FRIDAY 5/15
likemind Chicago
Source: http://likemind.us/#chi
likemind is a gathering of creative-minded people, from various disciplines including Internet, advertising, art, et. al. There are likemind gatherings all around the world on the same day. meets up this morning at 8:00 at Argo Tea (140 S. Dearborn). No RSVP required, although you might want to join the local likemind Facebook group.
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Manifest
Source: http://www2.colum.edu/manifest
30,000 people. 50 showcases. 14 galleries. 5 stages. 1 day.
Experience Manifest. Columbia College Chicago’s urban arts festival celebrates the work of seniors and graduate students from every department on campus. Manifest 2009 will feature an artwalk & sale, music on four stages, screenings, readings, live radio, Web casts, the TICTOC Performance Art Festival, the Transmission art car exhibition, Spectacle Fortuna’s parade of creativity.
Manifest Kick-Off!
640 South Wabash Avenue,
12 – 1 p.m.
free.
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XOXO: Manifest After-Party Edition
Crocodile (Wicker Park)
1540 N. Milwaukee Ave.
773-252-0880
Same deal as always. Free pizza with $5 drink purchase | DJs
This is the official after-party for Columbia College’s annual arts and entertainment Manifest festival. Maybe I’ll show up to this just to say, “Hey, I graduated from Columbia too. I’m unemployed now, but I run a really cool blog that you guys will read when you can’t get jobs either, but you still want to have a life.”
ALSO FRIDAY 5/15
Mario Cart Dancatron
Source: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=76633026478
come to the congress theater may 15 for our mariokart competition/danceotron party. will be playing all night before, during, and after the competition. SECRET GRAND PRIZE to the winner of the tournament. FREE BEER FROM 10-11 (show up early)!!!!
$1 to enter $5 to play in the mariokart competition on the main stage of the the theater.
congress theater
2135 n miwaukee
chicago il 60647
blueline western stop, walk north on milwaukee 3 blocks.
call 773.227.7595 for more info
ALSO FRIDAY 5/15
Chicago May Fest
(runs thru 5/17)
Source: http://chicago.going.com/event-577333;Chicago_Mayfest
1600 W. Barry Ave. Chicago, IL [map]
Free.
Chicago Mayfest kicks off the festival season in Chicago. Featuring a main stage of rock-solid talent under a big-top tent. Ice cold beer, live music, and your favorite festival faire. Mayfest has been around over a decade and continues to set the tone for all summer events in Chicago. Artisans line the venue offering unbelievable art and our preferred merchants showcase an eclectic mix of merchandise in the Mayfest courtyard.
SATURDAY 5/16
SELF Magazine Workout in the Park
Source: http://www.selfworkoutinthepark.com
Love taking yoga, pilates, and dance classes at the gym, but don’t like being cooped up indoors and surrounded by all of those mirrors? Well, get out of the house and start your weekend off right with a four-hour power workout in Grant Park. Jillian Michaels, trainer and life coach from “The Biggest Loser” will be appearing exclusively at the Chicago event. 11am – 3pm. Butler Field, Grant Park. 350 East Monroe Street. $15. Free one-year subscription to SELF magazine with purchase.
ALSO SATURDAY 5/16
Free Admission to the New Modern Wing @ Art Institute/Depository Food Drive
Source: http://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/site/Calendar/836100291?view=Detail&id=104621
From May 16-22, you can visit the newly opened Modern Wing of the Art Institute (111 S. Michigan Ave) for free. For the $12-18 that you’re saving in admission, help out the hungry in Chicago by bringing a donation for the Greater Chicago Food Depository, who will be accepting non-perishable items at food collection sites that will be located on the Michigan Avenue and the Monroe Street sides of the building.
ALSO SATURDAY 5/16
May 11-17 is American Craft Beer Week and to celebrate we are holding the Beerfly Alleyfight. The Beerfly Alleyfight is a new event that will not just pair, but tri-pair, beer, food, and art. Ten Home Brewers will be given basic ingredients to brew a beer for the May 19th event. They will pair it with a food they make (or they have someone make) and then they will be paired with a Chicago artist (could be a writer, a painter, musician, a dancer…)who will interpret the pairing in an ass-kickin’, alleyfight way like you’ve never seen. Artists include Neo-Futurists Diana Slickman, Jay Torrence, and more to come.
Saturday, May 16th from 1PM to 5PM at Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery, 1 E. Grand Ave. @ State, Chicago. Tickets are $30.00 and include food, home brew, and performances.
ALSO SATURDAY 5/16
UBERJAM v21. The Glamorous Life 90s Party !!
Source: http://uberjamchicago.com/blog/
Crocodile
1540 N Milwuakee Ave
10pm-3am
21+, FREE
DJ TREW ( http://www.myspace.com/trewdj)
MAKER ( http://www.myspace.com/makerwon)
DJ PICKEL ( http://www.myspace.com/deejaypickel)
ALSO SATURDAY 5/16
Monsters of the Midway Criterium
Source: http://www.thechainlink.org/events/monsters-of-the-midway
Come on down to Hyde Park this Saturday for the Monsters of the Midway Criterium! There will be thirteen races and over 250 participants in this year’s event. It’s held on the beautiful Midway south of the University of Chicago. Races begin as early as 7:30am and run until about 5pm, with the higher level categories racing in the early afternoon.
Make it a day of it: ride down via the Lakeshore Path, stop by one of the neighborhood’s fantastic bookstores, get a coffee, and come enjoy some free and exciting bicycle racing!
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2nd Annual Gilda’s Club Gala
wine, beer and martini open bar / free hors d’oeuvres / charity art auction / $10 / 5pm-9:30pm
Source: http://chi.myopenbar.com
Am I reading this right? A five-hour open bar? They better have riot gear, stomach pumps, gurneys, and an abortion clinic standing by, or this could be the Hindenburg of charity events.
RSVP to: nadiagarcia@gildasclubchicago.org or call 312-464-9900/x31
Flat Iron Arts Building
1579 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Wicker Park
312-335-3000
TUESDAY 5/19
Vaudezilla Presents: Speakeasy Burlesque
Depression-era drink specials / free soup and bread / free burlesque show / 7pm
Source: http://vaudezilla.com/brandos.htm
“Speakeasy Burlesque” evokes the style and spirit of Depression-era burlesque, with Vaudezilla’s divine dancing girls, thrifty drink specials and – no kidding – free bread and soup all at Brando’s! This FREE weekly slice of nostalgia comes to you on Tuesdays beginning May 12th. All shows start at 7pm. So amble on over to Brando’s for a healthy helping of bread, soup, and booze, and let the lovely ladies of Vaudezilla melt your cares away.
WEDNESDAY 5/20
Ride of Silence
Source: http://www.rideofsilence.org/chicago
The Chicago Ride Of Silence will gather at the Eternal Flame in Daley Plaza at 6:45 PM and depart at 7 PM.
The 10-mile route will pass the sites of crash victims. Many sites are marked by Ghost Bikes, which are powerful memorials to fallen cyclists. The Ride of Silence is a free ride, hosted in hundreds of cities worldwide, that aims to raise the awareness of motorists, police and city officials that cyclists have a legal right to the public roadways. The ride is also a chance to show respect for those who have been killed or injured.
THURSDAY 5/21
Fieldtrips Dance Performance Marathon @ Hamlin Park Fieldhouse
Source: http://www.fieldchicago.org/page05.html
The Field Chicago and Chicago Moving Co. present the 14th annual Fieldtrips Performance Marathon tonight and tomorrow night. There are so many small or medium-sized dance companies in Chicago, and The Field has brought a bunch of them together for your viewing pleasure. Tonight, come check out performances by Antibody Dance, Karla Beltchenko, Dim Sum Dance, Molly Jaeger, Kris Larsen & Leslie Stevenson, Solo Movement Collective, and Jessica Wright. Tomorrow there’s a whole new batch of companies to sample. You just might find your new favorite Chicago dance company to follow!
7:30 at the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 3035 N. Hoyne. Tickets are $15. For info and reservations, call 804.873.1018.
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Found Magazine’s Denim and Diamonds Tour
Source: http://www.lakeshoretheater.com/ShowDetail.aspx?ShowID=259
Found Magazine’s Davy and Peter Rothbart will be joined by sword swallower Brett Loudermilk, NYC’s Story Pirates, The Watson Twins and other special guests for a reading in support of Requiem for a Paper Bag, a collection of stories about lost and found items from around the world, tonight at 8pm at the Lakeshore Theater, 3175 N. Broadway. Tickets are $20, 21 and over.
