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Happy weekend, Block Clubbers,
How was your week?
I have to say, few things warmed my heart this week like a picture of Jamie Lee Curtis and Abby Elliott, who play mother and daughter on “The Bear,” checking out the Museum of Contemporary Art while in town shooting season five of the series. Maybe because I am still traumatized by “Fishes,” the explosive season two episode with the most toxic family dinner ever seen on a screen. Nice to know that the onscreen complicated family members are such good friends in real life.
I always have a soft spot for shows set and/or filmed in Chicago. I loved the Peacock series “All Her Fault,” but outside of a few Downtown bridge scenes, it was clear that all the upper-crust suburban scenes weren’t shot anywhere close to here. Dick Wolf’s Chicago shows like “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago Med” keep chugging along, but rumor has it that this may be “The Bear”’s last season, and “The Chi” is about to drop its eighth, and final, season. I would love to see more TV shows filmed in our picturesque city.
What are your favorite Chicago-set series? Let us know at arts@blockclubchi.org, or just reply to this email.
Have a great weekend,
Gwen Ihnat
Arts & Culture Editor
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From filming notices in Ukrainian Village to cast sightings Downtown and in West Town and Wicker Park, the award-winning FX on Hulu series is shooting its fifth and possibly final season. |
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EVENTS: There are also art shows, markets and an outdoor block party at Empty Bottle. |
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BOOKS: Children of all ages will be welcome to shop for books priced at 50 cents to $1 or use “Brilliant Bucks” to snag free books, organizers said. |
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ARTS: The cozy storefront’s shelves include greeting cards, stickers, notepads, sticky pads, planners, calendars, magnets and more designed or curated by owner Samantha Rekas. |
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EATS: The family-owned shop’s signature cone born in Beverly — chocolate, strawberry, Palmer House, pistachio and orange sherbet — is the taste of summer for many Chicagoans.
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The Architecture and Design Film Festival continues this weekend, and tickets are still available for most of the screenings, including “Changing Lanes,” a chronicle of the effort to add protected bike lanes in Brooklyn, featuring Talking Head and cyclist David Byrne, and “The Space Architect,” a profile of NASA architect Constance Adams, whose work is reimagining how humans might live in outer space. Writer Erik Adams got a preview of the film fest that focuses on built spaces and the people behind them.
Partners In Crime bookstore opens this weekend at 4105 N. Lincoln Ave., and owners Amanda and Jeff Morse are throwing a grand opening celebration Saturday. The first 50 customers will receive a free Partners in Crime bag and enamel pin, and Café Solera will be onsite offering caffeinated treats. North Center reporter Alex V. Hernandez talked to the couple about their new shop specializing in romance and mystery novels.
You can check out a free screening of four short films by Chicago-based filmmaker and Northwestern professor Paloma Martinez Saturday afternoon at the Lozano Public Library, 1805 S. Loomis St. The shorts delve into poignant chapters from everyday lives, like a girl selecting her quinceañera dress or adult siblings watching forgotten home movies. The screenings will be followed by a discussion moderated by community group Pilsen Unidos por Nuestro Orgullo in an event designed to foster connection and communication. More info here.
The Event Horizon Gallery, 5517 N. Clark St., is extending its art liquidation sale through this weekend. The sale offers hundreds of artistic creations to choose from, with some starting at just $5. The space also features virtual reality lounges and escape rooms for gamers; more info here.
The Near North Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 310 W. Division St., is hosting an opening reception Sunday for “Orchard & Vine, 1975.” The photography exhibition and short film celebrates the Neighborhood Commons Cooperative, the Black-led and occupied housing co-op in Lincoln Park. The free event offers a screening of the film as well as food and drinks, followed by a discussion. The exhibit uses photographs, art objects and other archival materials to explore the legacy of the cooperative in the neighborhood; it runs through March 22. More info here.
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