Events
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pARTy like an art star….
First Fridays at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Tomorrow, Fri. April 3rd) Happy hour takes on a new meaning with First Fridays at the MCA. Cash bar featuring specialty drinks and free Wolfgang Puck appetizers. Enjoy live music from local DJs, the world’s only iMac G5 digital dating bar, creation stations, and more. Each month features…
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the Twinight Revue is Coming
The Chicago-based record label Numero Group has brought together several veteran local soul acts from the short-lived (local) Twinight Record label (circa late 60s- early 70s). Among them will be: Renaldo Domino, Syl Johnson, and the Notations. They’ll perform Saturday at the Park West on Armitage Avenue in Chicago. Tomorrow on Chicago Public Radio’s morning…
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Africa Hi-Fi (back and in full effect!)
mark your calendars for Ron and Sonia’s ongoing afro-funk-highlife-house-shindig…. Saturday, April 11th at Sonotheque… AFRICA HI-FI SUPPORTS NEXTAID , an LA based non-profit that uses music events to raise money for children in South Africa orphaned by the horrendous AIDS EPIDEMIC, and AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL, working diligently to raise awareness and action against Human Rights Violations…
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The History of Gangs in Chicago
A Communiversity Course beginning next week… This course examines the history of gangs in Chicago through the lens of racism and social movements. Rather than explain Chicago’s history of gangs as a one-sided story of criminality, the course looks at how gangs have played political roles in Chicago and have changed in response to local…
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Matériel Magazine and Pr Launch Party in Bridgeport
from the local folks who bring us the mags Lumpen and Proximity……. Matériel Magazine and Pr Launch Party and fundraiser for Version Festival “Please come and help us raise funds to pay for Version>09 Immodest Proposals. We will be giving to everyone who attends a complementary copy of our new publishing projects, Matériel and the…
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Stop Smiling Magazine Issue Release Party
STOP SMILING (a magazine covering Film, Music, & Books that’s based dually in Chicago and New York) will celebrate the release of its new issue TONITE at the DESIGN WITHIN REACH North Ave storefront with DJs Ben Fasman and Logan Bay and free drinks. Come schmooze among fancy digs and take home a complimentary copy of the new…
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Vocalo.org: Live Radio Broadcast in North Lawndale
Vocalo.org (89.5FM), the community-based radio station/website, will be broadcasting live this Friday, March 20th (tomorrow) at Carter’s Barbershop in the North Lawndale community of Chicago. Their current tagline is: “Real Talk. Local Music. No Commercials. “, and they play a blend of user-generated audio (interviews, opinions) and music (with a heavy emphasis on local groups…
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Bust out your Piggy Banks…
Time to start saving up…. the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is coming back to Chicago (at the gorgeous Auditorium Theatre). highlights of this year’s program include: Night Creature – One of Ailey’s most classically choreographed ballets juxtaposed within Ellington’s jazz idiom – the dance capitvates with Ailey’s sexy nocturnal rituals that propel the movement…
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Exita el Exceso… an art exhibition in Bridgeport
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 7 | 7pm-12am 2nd Friday Viewing: Friday, March 13 | 6pm-10pm The Chicago Art Department is proud to present “Evita el Exceso”, new works by Tripa Co. In the second coming of Tripa Colectivo, Mike Wilgus joins the experimental artist group in their continued exploration of culture and gender issues embedded…
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Raphael Saadiq is….
….in town and performing at the Park West tonight. He dropped by my day job today. Oh yes… and he glows in person). Anyway… in recognition, I’m dusting off a favorite. Enjoy.
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