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Chicago Tribune
6 days ago
- General
- Chicago Tribune
Pike House Fest in Beverly highlights arts center plan for historic Dan Ryan Woods home
Standing at an easel Sunday afternoon with a paintbrush and palette of bright colors, Carl Wilson decided to capture plein air — the act of painting outdoors. It was the first of many good things to come for a historic home near 91st Street and Longwood Drive. Wilson painted the scene as about 150 supporters came to the property for Pike House Fest, an event hosted by the Beverly Area Arts Alliance to raise funds for the restoration of the Eugene S. Pike House as an arts and cultural center. Constructed in 1894, the building is at 1826 W. 91st St., in the Cook County Forest Preserves' Dan Ryan Woods. Wilson said supporting endeavors like the Pike House plan has become even more important at a time when the federal government is ending support for outlets such as PBS. 'There are still going to be grassroots efforts like this happening to support the arts,' said Wilson, a creative production manager from Chicago's North Side who grew up in the Englewood neighborhood. 'There isn't as much in the way of arts centers for south siders. And when people have to travel by bus, it might as well be in another state. This is much needed.' Besides live music, food and drink, the fest featured a pottery demonstration, an auction of donated art and other items, and opportunities to draw and create original art. Proceeds will be added to a $1.5 million state grant, according to Sal Campbell of the Beverly Area Arts Alliance. Efforts led by the Ridge Historical Society and the Beverly Area Planning Association Historic Buildings Committee resulted in the Tudor Revival home being declared one of Illinois' Most Endangered Historic Places by Landmarks Illinois in 2022. The subsequent formation of the Eugene S. Pike House Foundation yielded a plan for rehabbing and turning the house over for use by the Beverly Area Arts Alliance as an arts and cultural center with artists-in-residence quarters. The home's original owner, Eugene S. Pike, was a prominent real estate developer and financier who helped rebuild the city after the Great Chicago Fire. The Pike family inhabited the home for two generations and eventually expanded it to 3,000 square feet. They also owned surrounding acreage. The Forest Preserves of Cook County purchased the property in 1921, and the house served as a watchman's residence until 2015, then sat unused. Notable Chicago architect Harry Hale Waterman designed the original building. 'Waterman designed 40 to 50 iconic homes in the Beverly Morgan Park area,' said Ridge Historical Society secretary and board member Tim Blackburn. Blackburn, who recently curated an exhibition about the architect, also is a board member of the Eugene S. Pike Foundation. He and local historian Carol Flynn, who researched the history of the house, are serving as historical consultants regarding the restoration. 'It may be a couple of years before we have our first exhibition,' said Campbell. 'There's a lot of work to do.' A tarp covered the roof. A metal cap topping the distinctive one-story tower showed signs of rust, and gutters appeared to be missing. White vinyl windows added in recent years seemed to clash with the home's formidable stone base. 'The inside needs to be demolished, but we intend to keep the building tasteful and as close as possible to its original design,' Campbell said. Sticking to those design details may include installing casement windows with a simulated divided light diamond grille pattern and a new cedar shingle roof. 'In 1899, the house (with its cedar shingle roof) was featured in an ad for Cabot's creosote stains,' Blackburn said. The center's opening may be a ways off, but programming development is already underway. The Beverly Area Arts Alliance is partnering with other area arts groups to survey Chicago and Cook County residents as to what they would like to see for programming. 'Most of the completed surveys came back from the surrounding neighborhood but we've also received surveys back from Washington Heights and elsewhere,' Campbell said. 'We intend to serve the whole region.' Pike House is situated steps away from the Forest Preserves of Cook County's Headquarters for the Calumet Region. That constituency includes Andrea Natay, a veteran and social worker deeply invested in Englewood and who organized Englewood's first 5K. She met Pike House Foundation board member Bill Halvorsen through running enthusiast groups. 'I came because I saw this event on Bill's Facebook page.' 'I invited all my Facebook friends from the Greater South Side,' Halvorson said. 'People are here from all over.' So far, programming suggestions have included opportunities for pop-up dining, health and wellness workshops that would include meditation and yoga, art classes, artist talks, architectural talks, art exhibitions and music events. Guy Wolgamott, of Chicago's Morgan Park neighborhood, didn't share any programming preferences but said, 'I know some people who are here today, and it's just a nice day and I wanted to show support.'. The fest drew at least one person from Will County. 'I went to high school here in Beverly and figured I'd drive in,' said Felicia Fitzgerald, of New Lenox. 'I love supporting the arts.' Several children and adults spent the afternoon creating mini-wall hangings. Working with them was Sheikess Bey, a program coordinator for Envision Unlimited, a care organization serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as mental health challenges 'From the looks of it, this (center) is going to come out absolutely amazing,' Bey said. 'I'm seeing a lot of support, and a lot of people empowering themselves with art.'
CBC
31-07-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
The case for why U.S. Christian musician Sean Feucht should still be allowed to perform across Canada
Social Sharing Sean Feucht is an American Christian rock performer whose current Canadian tour has faced protests and permits being revoked at some events, in response to the MAGA-affiliated musician's anti-2SLGBTQ+ views. But, today on Commotion, music journalist Carl Wilson tells host Elamin Abdelmahmoud why he thinks we should just let Sean Feucht sing. WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube (this segment begins at 17:41):
CBC
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
What Bruce Springsteen's lost albums reveal about him as an artist
Today, Bruce Springsteen decided to grace fans everywhere with not just one album, but seven albums of previously unreleased music. The box set, Tracks II: The Lost Albums, contains 83 new songs which showcase the Boss's love of country and orchestral music. Today on Commotion, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud chats with music journalists Carl Wilson, Vish Khanna and Niko Stratis to discuss the massive new release from Springsteen. We've included some highlights below, edited for length and clarity. For the full discussion on Serge Fiori's legacy and Lorde's new album, listen and follow Commotion with Elamin Abdelmahmoud on your favourite podcast player. WATCH | Today's episode on YouTube: Elamin: Niko, this is a box set that spans from 1983 all the way to 2018, the vast majority of it recorded in the 1990s. Where was Bruce in this era? Why did he have so much music stockpiled, but not released out to the public? Niko: The '90s are such a funny period for Bruce. He has referred to people saying that that's his lost decade. He has very few records come out in the '90s. He has two come out at the same time, Human Touch and Lucky Town. Lucky Town comes out in '92. He does Streets of Philadelphia in '93. And then Ghost of Tom Joad comes out in '95. And that's kind of it. It's not until The Rising comes out in 2002 that we get anything new from Bruce. So it is this lost period. He's moved to California at this time. He's in Los Angeles, he's having kids, he's having a family — and he's made a lot of music, we just never heard it. Listening through this now, it is interesting to hear: where was Bruce in this era that we didn't really hear a lot from him? What did he sound like? What was he doing? What was he trying to do? And how would this have felt if it came out in the years that he recorded them? Had he put a country record out in '95 when he also did Ghost of Tom Joad, would people have been into it? And it's impossible to know the answer to that question. But now we have 83 tracks through which to wonder: what would have happened if Bruce was just throwing spaghetti at the wall his entire life? Elamin: Suddenly, you get this moment, Vish, where you are not confronted with, but blessed with, shall we say, a gigantic flood of new Bruce Springsteen songs that range in their styles. We have a country-style album. We have some orchestral stuff. He's working with a lot of different styles. What's it like waking up and being like, "Oh my gosh, look at all this, the Bruce bounty?" Vish: I think those of us who follow older artists are becoming accustomed to people putting out outtakes or unreleased material collections. In my memory — and I might be wrong — I can't think of anything like this. I can't think of any artist of his calibre being like, "Here's seven complete albums I made. I put out other stuff instead of this. So here you go." So when these collections come out, one thing beyond just marveling at the music that we get to hear, fans have to reckon with what our favourite artists' decision making processes are, their indecisiveness, their contemplation, the fact that they really think about these things. This particular set had me thinking: what if Bruce and Dylan — Bob Dylan, by the way, is who I'm referring to there — what if Miles Davis, Neil Young, all these people had Bandcamp or SoundCloud? Can you imagine? These days everyone's just like, "Hey everyone, I made a record last week, here you go." These folks sit on these things and I think it's kind of interesting because we're like, "OK, you didn't put this out? It's perfect. This is great." And I think the other thing we wrestle with as fans is: the stuff that did come? I don't know if it's as good as this now. I just think it's fascinating that Bruce and some of the other people I mentioned are able to provide us these alternate histories, while they're alive. That's really unusual to have all these people be like, "Here's what I did, here's what I could have done, here you go." Elamin: Carl, when you look at this box set, what does it tell you about what Bruce Springsteen wants us to know about him right now? Carl: It doesn't tell us anything we don't already know after the last 15 years or more of outtake albums and bonus discs. We're aware that Bruce produced work like a MF at all times. There is this project, I think, in the last decade of really putting the archives in order, alongside telling his story and his autobiography, alongside doing the Broadway show based on the autobiography, alongside making these documentaries. Bruce Springsteen wants to tell the Bruce Springsteen story. And the interesting thing is that he's willing to tell it now in a broader way. When Vish was talking about the choices that were made to put these albums out or not, I think a big part of it is that a lot of those projects here didn't suit the story that Bruce wanted to tell about Bruce Springsteen at particular times. They're not the heroic man of the people, masculine Bruce Springsteen at all times. They're kind of the weird artist Bruce Springsteen, obsessively making stuff in the garage studio. At various points, he veers away from putting out the orchestral pop album, from putting out the synthesizer album, from putting out the more mainstream country album instead of the Woody Guthrie-esque country album. So all of those choices show up here. And there's a romance to the idea of lost albums. And there is also the indications of strategy and fears about public perception and all of those kinds of things that are the backside to all of that.
Daily Mail
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Brian Wilson's cause of death revealed days after Beach Boys icon's shock passing aged 82
Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson's cause of death has been revealed publicly two weeks after his passing at 82. Wilson's children announced his death on the singer's official Instagram page on Wednesday June 11 - a year after it emerged that he had been diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder similar to dementia. Per a death certificate obtained by TMZ, Wilson died from respiratory arrest - which occurs when the heart is still beating, but the lungs stop functioning, making it impossible for the person to get oxygen. Wilson was also suffering from a litany of other health issues at the time of his death, with infections sepsis and cystitis also listed on the certificate. Associated factors include neurodegenerative disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic respiratory failure and chronic kidney disease. The God Only Knows hitmaker shot to fame as the frontman of the Beach Boys, for which he served as the principal songwriter as well as the co-lead vocalist. Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine. The original name of the band was the Pendletones, and they exploded onto the scene with their 1961 song Surfin', written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Over the course of the 1960s the group became one of the most beloved in America, releasing albums like Surfin' Safari, Surfin' U.S.A. and Surfer Girl. Their 1966 hit God Only Knows was branded 'the greatest song ever written' by Beatles legend Paul McCartney. Along with their pioneering musical style, the band also conjured up an intoxicating image of a carefree California lifestyle of sunshine, palm trees and sea air. However Wilson's involvement with the Beach Boys shifted dramatically when he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1964, followed by two more in the next couple of years. He promptly withdrew from touring but retained his backstage control of the band as a writer and producer, masterminding their 1966 magnum opus Pet Sounds and providing lead vocals on many of the tracks. Pet Sounds struggled commercially at first, but ultimately earned a reputation as one of the most acclaimed pop albums ever created. Melinda, his second and final wife, married Wilson in 1995, and he credited her as his 'savior' in his devastated statement on her death last year; the couple are pictured in 1995 Last February, shortly after his wife Melinda's death, Wilson's family filed to obtain a conservatorship of him, announcing his diagnosis with a dementia-like condition. They said he often made 'spontaneous irrelevant or incoherent utterances,' had a 'very short attention span and while unintentionally disruptive, is frequently unable to maintain decorum appropriate to the situation,' in documents obtained by The Blast. Melinda, the family argued, had been attending to Wilson's 'daily living needs' and her absence had left him 'unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.' The last time Wilson was seen in public was April 2024, when he emerged looking frail in a wheelchair to attend a Los Angeles Lakers game. News of his death provoked an outpouring of grief from his fans, including Elton John, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Fleetwood, Micky Dolenz, the Backstreet Boys, Randy Bachman and John Lennon's sons Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon. Wilson's survivors include his daughters Carnie, 57, and Wendy, 55, whom he had with his first wife Marilyn, as well as the five children he adopted with Melinda, who are called Dakota Rose, Daria Rose, Delanie Rose, Dylan and Dash.
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
BREAKING NEWS Brian Wilson's cause of death revealed days after Beach Boys icon's shock passing aged 82
Beach Boys icon Brian Wilson's cause of death has been revealed publicly two weeks after his passing at 82. Wilson's children announced his death on the singer's official Instagram page on Wednesday June 11 - a year after it emerged that he had been diagnosed with a neurocognitive disorder similar to dementia. Per a death certificate obtained by TMZ, Wilson died from respiratory arrest - which occurs when the heart is still beating, but the lungs stop functioning, making it impossible for the person to get oxygen. Wilson was also suffering from a litany of other health issues at the time of his death, with infections sepsis and cystitis also listed on the certificate. Associated factors include neurodegenerative disorder, obstructive sleep apnea, chronic respiratory failure and chronic kidney disease. The God Only Knows hitmaker shot to fame as the frontman of the Beach Boys, for which he served as the principal songwriter as well as the co-lead vocalist. Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine - The Beach Boys are pictured in 1964 Wilson formed the Beach Boys in 1961 with his brothers Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love and their friend Al Jardine. The original name of the band was the Pendletones, and they exploded onto the scene with their 1961 song Surfin', written by Brian Wilson and Mike Love. Over the course of the 1960s the group became one of the most beloved in America, releasing albums like Surfin' Safari, Surfin' U.S.A. and Surfer Girl. Their 1966 hit God Only Knows was branded 'the greatest song ever written' by Beatles legend Paul McCartney. Along with their pioneering musical style, the band also conjured up an intoxicating image of a carefree California lifestyle of sunshine, palm trees and sea air. However Wilson's involvement with the Beach Boys shifted dramatically when he suffered a nervous breakdown in 1964, followed by two more in the next couple of years. He promptly withdrew from touring but retained his backstage control of the band as a writer and producer, masterminding their 1966 magnum opus Pet Sounds and providing lead vocals on many of the tracks. Pet Sounds struggled commercially at first, but ultimately earned a reputation as one of the most acclaimed pop albums ever created. Last February, shortly after his wife Melinda's death, Wilson's family filed to obtain a conservatorship of him, announcing his diagnosis with a dementia-like condition. They said he often made 'spontaneous irrelevant or incoherent utterances,' had a 'very short attention span and while unintentionally disruptive, is frequently unable to maintain decorum appropriate to the situation,' in documents obtained by The Blast. Melinda, the family argued, had been attending to Wilson's 'daily living needs' and her absence had left him 'unable to properly provide for his own personal needs for physical health, food, clothing, or shelter.' The last time Wilson was seen in public was April 2024, when he emerged looking frail in a wheelchair to attend a Los Angeles Lakers game. News of his death provoked an outpouring of grief from his fans, including Elton John, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, Mick Fleetwood, Micky Dolenz, the Backstreet Boys, Randy Bachman and John Lennon's sons Julian Lennon and Sean Lennon. Wilson's survivors include his daughters Carnie, 57, and Wendy, 55, whom he had with his first wife Marilyn, as well as the five children he adopted with Melinda, who are called Dakota Rose, Daria Rose, Delanie Rose, Dylan and Dash.
