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In Search of Margaretta Black 1823-1872

Experimental Sound Studio 5925 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

NON:op Artistic Director and Composer Christopher Preissing and North Carolina-based author Amey Miller are collaborating on a 'sound-book' called In Search of Margaretta Black. “Occasioned by the genealogical search for an ancestor of uncertain parentage, and through a process of collecting, arranging, rummaging and ruminating materials—both sound and text—the is a miscellany that mimics the […]

Free

SUS: the long thin wire (automated installation)

Harold Washington Library 400 S State Street, Chicago, IL, United States

SUS: the long thin wire is a performance-installation for suspended string trio, long tuned wires and piano resonator. Inspired by a collaboration with Pia Cruzalegui, SUS was conceived by composer, intermedia artist and producer Christopher Preissing. Working with Hugh Sato—an interactive data processor—the two collaborated to develop a musical instrument we can all play simply […]

Free

FEED: to play, to be happy, to dream
celebrating Chicago’s Henry Darger

INTUIT: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art 756 N Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

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

$65

Coming Together

THEATER 3031 3031 N Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL, United States

  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. […]

$25

FEED: Frontier Feminists

THEATER 3031 3031 N Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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 […]

$65.00

On The Cusp

THEATER 3031 3031 N Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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 […]

$15 – $20

FEED:ACT

THEATER 3031 3031 N Rockwell Street, Chicago, IL, United States

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 […]

$65.00

Lunch Hour Talk at Space p11

Space-p11 55 E. Randolph St., Pedway Level, Chicago, IL, United States

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 […]

HEAR BELOW: Listening to Chicago Underground

Chicago Pedway 225 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, Illinois

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 […]