Start making plans to attend our 2024 Pride Concert and Dance:
Saturday evening, June 8, 2024, 7:00 pm
First Congregational Church of Evanston UCC
1445 Hinman Ave, Evanston IL
In this election year, in a time when we are encouraged to vote out of fear, we fight back to shout that we vote out of love and our right to belong.
More information to come. We look forward to bringing you a choral concert followed by a Pride dance.
We are delighted to announce that Artemis Singers, Chicago’s Lesbian Feminist Chorus, has been invited to perform at opening night of the Goodman Theatre’s performance of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad.
An unexpected remix of Homer’s The Odyssey, told by the celebrated and subversive author Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale).
It’s her turn. Penelope has waited 20 years for her husband to return from the Trojan War. Now, as authorial control shifts to Odysseus’ long-suffering wife—and the 12 faithful maids who have long tended to her—we discover a new perspective on the domestic vigil. This ancient tale told anew by “one of the most admired authors in North America” (NPR) gives voice to those left behind.
–from the Goodman Theatre description
From the video below, you’ll see that this play with its all-women cast and director Susan Booth is a perfect setting of women’s stories and women’s creativity — very much aligned with our mission of celebrating women’s artistry.
The chorus will be performing during the opening night reception on Monday March 11, an invitation-only event where likely many theater-goers will be introduced to us for the first time.
We are thrilled to be taking part in this event and to see the performance. Previews run from March 2-10, and the show runs through March 31.
Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 7:00 pm
Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church
405 S Euclid Ave, Oak Park, Illinois
For direct access to the performance space, please enter through the church doors on Washington St. Alternatively, a few yards to the right of those doors is a sidewalk leading to an accessible entrance.
Once you enter, there are coat racks handy in both of the side hallways. Please use them so we have more seating space in the church pews! Thank you.
If you already have your ticket printed out or on your phone: go directly to the center aisle doors and our fine ushers will check your tickets and you can head into the main floor or go up to the balcony seating.
If you are not buying tickets in advance: go to the box office and buy tickets onsite: $25 general admission, $20 students, or sliding scale option. Please have cash or checks for buying tickets onsite. Otherwise, you can use a smartphone to send us money through Zelle or Paypal or access the online ticket site.
See you soon!
t’s winter in Chicago. The days are short. The nights are long. It’s cold outside, so we stay inside. By lamplight, we have time to contemplate our lives. In the soft light of night, we consider those we love. Those we lost. Those we wish we could have been. Those we could still become.
When we embrace the night, we embrace possibility. The year in front of us. What we will plant in the spring and harvest in the fall. Not just the changes we know will surprise us, but the change that we will make for ourselves. We are gathering strength, in the beauty that is the night.
We invite you to venture outside and gather with us and others for this musical evening.
Artemis Singers 