east to west route from the Illinois Center, passing through the Metra Station, South Shore Platform, Millennium Station, Chicago Cultural Center, Macy’s, the Red Line station, Block 37, the Blue Line Station, and end near Starbucks below the Richard J. Daley Center. We will stop and listen to…