The listings department is still recovering from last weekend’s Gordon Lightfoot backyard karaoke festival* so without further ado . . .

  • Sat 9/12, 1-6 PM, and Sun 9/13, 1-5 PM: opening weekend for “Field Measure,” an exhibition featuring work of artists Ruth Burke, Zack Ingram, and Libbi Ponce, who all attended the ACRE Residency in Wisconsin. On view through Sun 10/11 at LVL3 Gallery in Wicker Park.
  • Sat 9/12 at 1, 3, and 5 PM and Sun 9/13 at 5 PM: The 96 Hours Festival featuring performance artists, dance, puppeteers, musicians, and more assembled into teams and challenged to create an original work in 96 hours. Irene Hsiao writes more about the festival here.
  • Sat 9/12, 8:30 PM: Sima Cunningham of Ohmme performs live for a limited audience in person at Constellation with a concurrent livestream viewable at the venue’s YouTube channel.
  • Sun 9/13, 4 PM: Richard Thompson plays the first of 3 livestream performances presented by Evanston’s SPACE and the Old Town School of Folk Music.
  • Wed 9/16, 8 PM: Melkbelly plays live at the Hideout with video by QAF Productions, for a livestream broadcast viewable through Noonchorus.

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