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June 2021

Sunday June 13 | 7:00 pm
$10

Z FEST- Day 2 (Online Stream Only)

Honoring the late Saalik Ziyad. Featuring: Alex Wing, Edward Wilkerson, Tomeka Reid, and Lewis Achenbach, Preyas Roy, Vincent Davis, Fred Jackson Jr., Junius Paul
Monday June 14 | 7:00 pm
$10

Z FEST – Day 3 (Online Stream Only)

Honoring the late Saalik Ziyad. Featuring Art Turk Burton, Micah Collier, Leon Q Allen, Maggie Brown, Adam Zanolini, Taalib-Din Ziyad, Fred Jackson Jr., Darius Savage, Avreeayl Ra, and Lewis Achenbach
Thursday June 17 | 7:00 pm
$10

The Indeterminacy Consulting Group Presents – Four Directions: How to Re-Discipline in the 21st Century

Friday June 18
$10

Bricolage II: Carol Genetti & Ute Wassermann (Online Stream Only)

Broadcasts at 1 pm and 8 pm CST!! Bricolage is a quarterly performance series that pairs artists from the creative capitals of Berlin and Chicago in creative explorations of remote collaboration during the COVID era. This series is brought to you in collaboration with the Goethe-Institut, ausland Berlin, and co-curators Magda Mayas and Dave Rempis.
Friday June 18 | 9:30 pm
$10

Pitsiokos/El-magharbel/Collier/Davis + Ultan/Kempkers/Kleijn/David

A wonderful night of music featuring 2 groups of improvisers from Chicago, New York, and Connecticut!
Saturday June 19 | 5:00 pm

Alter NatiVVVe

Come experience the CLEAT System at Elastic, a 16-channel speaker installation experience!
Tuesday June 29 | 8:00 pm
Suggested $10

Anagram Series – Tim Stine Quartet

Guitarist/composer Tim Stine's quartet has been active since 2018, releasing its debut album Knots on Clean Feed in 2019. Tonight, the group performs selections from that recording. Stine's idiosyncratic music is charcaterized by sensible combinations of precise written scores and interactively improvised content.

July 2021

Thursday July 8 | 8:30 pm
$15

Improvised Music Series: Rempis/Abrams/Ra + Baker

This working quartet has used Elastic Arts as a home base since its inception in 2011 for performing, recording, and building up a group dynamic through the long, patient, sleeves-rolled up type of work that characterizes any great working ensemble. And they're back to mark the return of the Thursday night Improvised Music Series to a live in-person format after almost 16 months, due to the pandemic. Tonight's concert will begin at 8:30 PM and consist of one long concert-length set.

August 2021

Monday August 2 | 8:00 pm
Suggested $10

Anagram Series – Chris Madsen Quartet

The Chris Madsen Quartet was formed by Chicago-based saxophonist and composer Chris Madsen in 2017 to present his original music. The group has performed extensively in and aroud Chicago, including an appearance at the 2019 Chicago Jazz Festival, and its debut album Bonfire was released in 2019 on Outside In Music.
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