Events
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Cocktails and Clay (this Friday the 13th)
Perhaps one of the greatest (Nancy Reagan-approved) conceptions of sensual overload ever! Hyde Park brings it back one-mo’-gin (in a special Freaky Friday the 13th edition….but not too freaky):
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Support Your Local Record Store @ Sonotheque (TONITE)
Nuff Said. …..wait, that’s a lie. One more thing to say. Click here for my interview with the folks from Beverly Records (a spot near Mr. Peabody’s shop, on 116th and Western, that’s been around since the 1960s).
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Life and Death of the West Side
Life And Death of the West Side: a Communiversity Course Dates: March 12 – April 30 (8 weeks) A Community Theatre Project In this course, participants will create an original theatrical stage production based on the Chicago West side Riots of April 6-8, 1968 (that were in response to the assassination of Martin Luther King…
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Yaw: 100% Juice, 100% Soul
According to Yaw, he is “100% juice to do what [he does] – no high fructose corn syrup… But really, [he’s] just a b-boy trapped deep inside a soul singer”. And he’s got one of the most masterful voices to ever come out of Chicago. Often found gigging across town, he is just as likely…
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Freedom of Speech and Graffiti
Kuumba Lynx Presents “Open Mindz”: an open mic and writers’ bench hosted by young spoken word lioness FM SUPREME (pictured) and Graffiti legend Nerd. Tonite (3.6.09) 6pm-9pm Clarendon Park (montrose and clarendon) 4501 N Clarendon, Chicago
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Freedom of Speech and Movement Acts
Presented in conjunction with Saudade… Freedom of Speech and Movement: a dance workshop at Hull-House Museum: Freedom of Speech and Movement Acts Movement Workshop with Taisha Pagget of the David Roussève/REALITY dance company Thursday, March 12, 12-1:30 p.m. Jane Addams Hull-House Museum 800 S. Halsted Ave. This workshop is free and open to the public-…
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Bittersweet REALITY at Columbia College
from the Columbia College website: March 12, 13 & 14 at 8:00 p.m., The Dance Center of Columbia College presents “shattering dance/theater”(The New York Times). Named after a Portugese expression, Saudade is an ode to the idea of “bittersweet,” the single moment when the greatest joy and agony are experienced together. Set to Portugese Fado…
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pARTy at the MCA…
First Fridays at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Tomorrow, Fri. March 6th) 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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Blue Sky Black Monk
A convergence of African-American and Japanese cultures and sounds is happening tonight on the South Side of Chicago…. from the Experimental Station’s website: Please join the Experimental Station, Columbia College, and Theaster Gates in presenting “Blue Sky Black Monk,” Japan’s Sennichimae Blue Sky Dance Club and Chicago’s Black Monks of Mississippi. During the last three months,…
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The Equalizer is Here…
Chicago-based Shala’s music is afro-punk/hip-hop/electro/freshness (and you can experience it tonight)… For the uninitiated, here’s a link to a sampling: get-yur Shala.-here Equalizer presents Shala. at Darkroom also featuring: Nikki Lynette mathpanda Doc Wattson and resident DJ LA*Jesus Friday, February 27, 2009 at 9:00pm – 2:00am Location: Darkroom Street: 2210 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL…
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