# [Avante-Garde in the Alley: Modern Art, Theatrical Innovation, and the Chicago Artistic Renaissance in Towertown](https://wknd.app/r/mg2rzt/avante-garde-in-the-alley-modern-art-theatrical-innovation)

- When: 2026-11-15 14:00 (America/Chicago)
- Scarcity: one_day
- Cadence: once
- Where: Glessner House, 1800 S Prairie Ave, Chicago, IL 60616 (41.857796, -87.620874)
- Ages: all ages
- Category: class
- Topics: architecture, art, history
- About: A talk on the 1920s Towertown art scene and how Chicago's interwar artists, avant-garde theater, and modernism shaped the city, with original Edgar Miller pieces on view.
- Source: https://www.glessnerhouse.org/events
- Feed: [Chicago Architecture Events](https://wknd.app/f/7a5u4u/chicago-architecture-events)

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