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NEW ART SHOW: PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOSIAH JINDRICH

August, 19 – September 25 Opening Reception: Tuesday, August 23, 6 – 8 pm Everybody’s Coffee 935 W. Wilson, Chicago, IL 60640 This is Josiah Jindrich’s 2nd show with Everybody’s. Born and raised in Chicago Josiah is an international traveler. His first show displayed shots taken from around the world. The focus of his current untitled show is Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. In 2015 Josiah…

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New Art Show: Flora on Fauna

Please join us for our opening reception, with artist present, this Friday, July 1, 6-8 p.m. Heather Gauthier has combined the best of two worlds—her decade spent living in Chicago and Africa—into her current show. Her whimsical artwork features giraffes in hats, elephants bearing cupcakes, and cats wearing flower pots (just to name a few). It is all about juxtaposition: coupling frivolity with…

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#art #Everybody&039;s Coffee #Heather Gauthier #opening #painting

Summer Art Show: Everybody Can Tango Nothing says summer like a spontaneous tango, a sunny café corner, street musicians, colors borrowed from the boats of the sea.

#art #Erika Estefanía Doyle #Everybody&039;s Coffee #painting #tango

NEW ART: Our City, Our Neighborhood

Prints by Hiroshi Ariyama Opening reception Friday, March 4, 6 – 8 pm. March 4 through April 15 Our city, our neighborhood is everybody’s. Our City, Our Neighborhood, prints by Hiroshi Ariyama, will be on display at Everybody’s Coffee, March 4 – April 15. An Opening Reception is scheduled for Friday, March 4, 6 – 8 pm. Hiroshi Ariyama was born in Japan, grew up in Honolulu, but for the past…

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#art #Chicago #Hiroshi Ariyama #painting #Uptown #Wilson Abbey

2016 First Nations Film & Video Festival Thursday, May 5th. 6:00 p.m. First Nations Film and Video Festival is a grassroots Native American film festival whose mission is showcasing works produced by Native American film and video makers and artists of all skill levels and to provide an appropriate venue for their works.

#art #Chicago #creativity #film #First Nations #Native American #Uptown Chicago #video #Wilson Abbey

New Work by Kaitlyn Zylstra

May 16 – June 27 Opening Reception May 16, with artist attending. Patterns are everywhere. We are always on the verge of discovery. Beneath one layer is another. Just as behind the darkest night is dawn. A thin line separating non-being and being. We see one thing and, behold, there is more. The thing that is not seen. The mystery and the miracle. Revealed through nature. In balance. Harmony.…

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#art #Kaitlyn Zylstra #nature #painting

Wilson Abbey Film Group

Summer 2015 Starts May 11th MONDAY NIGHTS, 7 PM Free Cinema and conversation around film series themed by subject, director, or nation. “Reality Isn’t What It Used To Be,” a postmodern mashup of movies from Hollywood and world cinema: docu-drama meets ficumentary, Plato meets Jean Baudrillard, Jim Carrey high-fives Jean-Paul Sartre, philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre waves confusedly to Romanian…

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#docudrama #ficumentary #film #legends #movies #myths

The Soul Tells a Story: Discovering Creative Freedom Through Writing Saturday, June 20, 2015 9 am ~ 3:30 pm $45.00, Early Bird before June 1, $40.00 (Includes lunch provided by…

#ceativity #Creative Writing #The Mudroom #The Soul Tells a Story #Vinita Hampton Wright #Writing

Timbre: Sunday, May 3

Nashville based harpist/songwriter Timbre has been enchanting audiences across the world with her unique harp-based folk rock. Though featured playing harp with bands/artists such as Jack White, Ricky Skaggs, Tom Jones, mewithoutYou, and the Chariot, her solo music is even more breathtaking. Her ensemble of musicians bring complete stillness to crowded bars and festivals, silencing audiences of…

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#chamber music #concert #folk music #harp #live music #neo-classical #Timbre #Wilson Abbey

Steve Taylor and Danielson Live!

Friday, May 1st $20.00 Time: TBA Steve Taylor and the Perfect Foil with special guest Danielson and the Nine-Fruit Tree. Friday, May 1, at The Wilson Abbey. Click here for tickets.

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#Danielson #Sounds Familyre Records #Steve Taylor #The Perfect Foil

Agatha Christie: The Hollow

March 26-28 7:00 p.m. $5 Please join Uptown Christian School drama as they present Agatha Christie’s The Hollow, a play in which a relaxing weekend with friends and family at The Hollow, the home of Sir Henry and Lucy Angkatell turns into intrigue when murder follows romance. According to the London Observer, this delightful play by Agatha Christie is “as good a stage whodunit as we have had…

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#Agatha Christie #Matchbook Theater Company #The Hollow #UCS Drama