Your #StaytheFHome Chicago Curated Weekend: 10/15 and Beyond

The Stoop Comedy Show @ Their Twitch Channel, a comfy spot in your place or live if you feel comfortable with it, WHAT: Jokes on a stoop (or rooftop) SO WHAT: In these less-than-funny times, we all need a little levity. The Stoop Comedy Show has been putting on small, socially distanced, outdoor comedy shows to help and they've been streaming them online! NOW WHAT: You can catch the show on Twitch or if you feel comfortable, you can purchase a ticket to watch the show in person here.

Virtual Cinema @ Music Box Theatre, unsurprisingly at your home, any time you want to watch a movie, WHAT: A great way to support a great local theater SO WHAT: The Music Box Theatre has reopened and you can go catch a myriad of great films like TENET (last day 10/15), Possessor, Rebecca, Shithouse, & An American Werewolf in London live and in person! But if your still feeling hesitant about going out and about during the pandemic, you can still watch great moves and support them online! They are currently screening films via their Virtual Cinema with The Music Box series! Check out films like 12 Hour Shift, Alone, Major Arcana, A Chef's Voyage, Made in Abyss: Dawn of the Deep Soul, Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin, Buoyancy, Dreaming Grand Avenue, Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, Once Upon a River, Push, RGB this weekend! NOW WHAT: Digital tickets are $12, so sit back and enjoy! Their door are also open, so if you feel comfortable, put on your mask and go see a movie at the Music Box Theatre! The Hideout Online @ Hideout's current streaming Home: NoonChorus , on your favorite streaming device, usually in the evening WHAT: Miss the good times spent at the Hideout? Well here's the digital version! SO WHAT: While we may not be able to properly hang at the Hideout just yet, we can still experience all the dancing, bingo, talk shows, music, comedy, and Robbie Fulks we can handle from home! You just jump on over to the brand new Hideout Online at NoonChorus to join in on the Hideout digital community. They are offering a monthly subscription to watch their amazing lineup of shows for only for $25! You can still check out individual shows with out the subscription, but that subscription is a fantastic deal! Check out their schedule below or at their website and get ready for some fun!

• Thursday October 15 -To The Front hosted by Sen Morimoto featuring Blake Saint David, Sweat Enzo, Mal Devisa – 8:00pm – $10 To the Front is a series for Hideout Online where weekly rotating hosts (who just happen to be amazing musicians) select three artists that they love to perform. They’ll also be nominating an artist to host in the future, eventually letting the artists themselves become the curators of the entire show! Discover new acts you’ll love from acts you love without relying on those pesky algorithms. This week will feature Sen Morimoto calling the curating shots by bringing Blake Saint David, Sweat Enzo, & Mal Devisa To The Front!
• Friday October 16 and every following Friday – LP’s Happy Hour – 5:00pm to 7:00pm – $5 Award-winning country singer, sought-after DJ, and long-time Hideout employee Lawrence Peters will be hosting a weekly happy hour on Hideout Online, from his home to yours. Maybe you’ll tune in for some deep cuts from his lauded collection of records, maybe some Hideout folks will drop in to swap stories about the bar, or maybe LP will even sing ya a tune. Join them with a drink in hand and enjoy a great night!
• Friday October 16 – Leyla McCalla 'Vari-Colored Songs' Release Show – 8:00pm – $10 Leyla McCalla's Vari-Colored Songs: A Tribute to Langston Hughes is gettig a release and show! Setting Hughes’ poems to McCallas's own compositions and Haitian folk songs, the album is a beautiful collection of tracks showcasing McCalla's amazing voice.
• Saturday October 17 – Jackie Lynn 'Jacqueline' Album Release – 8:00pm – $10 Jackie Lynn is just one of the musical projects of Haley Fohr and it's a doozy. After having disappeared for a short time, Jackie Lynn is back with not just a live show, but a whole new album! Take the night off and transport ourself virtually to the Hideout Online! Don your colorful clothes and clear the floor around you – you gotta move around to these incredible songs!
• Sunday October 18th – Robbie Fulks – 8:00pm – $15 Robbie Fulks is a Hideout staple and this online residency is sure to deliver the goods for the coming virtual months! This week will feature a special guest: Pete Thomas of The Attractions! Don’t miss out on this great show!
• Tuesday October 20th – Write Club – 7:00pm – $10 Write Club is an awesome literary event pitting two opposing writers/ideas against each other.
• Wednesday October 21st - Growing Concerns Poetry Collective Live from the Hideout – 8:00pm – $15 Growing Concerns Collective rings together three amazing local, multidisciplinary artists: Mykele Deville, McKenzie Chinn, and Jeffrey Michael Austin. This show is going to be a good one!  You can check out our thoughts on their song “Shout Across Mountains” here!
• Thursday October 22nd – The Interview Show – 7:00pm – $5 Jump into the Interview Show! For over a decade, The Interview Show, hosted by Mark Bazer, has been featuring conversations with and performances by the most interesting people in Chicago and beyond.

NOW WHAT: Head to Hideout Online, tip these fine folks accordingly, and enjoy the Hideout vibes at home! Also be aware: starting in September, Hideout online will be moving to NoonChorus and will be offering a subscription to watch their amazing lineup of shows for only for $25 a month! Check out the full details here! Film Center from Your Sofa @ The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute, your couch or preferred movie watching spot in your place, pretty much any time WHAT: The Film Center at Home SO WHAT:The Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute is continuing their excellent series Film Center from Your Sofa .This is a fun way to stay in digital touch with the Film Center and watch some great films from the comfort of home! Enjoy films like Seasons of Change on Henry's Farm,  John Lewis: Good Trouble, God of the Piano, Saul & Ruby's Holocaust Survivor Band, Our Time Machine, Blackbird, The Artist's Wife, A Chef's Voyage, Myth of a Colorblind France, The Disrupted, Still Life, F11 and Be There, Bamako (Starting October 16)  and more! Head over to their listings and start watching! NOW WHAT: Digital tickets are $12, so sit back and enjoy!

New Talks and Video Archives @ Chicago Humanities Festival YouTube channel, your favorite browser or YouTube's app, any time you want some inspiration, All Ages WHAT: Interesting conversations with interesting people! SO WHAT: Chicago Humanities Festival brings some of the best ideas to the surface with entertaining programming that captures your imagination. Their website is constantly updated with upcoming talks, so be on the look out for new talks and check out the wealth of previous events in their archives! Here's a quick look at what they have lined up this week!

• Thursday, October 15 - Art in the Moment - 7:00pm
• Friday, October 16 - Artist-Run Spaces - Noon
• Friday, October 16 - Pete Buttigieg and Mayor Lori E. Lightfoot in Conversation - 2:00pm
• Monday, October 19 - Alex Ross on Wagnerism - 7:00pm
• Tuesday, October 20 - Digital Celebration 2020 - 7:00pm
• Thursday, October 22 - What’s Next: Climate Change - 7:00pm

NOW WHAT: Head over to their website for more details on upcoming events and take a look at their past events here! Register to receive a link to the event. Ravinia TV @ Ravinia's YouTube Channel, On the best sounding device that can play YouTube channel, Fridays 7:00pm WHAT: Some excellent performances to hold you over during this time of no live concerts SO WHAT: RaviniaTV was a 20-minute weekly variety show webcast on their YouTube channel and Facebook page every Friday. Their first season of the series is over, but all their shows are achieved and ready to re-watch or experience forth e first time! NOW WHAT: Head over to their website and tune in to the show. You can also check out previous episodes of the show Hannibal Buress' Miami Nights @ Youtube, at the most inviting place in your home, any time you need a laugh WHAT: Since his live and in person drive in special is sold out this weekend, why not watch this recently released hour of comedy SO WHAT: Chicago-born Hannibal Buress dropped his new special Miami Nights over the Fourth of July weekend and it's great! The special was filmed at the end of last year, with the centerpiece of the hour+ special being his arrest in Miami in 2017 (clowning on crummy cops is always funny).  Everything about the special feels essential, from the always amazing delivery that comes from Buress' comedic cadence to the prescient content to the overwhelming entertaining production of the whole affair. Seriously it goes beyond the usual comedian on stage format and does something more throughout! NOW WHAT: Here's the link to the special! Start it up whenever you feel the need for a good laugh and enjoy! Grant Park Music Festival 2020 Virtual Season: Festival Remixed @ YouTube and WFMT, at home with your favorite streaming device, Fridays and Wednesday 6:30pm WHAT: Live music for your free time SO WHAT: This year the Grant Park Music Festival went virtual with plenty of great concerts and events being livestreamed online on YouTube and WFMT (both on their website and FM). You can check out our preview of the season here. While the season is officially over, you can still check out their archive of 2020 shows here! NOW WHAT: Head over to the Festival Remixed website, catch some of the previous shows, and enjoy!! Fun Times with Local Museums @ the comfort of your own home, a various collection of websites, whenever you want a little dose of educational fun, All Ages WHAT: A chance to explore and help out some great local museums during these quarantine days SO WHAT: Our incredible Museums editor Mariel Bokor has compiled a great list of interesting programming available from museums like the Art Institute of Chicago, the Field Museum, MSI, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Adler Planetarium during this stay at home time. Check out part one of the roundup featuring tons of programming suggestions and then head over to part two where you can see even more great museums and info on how to support them! NOW WHAT: Check out our article and discover something new! Concerts Live-streams and Local Shows Archives @ Your House, Any time you please, All Ages WHAT: There's tons of concerts from Chicago's yesteryear available online for your enjoyment! SO WHAT: Oh My Rockness and Do312 has done a fantastic job of cataloging some of the upcoming live-streams from the awesome musical acts out there! Check out Oh My Rockness' listings here, Do312's roundup of shows here, and tune in to these great shows from the comfort of home! Do312 have also shared some past Chicago shows that are certainly worth of a watch. There are also so many great local concerts recorded for posterity and what better time to check them all out than during this self isolation period. Audiotree has a fantastic and huge list of sessions with links to band's websites and merch to help support them even more. In addition to our previous recommendations like Fran, Tasha, KAINA, Divino Nino, and The Ophelias, we also recommend ROOKIE, Emily Blue, Sen Morimoto, Beach Bunny, Tennis, and Gia Margaret! Then head over to their record concerts from Lincoln Hall, Schubas, and beyond to check out Orville Peck, of Montreal, and so many more! JBTV is also a fantastic resource for sessions from bands that have come through Chicago! Just take a look at this playlist of Blind Melon's '95 set at Metro! NOW WHAT: Stay home, watch some live music, and be sure to check out your favorite artists' social media, you never know who might be live streaming next! Video Games @ Your home PC or Console, As long as it takes, Just check the game rating WHAT: Video-games for all! SO WHAT: Check out our games page for some recommendations of what games to download (and avoid) while we're stuck at home. If you're a PC user, head over to the Epic Games store as they have released a few new FREE games for you to download including Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, Kingdom New Lands, Sludge Life, and Delores: A Thimble Weed Adventure! There are also tons of free games on Twitch Prime waiting for you to download! NOW WHAT: Wash your hands and dive head first into some fun games!

The Quarantine Concerts @ Experimental sound Studios, Your best sounding internet connected device, at various times WHAT:  Experimental Sound Studio, Elastic Arts and the Hideout's Resonance Series come together for a series of amazing livestreamed concerts SO WHAT: The Quarantine Concerts is collaborative series which aims to give artists a space to share their work and continue earning a living during this time when live, in person, performances have been cancelled due to COVID-19. This is a perfect opportunity to unite the community for a few hours of amazing musicians. This weekend includes Autistic Pride Day Concert, Concert for Chicago Freedom School, and tons more! You can check out their full schedule for the rest of the week here. NOW WHAT: Head over to their Twitch stream and start watching some great shows. There is a suggested donation of $10 per evening. 100% of the donations contributed during each performance go to the artists who played that night.

Reading Events Online @ American Writers Museum, month of April WHAT: The American Writers Museum is offering many programs online, including evening author talks and Saturday morning Little Squirrels Storytime. SO WHAT: Kids can watch Little Squirrels Storytime at 10:30am on Saturdays, with three pre-recorded stories read each time. Watch it on Facebook but videos will also be posted to YouTube and IGTV if you can't tune in live. NOW WHAT: These events are free. Check the events calendar and register for author talks. Registration isn’t required for Little Squirrels Storytime. The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral 30 Digital Plays in 60 Analog Minutes @ The Neo Futurists' Patreon, one episode a week, 14+ WHAT: Quick plays online! SO WHAT: The Infinite Wrench Goes Viral! 30 Digital Plays in 60 Analog Minutesis the online adaptation of the Neo Futurists', ongoing, ever-changing attempt to perform 30 plays in 60 minutes for a live audience. Since live audiences are still a no-no, this is the perfect way to experience this fun project from home! NOW WHAT: Join the Neo Futurists' Patreon page for either $3, $5, or $9 a week (with added incentives in the higher tiers) and enjoy the 30 plays in an hour every week! Masque of the Red Coronavirus! @ Black Button Eyes Productions, Any time on your computer or mobile device. For 18+. WHAT: Written by Black Button Eyes Productions producing artistic director Ed Rutherford, this short satirical piece is available online free as a combined script-and-video experience. SO WHAT: In addition to reading the play, you will see various Chicago artists act out portions of the script on video, recorded remotely. The event includes puppets, burlesque, original music, fire dancing and more in a brief, darkly comedic confection. With the Red Coronavirus running rampant across the countryside and a vaccine still months away, what's a Prince to do? Lock himself in a secure bunker in an undisclosed location along with a cohort of his top donors, of course. To prevent him and his rich supporters from becoming bored, the Prince has also brought a few artists into the bunker to entertain the crowd. But as the hour grows later and the night grows weirder, it's clear that something else has also invaded the party. NOW WHAT: Settle down for an evening of magical weirdness. Click here and begin reading and watching the videos. Bring the Zoo to You @ Brookfield Zoo's Facebook page, when you want to see some animals besides your pets or specifically 11:00am, All Ages WHAT: A great way to make your kids' time at home entertaining and educational NOW WHAT: Join Brookfield Zoo on Facebook every weekday at 11:00am for a "Bring The Zoo To You" Facebook Live featuring one of their animals as well as plenty of educational, informative insight from one of our Animal Care Specialists. If you can't make it at 11, that's okay. The video will be saved afterward on Facebook as well as on their YouTube channel. SO WHAT: Just jump in to the chat at their Facebook page to learn something new