THE MCA CHICAGO BRINGS BACK TUESDAYS ON THE TERRACE
Summer Tuesdays come alive on the MCA’s Anne and John Kern Terrace Garden, with free music highlighting artists from Chicago’s internationally renowned jazz community
Beginning Tuesday, June 7th, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) is excited to bring back Tuesdays on the Terrace for the first time since 2019. Hosted by Al Carter Bey of WDCB 90.9 FM and featuring a different local Chicago jazz musician each week, the live jazz program will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday from June 7 to Aug. 31.
Tickets are available on the MCA website. Admission for Tuesdays on the Terrace is free and walk-up tickets are available. Seats are available on a first-come, first-served basis; there are no pre-reserved seating options. In the event of rain, the event will move indoors to the Edlis Neeson Theater on the museum’s first floor.
The 2022 presentation of Tuesdays on the Terrace is organized by MCA curatorial assistant Laura Paige Kyber with program advisors Al Carter Bey, Steve Saltzman, and Mwata
Bowden. Tuesdays on the terrace is made possible in part by a generous gift from the Luminarts Cultural Foundation, supported by Cherilyn Murer.
2022 Schedule:
June 7 Bobbi Wilsyn and Margaret Murphy-Webb
June 14 Emily Kuhn, Helios
June 21 Edwin Sánchez and Papo Santiago co-organized with Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center
June 28 Mike Reed’s People, Places & Things
July 5 The Jeremiah Review in a Tribute to Charles Mingus
July 12 Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth SWAY
July 19 Edwin Daugherty in a Tribute to Captain Walter Dyett
July 26 Alexander/McLean Project
August 2 Yoko Noge
August 9 George Freeman with Mike Allemana
August 16 Marques Carroll Quintet
August 23 Black Diamond
August 30 Junius Paul
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum is generously supported by its Board of Trustees; individual and corporate members; private and corporate foundations, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation; and government agencies.
Programming is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois
Arts Council Agency. Museum capital improvements are supported by a Public Museum Capital Grant from
the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The MCA is a proud member of Museums in the Park and receives major support from the Chicago Park
District.
The MCA is located at 220 E. Chicago Avenue, one block east of Michigan Avenue. The museum and sculpture garden are open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm
and Tuesday from 10 am to 8 pm. The museum is closed on Monday. Tuesdays are Community Free Days with
free admission for Illinois residents.
Suggested general admission is $12 for adults and $7 for students and seniors. Children 12 years of age and under,
MCA members, and members of the military are admitted free.
Information about MCA exhibitions, programs, and special events is available on the MCA website at mcachicago.org or by phone at 312.280.2660.
