Each year, Hot Kitchen invites 13 of their favorite artists to perform a response to a popular love song, and to celebrate their 8th year in Chicago, they're back with a playlist that's strictly '80s!!

Grab your leg warmers and your shoulder pads and get ready for a night of sweet sweet love making with the hottest performers in town.

Featuring performances by Marie Baldwin, Lizi Breit, Katie Carpenter, Kristi Durkin, Joanna Jamerson, Elias Mason, Andy Rowell, Lily Scherlis, Michael Stablein Jr., James Swanberg, John Michael Verrall, Mary Williamson & Hot Kitchen <3

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We're back with a spring time favorite - 13 Love Songs!

For $10 you get 13 brand new performances inspired by 13 love songs. And because it's our 7th (!!!!) year in a row producing the event, we're taking it back to a golden era with a 70's inspired playlist. Give it a listen here <3 

Saturday, April 23rd - doors at 8:30, show at 9.

Space is ~limited~

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Performances by these local Chicago Hotties !!!!!

Thomas Kelly, Sam Welbel, Emilia Nicholson-Fajardo, Skin, Quinn Wermeling, Jill Perez & Lauren Steinberg, Tony Grayson, Abby Pajakowski, Selena Lasley, George Elrod, Parker Callahan, Maddie Davis + Hot Kitchen

<3 <3 <3 Come party with us all night long <3 <3 <3

grelley., the rooty tooty fresh and fruity sequel to last year’s smash hit In My Home In My Prime, could not come a moment too soon. The show inhabits the world of Alex Grelle’s VHS collection in what has been dubbed “a virtual homage for the obsessive age”. This show is a triple-threat extravaganza, an expansion and reformulation of the larger-than-life experience of The Grelley Duvall Show. Grelle and an outstanding cast act their way through a stream of film parodies connected through song and dance. This will be the most ambitious project from the young star to date. 

Bringing together the worlds of music and dance through film, Grelle’s past live performances have been cult-hits, selling out runs at Steppenwolf, Chopin, and The Hideout for years. These shows are always massive collaborative efforts, and grelley. is no different. It features the talents of Ike Holter, Nnämdi, Hot Kitchen Collective, Alyssa Gregory, Erin Kilmurray, Glamhag, Tia Monet Greer and so many more.

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We’re bringing 13 Love Songs back for its 5th year in Chicago! We’re inviting 13 artists/groups to create an original piece to 13 great/classic/favorite/not-so-favorite love songs. 

Grab a drink, grab a lover, we're getting weird & we're getting down.

Performances by:
Haters Club
AJ Marroquin
Hal Baum
Joanna Jamerson
Zoe Agapinan
Eunji Kim
Maddie Davis
Jordan Harris
Brandon Daley
Carol Crosby & Carly Quisenberry
+ Hot Kitchen

8:30PM DOORS | 9PM SHOW | 21+

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The short film, Terrible Accident at the Bread Factory, created by Hot Kitchen member Katelyn Douglass and Drew Angle with the help of MANY HK friends is now LIVE on No Budge.

Watch it here!

ACTIVATE: Finale is a free pop-up event that transforms a hidden alley in the Loop through the art of improv and comedy. Celebrate the end of summer with whimsical performances, interactive art installations, live music, and surprises guaranteed to make you laugh. ACTIVATE: Finale is a project of the Chicago Loop Alliance Foundation curated by Hot Kitchen.

Elements of ACTIVATE: Finale include:

• Curation and installations (including a giant magnetic wall with fridge-style word magnets; canopy and chandelier made of beach inflatables; and a coloring book wall) by Hot Kitchen

• Music by DJ Carly Wicks

• Interactive performances featuring Hot Kitchen collaborators Kaylyn Carter, Kori Whitby, Carol Crosby, and Charley Guptill

• Live performances by Lindsey Barlag Thornton, The Neo-Futurists, Growing Concerns Poetry Collective, Billie Bullock, Shannon Noll, Odinaka Ezeokoli, Eunji Kim, Kate O’Connor, Holmes Holmes, Eddie Miller, Laurel Zoff Pelton, The Grelley Duvall Show’s Alberto Mendoza, Alex Grelle and Robin Lee, The Shrimp Boys, and more

• Murals by Peyton Stewart and Shawnimals

• Interactive photo booth by GlitterGuts

• Interactive shadow puppet installation by Kevin Wesson

• Interactive video installation by Nate Coleman of Videowaste

• Visual art by Harold Washington College students

Launched in 2014 as a placemaking initiative, ACTIVATE is a series of pop-up arts programs that encourage visitors to see the Loop anew. The event transforms alleys and other urban locations into creative exhibition spaces that bring artists and the public together for an evening of exploration, interaction and celebration of the arts. Events take place once a month from June through September and are free and open to the public. 

Join Hot Kitchen, as 13 of the collective's favorite artists in the city each create an original piece in response to a classic (or not-so-classic) love song. Year 4 of the Chicago run features:

Pete Davidson, Ariana Grande - Kevin Wesson
Boo'd Up, Ella Mai - Charley Guptill
Rich & Sad, Post Malone - Hannah Rehak
Best of My Love, The Emotions - Malik White
I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend, Girl in Red - Dani Wieder
I'll Make Love to You, Boys II Men - Lia Kohl
Cuz I Love You, Lizzo - Jorge Silva
Time After Time, Cyndi Lauper - Hal Cosentino + Lauren Thesing
I Will, Mitski - Laurel Zoff Pelton
Heart to Break, Kim Petras - Mike DiBiccaro
Chainsmoking, Jacob Banks - Sam Virgilio
I Don't Mind, Usher - Phillip Lambert
Seasons (Waiting on You), Future Islands - Hot Kitchen

Join us for an evening of music, comedy, dance, performance art and none of the above. Grab a drink, grab your lovers, and let's get down.

Special thanks to George McConnell for launching 13 Love Songs in 2013.

Tickets are $10 at the door~

A group of curly haired strangers help Katelyn recreate her past life as a Kurt Vile t-shirt. 

A short made by Katelyn Douglass and Drew Angle and featuring many Hot Kitchen friends is premiering on NoBudge this week.

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Katelyn Douglass & Drew Angle’s new film, Terrible Accident at the Bread Factory will be premiering Oct 20th at the American Legion Tatler Post.

This film was made with a lot of love and a ton of Hot Kitchen friends, come on out and party with Marty!

Party starts @ 8Movie starts @ 10

“After falling into an industrial cooking vat at work, Marty's coworkers welcome him back to the bakery with an extravagant party.”

Alex, Claudia, and Audrey will be performing as a part of their fundraiser, Can't Stop//Won't Stop! 

A series of curated performances with other local Chicago artists will begin at 3pm. Then, catch Jasmine afterwards in a very special performance of THE INFINITE WRENCH at 7pm! 

Visit here to donate to the cause.

We are partnering with Canvas Chicago and the Chicago Loop Alliance for ACTIVATE!

Thursday, June 7th, 5-10pm, FREE

"ACTIVATE is a popular annual series of pop-up arts programs launched in 2014 that transform alleys and other unexpected places into creative exhibition spaces. ACTIVATE brings people together for an evening of exploration, interaction and celebration in the public realm, inspiring guests to see the Loop anew."

Check out this blog post from the Chicago Loop Alliance featuring Hot Kitchen!! 

We will show a works-in-progress piece for a new event going up February 2019. We will use this space to explore text that is unfit for speaking; performers will re-purpose varieties of referential text as a mode of communication with our spectator; juxtaposed with our own essays and writings on life.

Join Hot Kitchen Collective this March, as 13 of the collective's favorite artists and groups in the city each create an original piece in response to a classic or not-so-classic love song. Year 3 of our Chicago run features:

It's Oh So Quiet by Bjork - Leah Urzendowski and Anthony Courser
Try A Little Tenderness by Otis Redding - Glitter Moneyyy
Love & Happiness by Al Green - Po'Chop
Love On The Brain by Rihanna - Sydney Bauer
I Wanna Be Your Lover by Prince - Carly Wicks
LOVE. FEAT. ZACARI. by Kendrick Lamar - Mar Curran
See You Again by Tyler, The Creator - Bindu Poroori
Loving Is Easy by Rex Orange County - Nora Sharp
Love On Top by Beyonce - Parlour Tapes+
Baby, I Love Your Way by Big Mountain - Andy Slavin
I'm N Luv (Wit a Stripper) by T-Pain - Focus Group LLC
Quartz by TV On The Radio - Hot Kitchen
Tainted Love by Soft Cell - Sonal Aggarwal

Special thanks to George McConnell for launching 13 Love Songs in 2013.

Join us for an evening of music, comedy, dance, performance art and none of the above. Grab a drink, grab your lovers, and let's get down.

Tickets are $15 at the door!

Audrey will be joining Sand on January 20th in their recurring show Sand & Friends with Steppenwolf's LookOut Series. 

ABOUT THIS SHOW: Sand is an improv ensemble based in Chicago. The members of Sand are Thomas Kelly, Scott Nelson and Mike Brunlieb. They are accompanied by multi-instrumentalist Tim Joyce, a frequent collaborator and good buddy. In performance, Sand improvises a series of scenes that explore the lives of three characters. Gentle, sweet little misfits and power-mad demonic rage-machines and kinda vacant functionaries and righteous Christian punk guitarists are some of Sand's favorite people. New City magazine describes Sand's work as having a simultaneous darkness and empathy that evokes David Lynch, and we like that just fine.

Check out Sand on Facebook

Hot Kitchen will be sharing a piece from their work in the High Concept Labs' Sponsored Artist Program.

From the HCL Website:

6:30 to 7:30 VIP Dinner • 7:30 to 11:00 PM General Admission

Celebrate the autumnal season with High Concept Labs this October at the 2017 Fall Open House. Celebrate the growth of the organization and the great work of our past and present Sponsored Artists at the warm and inviting Hairpin Arts Center in Logan Square. Enjoy beverages and lite bites, performances, installations, music, and much, much more—all while mixing with artists, supporters, and HCL staff. #HCLOpenHouse

ABOUT THE HCL OPEN HOUSE

A tradition that reaches back to the beginning of the organization, HCL’s biannual Open House gives an opportunity for artists and audiences to come together and celebrate new artwork in an environment of experimentation and discovery. Each Open House includes exciting works by present and past Sponsored Artists, highlighting the diversity and impact that the program has made upon the Chicago arts landscape. Hundreds of participants enjoy new and interactive experiences amidst food and drink in an atmosphere of transformative celebration.

Catch Audrey and Jasmine in We Are a Lighthouse at Links Hall!

Devised by Lindsey Barlag Thornton, Corey Smith & Udita Upadhyaya and Performed by Amanda Dunne Acevedo, Alexis Atwill, Audrey Polinski, Ethan Parcell, Izah Ransohoff, Jasmine Jordan, Jon Penick & Jordan Harris.

We Are A LightHouse builds upon Lindsey’s interests in the metaphysical and existential through an examination of our daily lives that we live out alone, together—and sometimes both, simultaneously—here on earth and beyond.  

Fri, August 25, 2017, 7:00 pm, Links Hall At Constellation

Jasmine Jordan is co-curating a night at Salonathon featuring many HK teammates and friends! Guaranteed to be a fun time for all - come check it out!

July 31st @ 9:30