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Word on the Street (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
to listenEnjoy a free performance at noon Thursday by the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus at the Chicago Public Library (400 S. State St.)to learnChicago-Puerto Rican artist Josue Pellot leads a gallery talk 12:15 p.m. Thursday at the Chicago Cultural Center...
Second City Style (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Glitter - A Holiday Shopping Event is Tomorrow, December 3rd! From 11am - 8pm shop for unique gifts as you support local designers and boutiques. Chicago Cultural Center, Between Washington and Randolph on Michigan Avenue, Preston Bradley Hall on the...
Muzzle of Bees (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Here are the Wisconsin and Illinois shows we recommend you take in this week. Check them out below and let us know which ones you’ll be attending or ones you think should really make our list. This week, we catch you up on some recent releases that we’ve been listening to including new [...]
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Tod Browning's 1932 horror classic, Freaks , was far ahead of it's time both in casting and ideology. Browning cast real carnival sideshow performers in lieu of faking their natural deformities through costuming and makeup. Though fictional in plot, the film is a poignant statement on honor and prejudice. On December 9 the Chicago Cultural Center will host a screening of Freaks in the Claudia Cassidy...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Martin Woods performs Wednesday and Friday (Photo from Woods's MySpace page ) In celebration of National Opera Week, the Chicago Opera Theater has sent its members to random places throughout the city to give short "Pop-Up Opera" performances. You can get tips on the locations and times on COT's website or Twitter . As an added bonus, if you tweet about the "Pop-Up" performance...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Photo by *April* While we've been busy watching just a few of the many fine films screened at Reeling this year, a mighty lot of gay-centric news has come across our desk. Consider this little round-up a crash course in the past two weeks in the world of LGBT Chicago, headlined by a gay couple that now faces perhaps the most far-reaching denial of equal rights in our modern world: A lifetime ban from...
Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
From Jerry Fuller: Please join us this coming weekend for a program of Musical Jokes of the Baroque. On Friday evening at 7:30pm, we will be performing at Moser Performing Arts Center at the University of St Francis located at 500 Wilcox Street in Joliet, Illinois. For more information call 815.740.3404. On Saturday at 3pm, we [...]
Jason Heath's Double Bass Blog (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
I was a panelist for one of these forums last spring. They’re really cool. Here’s a link to the audio track for the forum that included me if you’re interested. October 31, 2009 Stand out in a Digital World more info: chicago-music.org Monday November 16, 2009 Claudia Cassidy Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington [...]
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Tonight is the only night you can catch this year's Site Unseen : a site-specific performance event featuring theater, dance, music, and visual art by local and international artists. Presented by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, this year's event focuses on disability — a theme that emerged from curator Julie Laffin 's personal battles with environmental illness and complications...
PrairieMod (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Bob Score of the firm Harboe Architects of Chicago will discuss the restoration of Louis Sullivan's Carson Pirie Scott & Co. Store Building on Thursday, Nov. 19, as part of Landmarks Illinois' Preservation Snapshots series. It will take place at the Claudia Cassidy Theater in the Chicago Cultural Center, 77 E. Randolph St. Admission is free to the public and begins at 12:15 p.m. More details here....
US News & World Report (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Age 81 and still taking pictures every day, Barbara Crane’s career retrospective, Challenging Vision, at the Chicago Cultural Center (CCC), hardly scratches the surface of her incredible body of work. She has shown in 170 group exhibitions, 75 solo exhibitions, and her work is included in the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, [...]
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
If you're sick of looking at paintings and sculptures all the danged time, for god's sake already, then maybe it's time to give your eardrums a work-out. And here's the perfect venue to do so: the 10th annual Outer Ear Festival of Sound , a celebration of the sonic arts in Chicago presented by the Experimental Sound Studio , the Sound Department of the School of the Art Institute and several other...
Columbia College Chicago (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
INTRODUCING STUDIO CHICAGO A Year-Long Collaboration Celebrating the Working Artist and Creative Spaces October 2009 – October 2010 Program kicks off at Artists at Work Forum on October 29 at Chicago Cultural Center The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, in...
Chicagoist (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
What do you think of when you hear the words "artist's studio"? Maybe you imagine a small room stocked with tools of the trade, tucked away in a building in which other studios reside. But "artist's studio" can mean many things, from a corner of the cluttered table in one's tiny kitchen to a spare bedroom to a spacious loft in which one can make ginormous sculptures that cost a...
Second City Style (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Fashion Focus Chicago finished last night with an ecologically friendly fashion show, the Vert Couture: Springtime in Chicago event held at the Chicago Cultural Center. The event was the first completely eco-fashion event ever included in Fashion Focus, and it...
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