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Janna Lee uses her voice to explore different facets of herself and exorcise uncomfortable emotions that can’t be put into words. Her solo work combines harsh noise drowning in reverb with haunting processed vocals that probe the dark recesses of a woman’s psyche. Molly Jones is a saxophonist from free jazz and Balkan brass traditions. Her playing originates in a place of playfulness, listening, and attention.
Olbrzym i kurdupel,in Chicago from Poland, consist of two exquisite musicians: Tomek Gadecki (tenor and baritone saxophones) and Marcin Bożek (bass guitar). The music they play is simple, unrestrained, and uninhibited improvisation. They are joined by Danny Kamins, an improvising saxophonist based in Houston, TX.
8:30 pm: Janna Lee / Molly Jones duo
9:30 pm: Danny Kamins + Olbrzym i kurdupel
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Celebrating the Black Diaspora, the.BlkRoom and Elastic Arts collaborate on a courtyard event featuring an Afro Puerto Rican Baile performance from Lauren Brooks and Los Medicos. This is followed by a late night showing of Black Orpheus presented by the blkfilmclub. The event will feature free food, art activations, and performances by Elastic Dark Matter Residents Udo and Xavi Burgos.
Join us as we welcome back Matthew Daher’s project The Wisdom to Know the Difference with Chicago artist Sarah Lutkenhaus opening the night.
Tonight we will be celebrating Black Chicago house music at Elastic with a The.BlkRoom takeover! Sharing Resources for Black and Brown artist while enjoying late night house-vibes with TBRs Resident DJ DJ John West, with friends Yanna Lynette, and DJ Khali Melon. Come and enjoy food, great music, artist, resources, and performances by special guest!
As part of the 2026 Chicago Jazz Festival Citywide series we present a free show with Elastic Arts mainstays.
A unique free jazz meeting featuring two leading Croatian improvisers, an unconventional double-drum-and-bass trio with Chicago powerhouses, and a quintet convergence that promises to be explosive!
September’s CLEAT Series features three sets from Chicago artists, with a duo from Steve Reidell & Tim Kinsella, solo set from Alexander Panos, and the duo Squonk.
Join us for our final outreach event of the summer at South Merrill Community Garden! We’ll have Naydja Bruton’s Rhythm Ninjas, udochukwu anidobu, and Amari Amai. More info on their performances TBA!
Join us for a multi-genre Printers Row offsite event featuring performances from Casts, Norman W. Long, and Akjai, and readings from local small press authors, including Kathleen Rooney, Téa Jones Yelvington, and Robert Kloss (Always Crashing), Aug Stone, Scott Laudati, and Benjamin Niespodziany (Maudlin House), and Jessica Anne, Emily Capers, and Timothy Moore (Long Day Press).
Join us for the closing of current visual gallery exhibition “quiet as it’s kept” curated by Harlem West. Today will be a final opportunity to see the work, but also experience a film screening of of Suzanne, Suzanne by Camille Billops. Please join us! The event is free and open to the public.
Film: 1:15pm
Artist Talk: 2:30pm
Ritual Rhythms Chicago presents an evening of ritual journeys through transformation and transcendence, exploring death and rebirth through music, storytelling, and dance. Featuring Secrets of the Beehive, Mehtab Kirtan’s Death Songs, and dancers Kitty Khaos, Noori, and Stacy.
Michael Zerang and Tim Kinsella perform for the 2nd time ever as a duo and the first time with their new band name, Typhoon Matisse.
Texas based vibraphonist Stefan González is visiting Chicago in preparation to move there this fall. In an attempt to immerse themself in the vibrant improvised and free jazz community, they are playing in a first time trio with dear friends, Chicago mainstays, and respected world class improvisers, Lily Glick Finnegan (drums) and Andrew Scott Young (bass).
8:30 pm: González/Finnegan/Young Trio
9:30 pm: Typhoon Matisse
$15 / $10 w/ Student ID - Tickets Available at the Door
Aine Nakamura will present her work Breath in this World. The work is for spoken words, sung voice and body movement. "As I see the moon in the night's darkness, which receives the light from the sun, the earth changing the light's shape with the earth’s shadow, I think about light and darkness, lines and shapes, wounds and love, and humans’ eyes."
