What's Happening in West Town |
January 2022
A monthly round-up of neighborhood business events & news!
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The West Town Chicago Chamber of Commerce releases TWO monthly newsletters. One (this one) "What's Happening in West Town" is a promotional summary of neighborhood happenings and business events, and the other newsletter is informational for Chamber Members announcing meetings and Chamber programs. If you would like to receive the Chamber Member's monthly newsletter, we encourage you to join the Chamber by clicking here.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Arts & Entertainment
Food & Beverage
Retail & Community
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ARC Gallery & Educational Foundation
1463 W. Chicago Ave.
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Body Politics
Opening Reception: January 7, 5-8 p.m.
Virtual Opening: January 8, 4-5 p.m. (via Zoom)
Beginning with the policing of women’s bodies, and expanding to examine all forms of body policing and discrimination, ARC will host a juried exhibition in January 2022 to address these themes. Body politics shape the socio-political climate and affect basic human rights, from the #metoo movement and rape culture, to domestic violence, to gender politics, and right down to the politics of hair in the classroom and workplace.
Patrice Nelson: Into the Vanishing Prairie
Opening Reception: January 7, 5-8 p.m.
This is a series of walnut ink works on top of watercolor, acrylic wash, of threatened and endangered flora and fauna. These are various sizes with the largest works on 22" x 30”on 300 lb watercolor paper. The images are "fading" and vanishing because these species are tragically fading from our natural world. After spending my childhood with my dad looking for rare species and then my dad making photographic accounts, these pieces of threatened and endangered species are very important to me.
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Filter Photo
1821 W. Hubbard St., Suite 207
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Until There Is No Sun by Clare Benson
Opening Reception: January 7, 6-9 p.m.
On view through February 12
Filter Photo is pleased to present Until There Is No Sun, a solo exhibition of photography by Clare Benson. Benson spent nearly a year above the Arctic Circle working alongside space physicists, indigenous reindeer herders, and a neuroscientist who studies the eyes of Arctic reindeer. This continuing body of work explores relationships and contradictions—of light and seeing, of science and ancient myth, of that which we know and that which we continue to seek. Learn more here.
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Western Exhibitions
1709 W. Chicago Ave.
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Opia, Rachel Niffenegger
January 8 through February 26
For her fourth solo exhibition with Western Exhibitions, Opia, Rachel Niffenegger braves familiar faces in curious and experimental new media. Specters the artist previously conjured through paint pours, are now generated through an obsessive digital breeding process, which combines artificial intelligence and sublimated aluminum. These wraiths are suspended amongst haunted furniture, pulled from the folds of psychedelic clay, and spiraled through mirrored metal work. A precarious steel and brass tête-à-tête chair and uncanny rug divides the gallery. The psychological seating presents a space to ponder our unbecoming, and observe the haunted underscores of ourselves and homes in the process.
Wayfaring, Aya Nakamura
January 8 through February 26
Western Exhibitions is thrilled to present 10 new abstract works on paper—colored pencil on artist-produced handmade paper—by Aya Nakamura in her first show, Wayfaring, at the gallery. The show opens on Saturday, January 8 and will run through February 26, 2022. Appointments are not necessary; masks are mandatory; gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11am to 6pm. The drawings are colored pencil on handmade paper of different sizes and shapes, which have a physicality and assert themselves during the drawing process. Variegated lines move across, alongside and into fields of color, and these assemble into amorphous compositions that appear to simultaneously build and dissolve. Some have visual links to existing symbols and objects, which provide a starting point and focus. Their inspirations are various but orbit around a cataclysmic event, the passing of a loved one in the spring of 2021. They are meditations on death and metaphysics, and provide a space for questioning, grief, memorial, humor, and healing.
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Weinberg/Newton Gallery
688 N. Milwaukee Ave.
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"Human/Nature' Exhibition Opening Reception
Opening Reception: Jan 14 from 5-8 p.m.
On view through March 19
Weinberg/Newton Gallery, in partnership with the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, presents "Human/Nature" an exhibition addressing one of the most urgent issues of our time - climate change. "Human/Nature" is an art exhibition combining visual imagery and scientific interviews from experts who will help ground this exhibition in science and will point to actionable ideas on how each of us can contribute to a sustainable future. For gallery hours and more information visit weinbergnewtongallery.com.
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Mu Gallery
1541 W. Chicago Ave.
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'Experiments in Dark Matter'
January 21 through February 25
Join us for a group show in the heart of winter featuring works by Dan Gamble, Melon Fernsebner and Lindsey Clair Newman.
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Northwestern Settlement
1012 N. Noble St.
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15th Annual MLK Jr. Literacy Fair in Vittum Theater
Monday, January 17
Participants of all ages are invited to attend a variety of workshops and activities designed to celebrate the power of storytelling and to empower individuals to share their stories through speech writing and storyboarding. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own creative writing to share on stage at our Open Mic event in Vittum Theater.
The day also includes a series of raffle drawings for a variety of fun prizes donated by our community. Free books will be available for all youth. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Entire families are welcomed and encouraged! Masks required
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IVI Aesthetics & Wellness
910 N. Damen Ave.
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January Specials
All month long!
Refresh and invest in yourself this new year with special discounts on select services in January.
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Case Integrative Health
1732 W. Hubbard St., Suite2A
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Metabolic Boost Program
Year-round
If you’re looking to hit the ground running on your New Years’ resolutions, look no further than our Metabolic Boost Program. Your metabolism is unique and complex, so to lose weight (and keep it off) you need a program designed specifically for you. If you’ve been struggling with diet and exercise alone, it might be time for a boost! We’ll dig deeper, and develop a medical plan to help you feel better and look better from the inside out. If there is one thing the pandemic has shown us, it is that the importance of preventative healthcare is greater than ever. Make 2022 your healthiest year yet, and call to schedule your appointment today!
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West Town Chamber of Commerce | 1819 W. Chicago Ave. Chicago IL 60622 | [email protected] | www.westtownchamber.org |
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