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  1. Monday, June 9, 2025

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Event Calendar

3rd Annual Holiday Cabaret Roosevelt University students

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Join 21c Chicago and Roosevelt University for a night of merriment and cheer as CCPA students sing and dance to favorite holiday songs! The Holiday Cabaret will include favorite classics such as The Christmas Waltz, Mistletoe and Holly, and more, to get you in to the holiday spirit. RSVP online here

Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the …
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Blue Alice performed by Irene Hsiao

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Blue Alice (by 21c's first Artist in Residence, Irene Hsiao) is a response to the Pop Stars! exhibition, Dec. 21 is the fourth in a series of Blue Alice performances at 21c Chicago, and the April 8, 2022, performance of Blue Alice was the first performance presented at 21c Chicago. Learn more about Irene Hsiao and the Artist …
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Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the …
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Free
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Blue Alice performed by Irene Hsiao

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Please join us for Blue Alice's last appearances in Pop Stars! at 21c Museum Hotel Chicago. Blue Alice is performed by 21c's first Artist in Residence, Irene Hsiao, and is a response to the Pop Stars! exhibition. Learn more about Irene Hsiao and the Artist in Residence program here. Blue Alice Performance by Irene HsiaoCostume by …
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Free

Exclusive viewing of Holding Rhythm with the artist, Colleen Plumb

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Colleen Plumb’s newest experimental video, Holding Rhythm, 2022, is the first commission made for Elevate: Rm 921. This site-specific video projection is viewable after dusk from the windows of 21c Chicago guests with interior-facing rooms. Join the artist, Colleen Plumb, and 21c Museum Manager, Juli Lowe, for a private viewing of the projection and learn more about the …
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Free

Recurring

OFF-SPRING – Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING, and the artists behind all of the works on a guided tour from 21c’s Museum Manager, Juli Lowe. Meet us in the lobby at 5 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public. Featured Image: Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Make …
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OFF-SPRING – Guided Exhibit Tour with Juli Lowe, 21c Museum Manager

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Curious about contemporary art? Learn about 21c Chicago’s current exhibition, OFF-SPRING: New Generations, and the artists behind all of the artworks on a guided tour from 21c's Museum Manager, Juli Lowe. Meet us in the lobby at 5:00 pm to explore. Tours are free and open to the public. Featured image: Carrie Mae Weems Untitled (Woman …
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For Freedoms News

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

For Freedoms News (FFN) is an artist-led reimagining of television news. Created by the artist collective For Freedoms, which centers art and creativity as a catalyst for transformative connection and collective liberation, this project began with a residency at the Brooklyn Museum concurrent with early voting in the 2022 midterm elections, continued at Untitled Art Miami Beach, as …
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HOW ON EARTH: Artists Address Climate Change program with NRDC

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Janet Biggs, Helina Metaferia and Jennifer Wen Ma join Elizabeth Corr (NRDC) and Anne Verhallen (ATLT) to discuss their artistic practices, their works featured in EXPO CHICAGO and the inspiration behind them. Talk begins at 5:30pm and will be followed by a musical performance at 6:30pm by Kinsella & Pulse. Cocktails and light food provided. Program is free and …
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Kelly Kristin Jones: Plinths for the People co-sponsored by The Chicago Poetry Center

21c Museum Hotel Chicago 55 E Ontario, Chicago, IL

Plinths, the heavy platforms that hold up statues and monuments, are by their very definition not made for all. Plinths for the People takes the historical plinth and turns it into a grand stage activated by the community. Kelly Kristin Jones ensures that all stories, voices, and visions are acknowledged as community members speak their …
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o_Man! and the Legacy of Curation

Museum of Contemporary Photography's Karen Irvine, Chief Curator and Deputy Director, and Kristin Taylor, Curator of Academic Programs and Collections, will lead a discussion with Natalie Krick and Kelli Connell whose collaborative project o_Man! recontextualizes Edward Steichen’s renowned 1955 exhibition, The Family of Man, which included 503 photographs narrating the human experience from a distinctly western, patriarchal perspective, and which traveled …
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