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SUMMARY:Cheers to the South Side: A South Side Irish Pub Exhibit
DESCRIPTION:Cheers to the South Side: A South Side Irish Pub Exhibit\nBy Kelly White\nExhibit Opening: Friday\, March 13th\, 6pm-8pm \nRuns through April 30th. \nKelly White is a Chicago-based photojournalist\, feature news reporter\, editor\, and visual storyteller with two decades of experience capturing life through both words and images. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago\, Kelly draws inspiration from her hometown’s neighborhoods and community spirit\, which infuse her writing and photography with authenticity and nostalgia. \nA graduate of Saint Xavier University\, Kelly began her career at The Xavierite\, the university’s newspaper\, and has contributed to major publications including the Daily Southtown\, the Chicago Tribune\, and numerous regional outlets. She currently works as an editor and photojournalist at Southwest Regional Publishing. Her photography spans portrait\, event\, and editorial work\, capturing both intimate moments and vibrant community life with clarity and emotion. \nKelly’s deep connection to Chicago’s South Side inspired her latest exhibition\, Cheers to the Southside\, a South Side Irish Pub Exhibit celebrating the cultural heartbeat of the community. The exhibit is on display at the Beverly Arts Center through April. \n  \nBar provided. Music performed by Ethan Sellers.
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CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Exhibit Opening,Shows
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SUMMARY:7Metrix Presents: I Heard the City Breathe
DESCRIPTION:7Metrix Presents: I Heard the City Breathe\nShort Film + Gallery Exhibition\nExhibit Reception: Saturday\, April 11th\, 2026\, 6pm-8pm \nRuns Friday\, April 6th – May 1st\, 2026.  \nProduced by Brian Sykes (7Metrix). Featuring new music\, video and photography created in collaboration with ISPro Academy high school students and ISPro Music Artists. \nI Heard the City Breathe is rooted in the Black experience. This immersive exhibit brings the story of Chicago to life with sound\, image and memory. \nMore than a premier\, it’s a homecoming: a dedication and homage to the Southside roots that helped shape Brian’s creative voice and ultimately sparked this work. \n  \nArtist Statement: \nMy name is Brian Sykes\, and I am writing to propose a presentation of my collaborative project\,\n“I Heard The City Breathe”\, at the Beverly Art Center on April 11. This work is a short film and\ngallery-style exhibition rooted in the Black experience of Chicago. Through visual art\, music\,\nand storytelling\, the project reflects the emotional\, cultural\, and historical realities of the city\nwhile honoring the voices of the communities that continue to shape it. Presenting this work at\nBeverly Art Center would be more than an exhibition opportunity for me—it would be a deeply\nmeaningful homecoming. \nAs a Saint Xavier University alumnus\, many of the seeds for this work were planted during my\ntime as a student. When I arrived at Saint Xavier\, I was still learning how to process the\nexperiences I carried as a young Black man from the South Side of Chicago. I was surrounded by\npain\, trauma\, beauty\, culture\, and contradiction\, but I had not yet fully learned how to translate\nthose realities into artistic language. My time at Saint Xavier helped me begin that process. It\nwas there that I was challenged to trust my voice\, embrace vulnerability\, and understand that my\nlived experience was worthy of artistic exploration. \nA number of mentors played a critical role in that transformation. Nathan Peck\, Monte Gerlach\,\nCathy Saunders\, and Jane Hileman helped guide me through the artistic and emotional process of\ncreating deeply personal work. Dr. Jan Bickel of the Music Department helped me reconnect\nwith my voice and confidence in music\, while Michael Grimm of Production Services\ncontributed to the broader environment that encouraged me to think across disciplines and\nexplore multiple forms of expression. Their investment in me was not only academic—it was\npersonal\, affirming\, and life-shaping. \nOut of that period came my 2014 series\, “Inner-City Madness”\, one of the earliest bodies of\nwork in which I fully confronted the effects of poverty\, trauma\, and inner-city violence on Black\nchildren and families in Chicago. That series was deeply connected to my own psychological\nexperiences and became the first true foundation of my artistic voice. It was later given its first\nsolo exhibition by Amy Roach at the Beverly Art Center\, making Beverly one of the first\ninstitutions to publicly affirm my work. That experience has stayed with me ever since.\nReturning now with I Heard The City Breathe would represent a full-circle moment—not only as\nan artist returning to a meaningful space\, but as someone bringing back a more developed\,\ncollaborative\, and community-rooted vision. \nSince then\, my work has grown across multiple disciplines\, including music\, education\,\nmentorship\, and creative entrepreneurship. I began to work for Marlon King of Insomniac\nStudios. Through my partnership with Marlon King\, I expanded my skills in music production\,\nproject management\, artist development\, and music business\, and together we co-founded ISPro\nAcademy. Through ISPro Academy\, we have created pathways for high school students\, young \nadults\, and emerging creatives to learn audio engineering\, music production\, and music business\,\nwhile connecting them to real-world opportunities and mentorship throughout Chicago. \n  \nThat work has led to partnerships with a range of respected institutions and organizations\,\nincluding the Chicago Symphony Orchestra\, Museum of Science and Industry\, Hyde Park Art\nCenter\, Chicago West Community Music Center\, Elastic Arts\, Navy Pier\, Walter Payton High\nSchool\, and the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship. Some of the projects I have been honored\nto take part in include creating 30 minutes of original music for an 11-piece string ensemble for\nthe Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Soundpost Renaissance Remix Fashion Show\, leading\nworkshops through the Museum of Science and Industry’s Black Creativity Career Showcase and\nScience Works Audio Engineering Workshop\, and helping support professional development\nprogramming such as the Center for Creative Entrepreneurship’s Music Bloom series and\nmusic-industry meetups focused on publishing\, branding\, networking\, and artist growth.\nAll of those experiences have come together in I Heard The City Breathe. Supported by the\nDCASE Individual Artist Grant and the Illinois Arts Council Creative Catalyst Grant\, the project\nbrings together youth\, adult artists\, and community collaborators in an intergenerational\nreflection on the Black experience of Chicago. It is both a personal artistic statement and a\ncollective offering—one that honors memory\, struggle\, beauty\, survival\, and creative legacy. \nPresenting “I Heard The City Breathe” at the Beverly Art Center on April 11 would allow me to\nreturn to the place that first gave my work a public home and share how that journey has\nevolved. It would honor the mentors and institutions that helped shape me\, while also offering a\nnew generation of artists and audiences a chance to experience a work grounded in truth\,\ncollaboration\, and the spirit of Chicago. It would be an honor to bring this project to Beverly Art\nCenter and continue the story in a space that has already meant so much to my artistic life. \nSincerely\, \nBrian Sykes
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LOCATION:Simmerling Gallery
CATEGORIES:Art Gallery,Concerts
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SUMMARY:BAC Youth Theatre Company Presents Singin' in the Rain JR.
DESCRIPTION:BAC Youth Theatre Company Presents \nSingin’ in the Rain JR.\nPerformances: April 16th & April 17th @ 7:00pm\, April 18th & April 19th @ 3:00pm  \nDirected by Carrie Hartman  \nNon-members $15 \nMembers – $13 \nSingin’ in the Rain JR. has all the makings of a Tinseltown tabloid headline — the starlet\, the leading man and a love affair that could change lives and make or break careers! In silent movies\, Don Lockwood and Lina Lamont are a hot item\, but behind the scenes\, things aren’t always as they appear on the big screen! Meanwhile\, Lina’s squeaky voice might be the end of her career in “talking pictures” without the help of a talented young actress to do the talking and singing for her. \nThe “Greatest Movie Musical of All Time” is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green\, from their original award-winning screenplay in Singin’ in the Rain JR. Hilarious situations\, snappy dialogue and a hit-parade score of Hollywood standards make Singin’ in the Rain JR. a guaranteed good time for performers and audience members alike. (From Music Theatre International) \nPURCHASE TICKETS HERE: 
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