Spring 2023 – Clef Notes Chicagoland Journal for the Arts

This summer, The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago will present Gary Simmons: Public Enemy, a survey of artist Gary Simmons’s work, organized by James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator René Morales and assistant curator Jadine Collingwood on view from June 10, 2023, through October 1, 2023. It will be presented in the Griffin Galleries of Contemporary Art. The exhibition is the most comprehensive look at Simmons’s work to date, covering 30 years of Simmons’s career and featuring approximately 70 works.

Ballet Dance Spring 2023

Joffrey Ballet Mounts Chicago Premiere of John Neumeier’s “The Little Mermaid”

April 1, 2023 Fred Cummings Joffrey Ballet, John Neumeier

Chicago dance enthusiasts have an embarrassment of riches in the wealth of world renowned dance companies gracing our city’s stages.

Spring 2023 Theater

Chicago Shakespeare Theater to Honor 459th Birthday of the Bard with Wide Slate of Events

March 30, 2023 Oscar Peterson Barbara Gaines, Chicago Shakespeare Theater

As the world celebrates William Shakespeare’s 459th birthday this year, Chicago Shakespeare Theater will honor the Bard with multiple events throughout the month. The theater will honor the legacy of its founding artistic director, Barbara Gaines, with the Spirit of Shakespeare Award, which will be presented at a fundraising event at the Theater’s home on Navy Pier on Monday, April 24, 2023. On April 23, the theater will invite Chicago to join in celebration of Shakespeare’s birthday with the premiere of TO BE, a free streaming event featuring performances from artists across disciplines and across the city. Also, the theater announces added performances of Gaines’ final production as artistic director, The Comedy of Errors, now extended through April 23.