Evanston SPACE: Alice Peacock

Alice Peacock at SPACE in Evanston, IL // Doors: 6pm | Show: 7pm // Tickets: $18– $38

COVID-19 POLICY

As of August 1, 2021, all guests, artists, and staff will be required to show proof of either full vaccination -OR- negative COVID-19 test taken within 72 hours prior to entry alongside a government-issued ID. Official copies, photo copies, and digital photos of COVID-19 documentation are all acceptable.

From October 15, 2021 onward, Space will move toward a vaccination-only policy and negative COVID-19 tests will no longer be accepted. Please plan accordingly if you plan to attend a show on or after October 15.

Regardless of vaccination status, all guests, artists, and staff will be required to wear a mask over their nose and mouth while inside the venue. Masks will be available at the box office for those who arrive without one.

Much has changed for singer-songwriter Alice Peacock since her last solo studio album, 2009’s Love Remains. She’s had three kids, moved to Cincinnati and…gotten 10 years older. “Feel the weight of the world on my shoulders / Am I wiser or am I just older?” she sings on “Dry Spell,” from her new collection, Minnesota. The record suggests that despite her “wondering what all is yet to be,” she has indeed attained a measure of wisdom.

She uses the word “midlife” but does not follow it by “crisis.” She views her current outlook more as an awareness of life’s fragility and an appreciation of its sweetness. “Being a parent, I don’t know that I could love any more than I do right now,” she says, “so I’ve also never been more vulnerable. I have everything to lose.”

Further evidence of this contemplative spirit can be heard on album closer “God Be Near Me,” about which Peacock says, “I wrote a hymn out of nowhere! I was sitting at the piano one day going, ‘Am I completely screwing this all up?’ And I found myself thinking, ‘Help me to stay focused on love.’” The lyrics ask, “Help me to surrender / And love the world the way you do / Now and ever after / And live in love the way you do.”