SecondSundaySalon MUSIC SarahAllen•ART LesleyWhitehead•WORDS RobertaMiles

Sarah Allen's project, Art for Art's Sake, performing works of Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard & others with an all star ensemble

TRUE MUSE ARTS presents

Second Sunday Salon

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The Print Shop Live

MUSIC • Sara Allen, ART FOR ART'S SAKE

WORDS • Roberta Miles, Loose Chicks

ART • Lesley Whitehead, Photography
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MUSIC

Sara Allen, Leader, Drummer - performing the works of Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and others.

ART FOR ART'S SAKE

featuring

Brian Gephart - saxophones
James Davis - trumpet
Julie Wood - saxophones
Steve Million - piano
Stacy McMichale - bass
and
Sarah Allen -drums

WORDS • Roberta Miles, Loose Chicks

ART • Lesley Whitehead, Photography

ONGOING
Inventory of Lost Books - audience participation
NON:op hopes to record folks reading titles and a few words from some of the 4,000 books banned. Yes, there are nearly 4,000 unique titles that were banned in 2024 and 2025!

Join us for Second Sunday Salon, a chill hang with MUSIC, ART, POETRY and more. Come connect in person!

Alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments and small bites will be included with admission.

Bringing a bottle or a dish to share—alongside your donation—helps create a warm, communal atmosphere while ensuring we can continue supporting the artists and experiences that make these gatherings possible.

The Print Shop Live is wheelchair accessible.

MUSIC Sarah Allen • Art for Arts Sake

Sara Allen, Leader, Drummer - leads and ALL STARR Jazz Ensemble, performing the works of Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Freddie Hubbard and others.

Art for Arts Sake
featuring
Steve Million-piano, Stacy McMichael-bass,
Rachel Castellanos-trombone, James Davis-trumpet,
Brian Gephart-saxophones, Juli Wood-saxophones,
and Sarah Allen-drums

SARAH ALLEN has drummed her way through a broad range of musical situations, performing and recording throughout the U.S. and in Europe and Asia with jazz, pop, folk, klezmer, musical theater and classical ensembles, including Blue Man Group, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre (Six!; Three Musketeers; Seussical), The Goodman Theatre (Jungle Book), Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Fannie: The Life and Music of Fannie Lou Hamer), Writers Theatre (Sweet Charity), Broadway Playhouse, Drury Lane Oak Brook, and Steppenwolf Studio Theater; the Aretha Franklin Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, The Last Word (with poet Marc Kelly Smith), Bobby Conn (Rise Up!, Lovessongs), Bobbi Wilsyn, Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Fred Simon (Dreamhouse); and dancing and drumming in Jellyeye.

WORDS Roberta Miles, Loose Chicks

Roberta Miles is a jazz singer, poet, writer, and visual artist. Her award-winning autobiographical monologues touch on growing up in Chicago in the 70’s and her life’s indiscretions and romantic regrets. Roberta chronicles her quest for mental and physical health with brutally hilarious candor. She has crafted her monologues into the one-woman show, “I Want a Banana, and Other Desperate Love Stories.” Roberta performs her work at live lit and storytelling events including God, Sex & Death, This Much is True, The Make Ready at the Dandelion Theatre, Stoop Stories, and Seven Deadly Sins. She is a staple performer with Beast Women and Three Cat Productions and has written and performed with Steppenwolf’s Project Compass.

She is the producer of the long-running shows Cafe Cabaret and Loose Chicks.

Loose Chicks is a recurring live Chicago storytelling show that features a diverse lineup of women sharing raw, honest, and often hilarious stories about identity, relationships, resilience, and transformation. This women’s storytelling event is a space for voices that are rarely heard in mainstream storytelling, and audiences consistently describe it as powerful, provocative, and deeply relatable.

PHOTOGRAPHER Lesley Whitehead

Lesley Whitehead is a professional photographer whose work centers on visibility, identity, and the lived experience of women 50+. With over 15 years behind the camera, her portraits focus on authenticity, strength, and presence—challenging cultural narratives around aging and beauty.

She is the creator of the 50 Over 50 Portrait Campaign, a photographic project dedicated to celebrating women in their 50s, 60s, and beyond. Through her work, Lesley creates space for women to be seen not as they were—but as they are now.

ONGOING NON:op, Inventory of Lost Books - audience participation

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