Beverly Arts Center Information and Event Guide

The Beverly Arts Center is an independent, not-for-profit cultural and educational institution dedicated to enriching lives through the visual and performing arts.

2407 W. 111th St. Chicago, Illinois 60655

Events:

"The Last King of Scotland"
Rated R: Language, violence, gruesome images and sexual content RT: 2:03 Forest Whitaker delivers a ferociously commanding performance as bloodthirsty Ugandan president Idi Amin in Kevin MacDonald’s...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-04-11 19:30:00

St. Xavier University Jazz Band
$10 The Saint Xavier University Jazz Band will perform a variety of Jazz classics. To learn more about the Saint Xavier University Music Department visit http://www.sxu.edu/music/
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-13 19:30:00

"Venus"
Rated R: Language, brief nudity, adult subject matter RT: 1:35 Academy Award nominee for best actor, Peter O'Toole stars in this moving story of an elderly actor and his somewhat questionable ...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-04-18 19:30:00

Beverly Theatre Guild presents: "Big"
$20 April 20, 8pm; April 21, 8pm; April 22, 2pm Beverly Theatre Guild presents the 1987 hit movie bursts on-stage in this vibrant, tuneful, funny and touching musical. When frustrated adolescent Josh ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-04-20 20:00:00

"The Italian"
Rated: PG-13, for some violence, sexual content, language and thematic issues Despite the title, THE ITALIAN is actually a Russian film set at a bleak orphanage in rural Russia. The story opens when s...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-04-25 19:30:00

St. Xavier University Concert Band
$10 The Saint Xavier University will perform a program of classical music and popular band tunes. To learn more about the Saint Xavier University Music Department visit http://www.sxu.edu/music/
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-04-26 19:30:00

Mark Holmes: Radiant Bodies
Mark Holmes first began creating minimal influence sculptures, some with fluorescent lighting, as a graduate student 20 years ago. “Light is itself not exactly physical, and has a way of diffusing o...
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-04-27 00:00:00

Friends within Art
Bridge Gallery Opening Reception Saturday, April 28, 3:00-5:00pm “Friends within Art” was an idea that started out small and appeared to be only an unfathomable idea at first. It was created as an...
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-04-27 00:00:00

The Motels featuring Martha Davis
$30 first 4 rows/ $25 rest of house/ $30 day of Led by the charismatic Martha Davis, the Motels were one of the most successful and acclaimed bands to emerge from the fertile Los Angeles new wave scen...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-04-27 20:00:00

Garden Fair
$35/$40 day of The Garden Fair returns in the early spring to give you the insight and know-how for the upcoming season. Booths featured containing items you will need to get your garden out of the gr...
Category: Other, 09:30:00, 2007-04-28 09:30:00

Graham Parker
$25 Folk rock legend Graham Parker, with a distinctive rock and roll style is rooted in his love of American R&B, country and soul, will perform his hits "Wake Up (Next to You)&qu...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-04-28 20:00:00

Notre Dame Glee Club
$15 Recognized as one of the finest all male collegiate choral groups in the country, the University of Notre Dame Glee Club has a rich history of singing and brotherhood spanning more than 85 years. ...
Category: Music, 16:00:00, 2007-04-29 16:00:00

"Iraq In Fragments"
$7 Not Rated. Iraq In Fragments illuminates post-war Iraq in three acts, building a vivid picture of a country pulled in different directions by religion and ethnicity. Filmed in cinema verité style,...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-05-02 19:30:00

First Folio presents: "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
$7 before 3/30; $8 after 3/30; $7 for groups of 20 or more 9:30-10:30am and 11am-12pm Mischief-loving fairies, mixed-up lovers, and a man with the head of a donkey? If must be A Midsummer Night&#...
Category: Performing Arts, 09:30:00, 2007-05-10 09:30:00

Bringin' It From the Streets
A Production of Chris Nasadowski Second annual showcase and BAC fundraiser featuring many professional and neighborhood dance troupes from Chicago in styles ranging from HipHop and Breaking to Tap and...
Category: Performing Arts, 19:30:00, 2007-05-11 19:30:00

Southside Alumni

Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-12 20:00:00

Teen Thespians: "Midsummer Night's Dream"
May 18, 8pm and May 20, 4pm Star-crossed lovers, outrageous royalty, blue collar buffoons and a deranged demi-god determined to cause chaos, all combine to create a whirlwind comedy that transcend tim...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-05-18 20:00:00

The 37th Annual Beverly/Morgan Park Home tour
Houses open 11am-5pm. Tours leave from BAC. $25/$30 day of/ $3 extra for guided tour The Beverly Area Planning Association's 37th Annual Home Tour features 5 exceptional homes. All tours must ...
Category: Other, 11:00:00, 2007-05-20 11:00:00

"Sweet Land"
$7 Rated: PG, for brief partial nudity and mild language. Inge and Olaf slowly come to know each other, and against the backdrop of endless farmland and cathedral skies they fall in love, a man and w...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-05-23 19:30:00

"The Wind that Shakes the Barley"
$7 Rated: PG-13, for crude and sexual humor, language, a comic violent image and some drug references Ireland 1920: Workers from field and country untie to form volunteer guerilla armies to face the...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-05-30 19:30:00

Jordan Scott and Pier Wright: Mixed Media
Artist Reception: 6/2, 3-5pm Jordan Scott's work is influenced by the interconnectedness of the universe. His grid paintings, bisquit field's, crayon worlds, wire tangles, postage stam...
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-06-01 00:00:00

Arts of Life: Group Exhibition
Works by members of Arts of Life, Inc. community celebrate diversity using a variety of media and techniques.
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-06-01 00:00:00

Children's Summer Arts Camps
Choose the camp that's right for your child: Inter-Arts Camp, Playmakers Jr. Theater Camp, Teen Thespians, PLAYBAC!, Primary Art Camp, Visual Arts Camp, Master Painter's Camp, Ceramics...
Category: Education, 00:00:00, 2007-06-03 00:00:00

BAC Dance Concert
$7 An afternoon of movement, music and magic featuring all our dance students.
Category: Performing Arts, 13:00:00, 2007-06-03 13:00:00

Chicago Kids Company presents: "The Little Mermaid"
$8/Group rates available 10:30am & 12:00pm on select days Original one-hour version of "The Little Mermaid," about a young mermaid who wants to experience the world on land.
Category: Performing Arts, 10:30:00, 2007-06-05 10:30:00

"The Lives of Others"
$7/$5 BAC Members Rated: R, sexual content, language and violence RT: 2 hours, 17 minutes Winner of the Academy Award for best Foreign Language Film, The Lives of Others is a superbly directed, engagi...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-06-13 19:30:00

"Defending the Caveman"
$35 "Defending the Caveman" is for everyone who recognizes that there are inherent differences between men and women. You'll laugh a lot, but you'll also see some tru...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-06-15 20:00:00

School of the Arts Summer Session
Early Registration Discount ends May 12! Register online at www.beverlyartcenter.org. Beverly Arts Center School of the Arts offers a wide variety of classes for kids, teens, adults, and seniors in Sp...
Category: Education, 00:00:00, 2007-06-18 00:00:00

"Avenue Montaigne"
$7/$5 BAC Members Rated PG-13: some strong language and brief sexuality Running Time: 1 Hour, 46 Minutes A girl (Cécile de France) fresh from the country gets a job waitressing at a Paris bistro, whe...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-06-20 19:30:00

Teen Open Mic Nights
$5 - Ages 13-19 Dates: 6/21, 7/2, 7/19, 8/2, 8/16) 8-9pm Every other Thursday this summer, the BAC Studio Theater will become a coffee-house-style hangout where teen performers can meet to try out ne...
Category: Other, 20:00:00, 2007-06-21 20:00:00

Free Jazz in the Courtyard
FREE The Pat Noland Group featuring Patrick Noland (piano and guitar), Pete Vancura (bass) and Rusty Jones (drums) plays jazz every Monday beginning June 25 in the courtyard. Bring picnic blankets or ...
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-06-25 19:00:00

"The Page Turner"
$7/$5 BAC Members Not Rated Running Time: 1 Hour, 25 Minutes A small-town butcher's daughter, Mélanie, aged about ten, seems to have a special gift for the piano. She takes the Conservatory e...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-06-27 19:30:00

South Side Idol
Participants fee: $8/ $10 day of Audience fee: $3/ $2 kids under 12 and seniors If you are 16 or older and think you have what it takes to become the most famous person in Chicago's South Side...
Category: Other, 19:30:00, 2007-07-10 19:30:00

"The Namesake"
Rated: PG-13, sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, disturbing images and brief language. RT: 2 hours, 2 minutes Like her previous films VANITY FAIR, MONSOON WEDDING, and HBO’s HYSTERICAL BLINDNES...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-07-18 19:30:00

New Riders of the Purple Sage
$20/ $25 day of The New Riders of the Purple Sage Ride Again. The long-awaited return of The New Riders of the Purple Sage has fans in a psychedelic head spin. Original members David Nelson (guitar an...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-07-19 20:00:00

Kariann Fuqua
East Gallery Artist Reception: TBA Observation and the act of seeing are such an integral part of Kariann Fuqua’s work. It is this obsessiveness with looking and staring that has led to a fascinatio...
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-07-20 00:00:00

Canned Heat
$30 The most under-rated rock band of the psychedelic era. Canned Heat's "boogie music" has been at the forefront of popularizing blues music, as exemplified by such hits as ...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-07-20 20:00:00

Offside
$7/$5 BAC Members Rated: PG, for language throughout, and some thematic elements In Iran women are prohibited from attending live sporting events because of the fear that they will be "corrup...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-07-25 19:30:00

PLAYBAC! presents: "Fame the musical"
$12/ $10 children 12 and under july 27, 8pm; July 28, 1pm; July 29, 4pm High energy tale about young performers training for professional careers showcases the talent of BAC students in theater camps.
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-07-27 20:00:00

the subdudes
$30/ $35 day of "Take a little blues, throw in some Cajun rock!" Led by singer/guitarist Tommy Malone and accordionist John Magnie, the Subdudes draw most of their inspiration from t...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-07-28 20:00:00

Teen Thespians: "Honk!"
$12 adults/$10 students under 12 The musical version of the "Ugly Duckling" features energetic music, challenging choreography, innovative costuming, and plenty of opportunities for ...
Category: Performing Arts, 10:30:00, 2007-08-02 10:30:00

Second City: "One Nation Under Blog"
$28 With alumni that include a Who's Who of American comedy (Bill Murray, Steve Carell, Tina Fey, and more), The Second City has been touring its trademark wit and satire for decades. Featurin...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-08-04 20:00:00

"The Hoax"
$7/$5 BAC Members Rated: R, language RT: 1 hour, 55 minutes In 1971, Clifford Irving achieved the very heights of American journalism, nabbing a series of unprecedented interviews with the most famou...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-08-08 19:30:00

John Arndt - Recent Work
East Gallery Artist Reception, August 11, 3:00-5:00pm Collapsing painting and sculpture into each other, John Arndt disperses around the gallery a number of two and three-dimensional representations o...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-08-10 00:00:00

Molehills: Group Exhibit
Featured installation works and an accompanying film series exploring connections between the natural and the synthetic, through art, social structures, ecology, and other approaches. Molehills is the...
Category: Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-08-24 00:00:00

Cotton Patch Gospel
September 7 and September 8, 8pm; September 9, 3pm Details to come soon!
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-07 20:00:00

Leon Redbone
Dressed in trademark white fedora and jacket and sunglasses, Leon Redbone brings his mysterious persona, distinctive rumbling voice, and mastery of popular music from the 1920's and 1930&#...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-09-07 20:00:00

Cotton Patch Gospel
September 8, 8pm and September 9, 3pm $30/ $25 BAC Members “Drop everything and go see Cotton Patch Gospel. Your feet will be tapping and your fingers will be snapping” said Christianity Today. Fi...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-08 20:00:00

School of the Arts Fall Session
Classes begin September 9; Early Registration Discount ends 8/18 (10% off classes). Prices vary by class BAC offers a wide variety of classes for kids, teens, adults, and seniors in Art, Computers, Da...
Category: Education, 00:00:00, 2007-09-09 00:00:00

Cecil McDonald: Domestic Observations & Occurences
Artist Reception: TBA Photography. An extended look at moments within the domestic environment that on the surface seem minute and routine, but that employ a cinematic sensibility that directs the vei...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-09-14 00:00:00

Neil Giuntoli's "Hizzoner"
September 14, 8pm; September 15, 8pm; September 16, 3pm September 21, 8pm; September 22, 8pm; September 23, 3pm Neil Giuntoli's Hizzoner is a personal look at Richard J. Daley - authoritarian ...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-09-14 20:00:00

Roger MGuinn
$30 first 4 rows/ $25 rest of house/ $30 day of
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-10-06 20:00:00

Semiotic Landscapes
Semiotic Landscapes October 16 - October 28; Artist Reception: TBA Part of Chicago Artist's Month FREE Guest curated by Micheal Hardesty, faculty School of the Art Institute. This Group exhibi...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-10-16 00:00:00

Chris Smither
$30 first 4 rows/ $25 rest of house/ $30 day of
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-10-19 20:00:00

Chicago Kids Company: "Pinnochio"
October 24 – November 21, 10:30am and 12:30pm on select days $10/ Group rates: $8-$6.75 Original one-hour version about a Gepetto the Toymaker, the Blue Fairy, and the rest of Pinochhio's fr...
Category: Family, 10:30:00, 2007-10-24 10:30:00

Beverly Theatre Guild presents: "A Few Good Men"
$20 October 26 & 27, 8pm; October 28, 2pm In this drama, military lawyers uncover a high level conspiracy while defending two Marines accused of murder.
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-10-26 20:00:00

THE BIG READ - Farenheit 451
2 Screenings: 9am - Special Guests, Bill Savage of Northwestern University 7pm - Special Guests, Sam Weller of Columbia College Not Rated RT: 1 Hour, 53 Minutes In a dark futuristic world, literature,...
Category: Media, 09:00:00, 2007-11-01 09:00:00

31st Annual Plaza Arts Competition & Exhibition
Exhibit: November 2, 2007 - January 5, 2008 Submission Deadline: October 2; October 28: Finalists' work due at BAC Artist Reception & Awards: November 3, 7-9pm; Closing Reception: Janu...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-11-02 00:00:00

Graham Parker
$30 Graham Parker's original rock and roll style is rooted in his love of American R&B, country and soul. He started his career in England's 1970's pub rock scene but d...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-11-03 20:00:00

George Winston: A Solo Piano Concert
$35 "George Winston's melodic folk-style piano has been his signature sound for more than 30 years." - Richard Freedman, Oakland Tribune. His performance consists of pieces f...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-11-10 20:00:00

First Nations Film Festival
FNFF advocates for and celebrates the works of Native American film and video that break racial stereotypes and promotes awareness of contemporary Native American issues and society.
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2007-11-14 19:30:00

Saint Xavier University Jazz Ensemble
$10 General/ $8 Students,Seniors/ Free for SXU Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni w/ ID A variety of jazz classics.
Category: Music, 19:30:00, 2007-11-16 19:30:00

Saint Xavier University Orchestra
Description to come...
Category: Music, 15:00:00, 2007-11-18 15:00:00

Heartsfield w/ special guests Leadfoot String Band
$20/ $25 day of Heartsfield, called "The Grateful Dead of the Midwest" and the "Sweetheats of Lincoln Avenue," toured throughout the 70s, spreading its infectious b...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-11-21 20:00:00

Ronnie Baker Brooks
$27/ $25 BAC Members Son of guitar legend Lonnie Brooks, Ronnie is hot on his father’s heels as a master Bluesman. After touring with dad for more than a dozen years as his bandleader, he has struck...
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-11-23 20:00:00

4-Week Sneak Peek Classes
November 25-December 22 Registration fees vary with class Don't be left out in the cold! 4-weekSneak Peek classes will be offered again between the fall and winter sessions. These short classe...
Category: Education, 00:00:00, 2007-11-25 00:00:00

Chicago Kids Company presents: "Mrs. Claus! A Holiday Musica...
$10/Group rates: $8-$6.75 Reserve your tickets today through Chicago Kids Company: (773) 205-9600 November 27 - December 23 10:30am & 12:00pm on select days One-hour original performance in wh...
Category: Family, 10:30:00, 2007-11-27 10:30:00

BAC Annual Awards Ceremony
$30 Located in the BAC Atrium/lobby Annual fundraising event that honors people who have made a significant contribution to the BAC.
Category: Other, 19:00:00, 2007-11-29 19:00:00

"The Night Before Christmas"
$12 adults/ $10 children under 12 Nov. 30, 8pm; Dec 1, 8pm; Dec. 2, 3pm The young theater BAC students join professional young actors on stage for a fast-paced and funny holiday musical.
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-11-30 20:00:00

"Tidings of Tap"
Details to come!
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-12-01 20:00:00

Saint Xavier University Concert Band
$10 General/ $8 Students,Seniors/ Free for SXU Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni w/ ID A program of classical and popular music
Category: Music, 20:00:00, 2007-12-04 20:00:00

3rd Annual "Celebrate the Arts" Card Art Competition
December 5 - January 1, 2008 "Celebrate the Arts" card art competition is open to children ages 5-13 in the BAC service area. Students should submit original works that reflect some ...
Category: Performing/Visual Arts, 00:00:00, 2007-12-05 00:00:00

Chicago Tap Theatre presents: "Tidings of Tap"
December 7, 8pm; December 8, 8pm; and December 9, 3pm $25/ $15 students Chicago Tap Theatre is proud to present Tidings of Tap, a dance celebration of all things wintry, including pieces recognizing C...
Category: Performing Arts, 20:00:00, 2007-12-07 20:00:00

Chicago Children’s Choir Holiday Concert
$10 A holiday concert, featuring traditional holiday songs such as: “Jingle Bells”, “Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, and others. Concert performed by the B...
Category: Music, 19:00:00, 2007-12-20 19:00:00

Second City Touring Company: "Dysfunctional Holiday Revue"
$22/$20 BAC Members December 27, 8pm; December 28, 8pm; December 31, 9pm Performing a special holiday medley of classic scenes, songs, and improvisation, The Second City's National Touring Com...
Category: Comedy, 20:00:00, 2007-12-27 20:00:00

New Year’s Eve Bash (Second City Touring Company: "Dysfuncti...
$75 - Early Bird Special before 12/1/07 $90 - After 12/1/07 $75 - Special for 555 Members (Table reservations available) STOP PLANNING NOW - Ring in the New Year @ the BAC! Special EARLY BIRD RATE AVA...
Category: Comedy, 19:30:00, 2007-12-31 19:30:00

9th Annual Chicago Irish Film Festival
Founded in 2000 the Chicago Irish Film Festival is one of only a handful of Irish Film Festivals in the United States. The festival has consistently brought a truly representative selection of Irish f...
Category: Media, 19:30:00, 2008-02-29 19:30:00