Friday 16
Summer D-Tour ’93 is the WestSide Gallery District Association’s latest gallery walk. More than two dozen outfits that showcase the work of emerging artists in Bucktown and Wicker Park open their doors from noon to 8 today and tomorrow, from the Zeus Gallery (1820 W. Webster) on the north to Gallery 954 (954 W. Washington) on the south. Visit ten galleries and you can get a free drink at the closing party, 8:30 Sunday night at the Northside, 1635 N. Damen. (Visiting all 22 gets you a free dinner.) There’s no admission charge to the galleries or the party; call 772-6965 or stop by any of the galleries for a map or details.
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Native Chicagoan Dwayne Johnson-Cochran, a writer on the TV series Angel Street and three in-progress movies, is back in town this weekend to talk to the Chicago Association of Black Filmmakers. He’ll be at the group’s 4 PM meeting today, at 116 W. Illinois, on the second floor. A reception starts at 3:30; it’s $7, free to members. Next Sunday the group is hosting Anita W. Addison, an independent producer and the director of Harpo Studios’ upcoming production of Alex Kotlowitz’s book There Are No Children Here. Call 935-5993 to reserve a seat.
Wednesday 21
For Memoryscape, an ambitiously conceived show at Northwestern University’s Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, a total of 20 artists have contributed work on the theme of memory–some with an installation, some with a performance, and some with both. The idea is to break down the wall between the two media. Beginning at 7 tonight you can enter and take in the static installations; at 8, 45 minutes of performances begin in various parts of the exhibit space, some simultaneous with others, some repeated at various times, in order to approximate the mind’s alternation of clarity and cacophony. The show runs through Sunday, July 25, and then next Wednesday, July 28, through Sunday, August 1. The gallery’s at 1967 South Campus Drive in Evanston. Admission is $7; call 708-491-8016 for details.
