Boulevard Dreamers Portrait Preview 3PM at 6018North, 6018 N Kenmore Ave
3:45PM walk to Lane Beach, 5915 N Sheridan Rd
Join us this Saturday for Water Music on the Beach – our an annual series of live performances on Lake Michigan. This summer, artists Lise Haller Baggesen and Kirsten Leenaars have created Water Music on the Beach: Boulevard Dreamers to connect Edgewater, Rogers Park, and Uptown and celebrate their shared talents and connections to the Lake.
The event starts at 6018 N Kenmore Ave at 3 PM with a Boulevard Dreamers Portrait preview. At 3:45 PM together, we will walk to the beach. Beach performances starting at 4 PM.
Star-Studded Performances
Overture – Dylan, Thomas, and Wyatt Walsh
Land Acknowledgement – Kirsten and Lise
4:00 pm – Shane Calvin
4:10 pm – The Green Brothers
4:25 pm – Fred Sasaki with Pearl and Rose
4:35 pm – Zach Moore and Sam Scranton
4:50 pm – Jess Smoot
5:00 pm – Rich Blackson, Kofi the Kyd, Trellyo
5:15 pm – Matt Stevenson
5:25 pm – Alex and Ricky Munguia-Mueller
5:40 pm – In the Spirit with Paula Hooper
5:55 pm – Harlan Rosen
6:05 pm – Corey Douglas Smith
6:15 pm – Akeem Soyan and Marko Stats
6:30 pm – Hannah Santistevan
6:40 pm – Michael Zerang, Janet Bean, Tyler Damon
6:55 pm – Rebirth Poetry Ensemble
7:10 pm – Baywatch
7:25 pm – Anni Holm, Matt Stevenson, Tricia Van Eck
Thank you
The Crew – Leila Ghasempor, Eleanor Ross, Natia Ser, and Soph Schiavone
Sound/Tech – Jonathan Ross
Videography – Ellie Hall
Photography – Ji Yang
This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency through an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Inaugural iteration of Boulevard Dreamers at The Franklin in 2013.
Boulevard Dreamers is a traveling musical variety show and installation that seeks out and highlights the talent within the communities it visits. This collaborative project, created and developed by artists Lise Haller Baggesen and Kirsten Leenaars, consists of three elements: a stage set/installation, a show of live performances, and studio portraits of all performers. Leenaars and Baggesen perform the roles of organizers, talent scouts, community builders, set designers, portrait photographers, stage managers, and event MC's. While the line-up is being confirmed, earlier presentations of Boulevard Dreamers at The Poetry Foundation, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Franklin, and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
The project intentionally blurs distinctions between professional and amateur; make-believe and reality; and artists and audience; since all performers play and are paid the same for the same 10 minutes, and are all treated equally as stars to challenge persistent social constructions and barriers. On Lane Beach in Edgewater, the installation of a curtained stage frames the view of Lake Michigan. With tinsel, glamour, glitter and the allure of the spotlight Boulevard Dreamers embraces the gathering of performers, the staging of the set, and the theatrical spectacle of the performance itself, all as a labor of love that connects strangers through sharing in the production of a spectacle. The acts will unfold over a three-hour event on the open, accessible public space of Lane Beach, welcoming passersby, and bringing together and connecting a wide ensemble of neighbors on the lakeshore. More details soon – we’ll see you on the beach!
6018North is an Illinois not-for-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of culture and the arts in Chicago. This program is funded in part by Illinois Humanities and an anonymous donor advised fund at The Chicago Community Foundation. 6018North projects are supported by the Gen Ops Plus Grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The MacArthur Funds for Culture, Equity, and the Arts at the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Graham Foundation, The Joyce Foundation, Terra Foundation for American Art, the Illinois Arts Council, the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs & Special Events, the Field Foundation of Illinois, and individual donors like you. Windows to the World is supported by an anonymous donor and the Gen Ops Plus Grant from the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. For more information please visit us online at 6018NORTH.ORG.