Missed the event?
Want to support our school and community building? $20 gets you the coloring book and radio broadcast of the event.
October 7, 8, 9 and 10
at 7pm and 8pm
40-minute events
2 shows per night
Only 12 tickets per night!
Ticket income is split between ArtWest, The ChiBuck Movement, and Cabinet of Curiosity.
NOTE: Anyone from the neighborhood gets in free. Enter your ZIP code in the promo code to apply the discount. If you are not from the Lawndale ZIP Code and then we request that you donate $25 to see the production and support the community groups involved: ArtWest, The ChiBuck Movement, and Cabinet of Curiosity.
Directed by Brandon Boler
Written by Honey Crawford
Designed by Sydney Lynn Thomas
Designed in collaboration with
Alexi Young and Haman Cross of Art West
Visual artist Felix Barnes
Engineer Caleb Donat
In partnership with The ChiBuck Movement team
featuring Dion Randle, Rachel Johnson, Elizabeth Seonwoo, Kiana Cook and Eddie Skinner
location
This unique celebration and modern myth takes place in Boler Park, 3601 W Arthington St, Chicago, IL 60624 on October 7, 8, 9, 10 at 7pm and 8pm each night.
The event permits 12 people per show, as to respect social distancing, and still maintain an intimate experience.
Directed by
BRANDON BOLER
Written by
HONEY CRAWFORD
Designed by
SYDNEY LYNNE THOMAS
Our Upcoming Fall Celebration, FIELDS OF FIRE, is the 4th in our history of public rituals. This project intends to inspire a 3-year community tradition where, at the conclusion, the core members have gained the skills and support required to generate their own stories, celebrations and park events. Director Brandon Boler, writer Honey Crawford, and performance leaders Time Brickey and Silvita Diaz have built relationships in Lawndale that form a strong foundation for the artistic elements of this project.
First, community members will be invited to take part in free workshops to create art that becomes a visual element of the concluding show; we estimate this participatory group to be at least 300 community authors. Next, local musicians and performers will be cast and paid for the performance. Finally, we’ll spread word of the free performance widely, inviting all to engage with the culminating performance. FIELDS OF FIRE is an outdoor shadow show in the Lawndale community.
By activating our relationship with the Chicago Park District, The Trust for Public Land, Community leaders, the Aldermen and Local School leadership, we will develop a production consists of a live event and free workshops youth and elders to assist in authoring, designing, and performing a unique cultural celebration.
Cabinet has three unique skills:
empowering and invigorating community partnerships
intimate and disciplined artistic training, and
performing in nontraditional outdoor locations.
FIELDS OF FIRE is the 3rd installment of a series of public performances begun in 2018. For three years, we have devised well-attended and deeply moving outdoor events, transforming public spaces with image, song, and participation — Reflections of Fire (2018), Return to Fire (2019), and Panoramic Prayers (2020). This culminating fall celebration will be devised collectively and collaboratively with the North Lawndale community on Chicago’s West Side, with local professional artists and our School of Celebration team.