Past Events

The Frunchroom scheduled for this Tuesday, September 19, will be rescheduled as our host has tested positive for Covid.  We will let you know as soon as a new date is scheduled and look forward to bringing you this great lineup of storytellers. The Frunchroom, the original live storytelling series about the South Side of […]

Longtime Beverly Area Arts Alliance partner Horse Thief Hollow is joining us in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Beverly Art Walk with a special IPA release. Join us outside HTH Friday, September 15, 7-10 pm, to toast our 10th year together! We’ll have Live music by The Simple Remedy. Thanks to HTH, proceeds from beer […]

Alliance Backyard Music Series Featuring Alicia “Ya-Yah” Townsend Join us for an intimate outdoor concert Saturday, August 26, in a backyard somewhere in Morgan Park (destination revealed once tickets are purchased.)  About the artist: Alicia Townsend, affectionately known as “Ya Yah”, is a Chicago native whose influences include Jazz, Gospel, Rock, Soul, Funk and RnB. […]

Saturday,  August 19, 7–9 pm The Garage @ N.O.B.  Three artists create visual and auditory delights, wringing magic from reclaimed materials. Reverberations of imagination ring out as these artist/musicians reclaim, build, improvise and inspire–creating visual and auditory delights of inventively-reused materials.  Featuring: deeply resonant handmade instruments by David Barsotti; multi-media sculpture and assemblage by artist, […]

This exhibit is open August 11 to September 8.  The trauma of recent major world events—a pandemic, political upheaval and refugee crises, global warming—has artists looking to creative movements of the past for guidance and ways to take a stand. Dadaism began as artists expressed their discontent with the cataclysm of global conflict and propaganda […]

On view at The Garage @ NOB until August 4, 2023 Musical guest TBD Using visual cues from the iconic Monopoly game, artist Paul Branton creates satirical pieces of art that explore his childhood memories of Southside Chicago neighborhoods. Image shown: “Five-O” by Paul Branton, mixed media on compressed wood  

The Frunchroom, an original live storytelling series about the South Side of Chicago that makes its home in Beverly/Morgan Park, returns to the Beverly Arts Center this month with five new storytellers. Join us on Thursday, July 20, at 7:30 pm. Scheduled to appear at The Frunchroom are: Geena Doherty, chef and co-owner of B*U*B […]

July 14–August 4, 2023 at the Beverly Arts Center Opening reception July 14, 2023, 6–8pm Brilliant, intense, raw, vibrant and impactful works by: Kevin Blake, Dan Estep aka Flooding Factory, CJ Hungerman, Antonio Martinez aka Cobalt Studio, Robin Power, John Colson, Amy Regutti, Bruce Riley and Sub_Urban_Warrior Musical guests: Leroy Bach and Dan Bitney Image […]

The Beverly Area Arts Alliance presents the 10th annual Summer Solstice Uprising Market and Art Festival Sunday, June 25, noon-5 pm at Morgan Park Academy. This free event will include 40+ makers and artists—featuring paintings, sculpture, jewelry & wearables, prints, and more—as well as a dj, food, and festivities. Live music to follow. Featuring original […]

April 14–May 6, 2023 at the Beverly Arts Center Opening reception April 14, 2023, 6–8pm The artists of Stardust work in a variety of mediums, styles and strategies to shift and expand our perspectives on the natural world and the universe- from the cellular to the celestial, the minute to the infinite. Featuring works by: […]

The Frunchroom returns to the Beverly Arts Center for an 8th anniversary show on Thursday, April 13, at 7:30 pm. Hear five new storytellers talk about the full South Side experience. The Frunchroom Reading Series, Vol. XXIII Carly Oishi New to the South Side Michelle “Chellee” Rashad Englewood Hero and Radical Rester Erika L. Sánchez […]

I Figured As Much features five figurative artists working in five different disciplines. The exhibition is curated by Paul Branton, with works by him along with Robin Power, Todd English-Dumont, Chantala Kommanivanh, and Sulyiman Stokes. The musical guest is Emmy award-winning musician and DJ, Cam Be. “We are not a monolithic people. Our thoughts on […]