Museum of Contemporary Art

Tuesdays on the Terrace returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art's Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden this summer for free weekly concerts. This year's series again expands beyond jazz to include house, Guatamalan marimba, electro-pop and more. Grab a cocktail or a glass of wine from a bar on the museum's upper terrace and hear tunes from artists like Corey Wilkes, Tromblau & Friends, plus tons of others from the local community.

In this new work debuting during Chicago Architecture Biennial’s Opening Weekend, local Afro-contemporary dance company Red Clay Dance Company offers a creative response to the 2024 exhibition Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar through dance and storytelling, honoring this living altar to missing and murdered Black girls and women. Featuring an award-winning ensemble of dancers and new music by Jamila Woods, this immersive, evening-length choreographic work serves as a sanctuary for the stories of the women and girls featured on the altar—blending dance, song, digital media and built environment to foster a resonant experience. The performance on Sunday, September 21, will be followed by a brief post-show talk.

To celebrate the opening of upcoming retrospective Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind, the MCA will be hosting a coterie of musicians to perform five unique scores dating back to the 1960s and a new commission by Curatorial Fellow Andrew Hansung Park. The performances promise to blur the boundaries between everyday sound and music.