But I quickly learned that Lockdown Bar & Grill is much more than a celebrated burger. I wanted to see what the 'best burger in Chicago' tasted like. Owen's specific address in Lakeview is a secret, so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for puppets the next time you're in the neighborhood. And why not Lockdown Bar & Grill, located at 1024 North Western Avenue at Cortez in Ukrainian Village, a short distance from United Center, is a short drive from my home. They're singing along, they're clapping along, they're coming back week after week, and that's a bit of a new experience for me," Owens said. The community is loving the weekly shows, and the theatre attracts spectators from all over. "This is really raw theater it's not hyper-production values, we don't have sound effects and we don't have stage lighting and we don't have things that would be great to have for a conventional theatre production, but that's part of the appeal of it," Owens said. A new law in Chicago will require patrons at restaurants, bars, and gyms to show proof of vaccination and photo ID before using services, the citys Sun-Times reported. It is now formally known as "The Lockdown Puppet Theatre." Instead of sitting around the house and letting his creativity go to waste, he got to work creating a stage and puppets so that he could perform weekly shows for his friends and neighbors, and it has grown into a full-blown production.
It all started after he was laid off from his job at the Brookfield Zoo, where he would create natural-looking toys and devices, called "enrichment devices," for the animals.
A Chicago man is entertaining his neighborhood during the COVID-19 pandemic with puppet shows.ĬHICAGO - Chicagoan Matthew Owens is bringing the joy of the theatre to the streets of his Lakeview neighborhood. Reflecting on Chicagos 2-year COVID lockdown anniversary.
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