Beverly Shores Resident in Visual Art & Performance Exhibition

Beverly Shores resident, Paweł Grajnert, will be featured in Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s latest addition to its two-year 20th Anniversary retrospective season, “Art. Heals.,” May 6 – 14. This curated performance and visual art exhibition featuring music, dance, theater, poetry, multimedia and visual art was created to bring the arts and the Chicago community together, to help heal and connect after the effects of the global pandemic. The gallery opens at 7:30 p.m. with performances starting at 8 p.m., in the Auditorium at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, 1650 W. Foster Ave.

Paweł Grajnert will be performing as “Smashmouth.” As a Kościuszkian citizen of two republics, Poland and the United States of America, he nurtures careers in Europe and the US. His work has been exhibited internationally including at the Whitney Museum, at the Venice Film Festival and most recently at the Chicago Public Art Group gallery in Bridgeport. Granjert has also been involved in The Poetry Slam at the Green Mill and is a graduate of Loyola University Chicago.

Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble is Chicago’s only multidisciplinary arts organization dedicated to social justice and socially conscious work that builds community through the arts “one voice, one story, one person at a time.” CDE is dedicated to creating performances that blend together dance, theatre and visual art to tell stories about the human condition.

Tickets are on sale now for $20 general admission (adult non-students), $13 student general admission (high school students over the age of 16 and college students) and free general admission (under the age of 16). Ticket sales online end two-hours before the performance but will be available at the door for $30. The evening’s running time is currently two hours including an intermission. Information on other participants and tickets are available at Danztheatre.org.