![hundred days kokandy hundred days kokandy](https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/364/899/large_000000.jpg)
Other Chicago arts venues also called off holiday shows because of the recent rise in confirmed cases, hospitalizations and deaths. canceled the remaining six performances of “The Snow Queen” last month. So it’s really important for local and small businesses to be supported.”įollow Angel Idowu on Twitter: Idowu is the JCS Fund of the DuPage Foundation Arts Correspondent.POLISH TRIANGLE - The Chopin Theatre in Wicker Park is seeking donations to help offset rising expenses and lost revenue from canceled performances as the city faces its highest-ever surge of COVID-19. “So someone will come to see a show and then maybe they’ll stop at a restaurant.
HUNDRED DAYS KOKANDY DRIVERS
“Theaters are kind of economic drivers in neighborhoods,” Dyrkacz said.
![hundred days kokandy hundred days kokandy](https://cdn.playdoughtoplato.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/100th-Day-of-School-1.jpg)
“The past couple of days we got three bookings and they came out of nowhere and we were like ‘Yeah!’ It’s kind of like a celebration.”Īs both neighborhood businesses work to stay afloat despite a lack of income, Dyrkacz, at the Chopin Theatre, says they hope the community realizes how important their support is. “We’ve just been creating content and getting creative with this content to be able to book something,” he said. But I feel even that, at this time, people want to make sure they have toilet paper at home before they have a nice picture by Chris at home.”Ĭostoso is also worried about how he’ll continue to pay his staff of seven. I think in the Hispanic community … a lot of people know who I am because of everything I’ve done in Chicago. From there I became Bill Daley’s campaign photographer, then shortly after that I became Mayor Lightfoot’s photographer for a short period of time. “My name got out there in Chicago and the Hispanic community and I started doing more Latin events in Chicago. With an extensive photography background, Costoso now worries about how he’ll be able to continue the momentum. “You can tell everything just, like, froze and put us to a stop.” “This is the extension of the studio, the new location,” Costoso said. “But also opening up to that broader big picture, ‘Oh, everyone’s hurting, everyone’s sort of in the same moment together,’ and seeing the way people start to look out for each other is very nice and very encouraging.”Ĭommunity is something independent photographer Chris Costoso also relies on as he faces financial hardships after purchasing a new storefront just three weeks ago for his business, Impact Images Studio. “It’s been nice in the arts world for the past couple of days, just sort of seeing that step by step of self-preservation,” Van Barham said. Nonetheless, Van Barham says he’s grateful for the Chopin’s dedication to their community.
![hundred days kokandy hundred days kokandy](https://d33wubrfki0l68.cloudfront.net/de29026993017fc04c73d542041ace0f4de4ca69/d96d6/dist/images/beautiful-city.png)
![hundred days kokandy hundred days kokandy](https://www.kokandyproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/KellyCamposWeb.jpg)
Their production “Hundred Days” had to close on its opening night. Producing artistic director Derek Van Barham of Kokandy Productions is one of the companies that performs at the Chopin Theatre. “So of course we’re worried about our viability, but we also have so many people that count on this institution being open, so we’re thinking about them too, and how we can be helpful.” “We put everything we have into it personally,” Dyrkacz says. A sign of the (strange) times? (WTTW News) Despite these unpredicted hardships, the owners of the Chopin say one of their biggest concerns is for the production companies they work with year-round.Įmpty theater seats. One of those events includes the original show “Verboten,” from the House Theatre of Chicago (the show was recently featured on “Chicago Tonight”) which had just announced an extend run. “Primarily theater, but then there are literary events, music events and classical and jazz concerts.” “Across the entire building there are about 500 different things happening, artistic events happening across the year,” said Lela Dyrkacz, who owns the theater with her husband Zygmunt Dyrkacz.