Open House: Celebrating 40 years of Chicago House Music
Thursday, May 30, 2024
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
4-8pm • Free Admission
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Chicago House Music Festival and Conference > Open House - Celebrating House Music > Chicago Cultural Center
About the Event DJ's in three rooms, House Dance Workshops, WTTW House Documentary Film Screenings, Four Visual Arts Exhibitions, Shopping at the Buddy store, Dance Cypher, Performance Art preview, and more
Join us for this anytime between 4–8pm for this special event!
*The event is alcohol free and great for all ages.
Transportation Tips: Get discounted parking if you purchase ahead of time at https://millenniumgarages.com/rates/ or take the CTA https://www.transitchicago.com/planatrip.
1st Floor
Learning Lab
4-8pm - Meet An Artist-in-Residence, Pugs Atomz
Welcome Center
6pm - Join an after hours building tour
Randolph Square
4-8pm - Hangout space
Michigan Avenue Galleries
Until 7:45pm - Exhibition: Images on which to build: 1970s -1990s
Buddy store
4-7pm - The Gospel Truth: Movement I, a video & audio installation exploring the sister city sounds of Chicago House & Go-Go Music
2nd Floor
Grand Army of the Republic Hall
4-8pm - DJs Penny Candy & Hector Lopez
5-5:30pm & 6:30-7pm - House Dance Workshops with Boogie McClarin
Until 8pm - Exhibition: Surviving the Long Wars: Transformative Threads
Claudia Cassidy Theater
Chicago Stories: House Music - A Cultural Revolution presented by WTTW
4:30-5pm - Screening #1
6-7pm - Screening #2 with Special Guest Panel: Barbara Allen, Kevin McFall, Donald Crossley, DJ Gene Hunt & DJ Celeste
7:30-8pm - Screening #3
Chicago Rooms
Until 7:45pm - Exhibition: Victoria Martinez: Braiding Histories
3rd Floor
Preston Bradley Hall
4-6pm - DJ Kenny Ray
4-8pm - Open House Dance Cypher, Hosted by BraveSoul Movement. Cypher awards for the freshest dancers.
6-8pm - DJ CTRLZORA
4th Floor
Exhibit Hall
Until 7:45pm - Exhibition: Opening Passages: Artists Respond to Chicago & Paris
Yates Gallery
4-6:30pm – Preview showing of Tend, by Khecari, one of the performance art groups in residence at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Visit us:
Admission is FREE
Open Daily, 10am–5pm
Exhibitions close 15 minutes before the building closes
(Closed Holidays)
Find us:
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
Chicago, IL 60602
Take CTA to Chicago Cultural Center
- From the elevated lines: exit at Washington/Wabash and walk east.
- From the subway: exit at Lake (Red Line) or Washington (Blue Line) and walk east.
- Served by Michigan Avenue buses 3, 4, 19, 20, 26, 60, 66, 124, 143, 147, 151, 157 and Washington St. buses 4, J14, 20, 56, 66, 147