FRIDAY 7/17 (THRU SUNDAY 7/19)
Pitchfork Music Festival
Source: http://www.pitchforkmusicfestival.com
(tickets sold out)
The Pitchfork Music Festival is a three-day event showcasing over 40 of independent music’s best bands and artists on three stages. With so many blockbuster festivals gouging their attendees out of absolutely obscene sums of money, only to confine them in uncomfortable, tight spaces and skimp on basic necessities, our goal is to do the right thing: That is, to create a reasonably priced summer music festival that provides an overwhelmingly positive, comfortable and fun festival experience for both attendees and musicians.
ALSO FRIDAY 7/17 (THRU SUNDAY 7/19)
Bitchpork Festival 2009
The Electric Company in French
1318 W. Cermak Rd.
Chicago, IL, Chicago 60608
(enter thru alley on loomis)
Source: http://www.last.fm/event/1143014
Cave, Times New Viking, Eyes, Juiceboxxx and 24 more
ALSO FRIDAY 7/17
likemind Chicago
Argo tea (140 S. Dearborn)
8am to 10am
a gathering of creative people.
Source: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10070467211
ALSO FRIDAY 7/17
Bridgeport 3rd Fridays
Source: http://proximitymagazine.com/category/calendar
Matthew Brown @ Carrie Secrist Gallery
Theresa Handy & Jeremiah Ketner @ Melanee Cooper Gallery
Rod Hunting @ The Coop
Unusual Suspects @ 2612 Space
Allison Yasukawa @ Second Bedroom
SATURDAY 7/18
Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle and Life is Living
Source: http://www.estriabattle.com
Source: http://www.lifeisliving.org
Clarendon Park
4501 N Clarendon Ave, Chicago, IL
The 1st Ever Nationwide Graffiti Battle Tour !
16 of the nation’s best spraycan artists compete for the crown in live painting
Winner will be flown for the Finals in Oakland, CA !
Also Featuring:
- Shorties Graffiti Battle
- Black Book Battle
- Dance Battles
- Tightest Trick Skateboarding
- Saul Williams
- BNV Green Team
- Rebel Diaz
*LIFE is Living: Celebration of LIFE in partnership w/ Kuumba Lynx
11:30am – 4:00pm
Featuring Saul Williams, Rebel Diaz, BNV Green Team + Estria Invitational Graffiti Battle. All-day Basketball and Soccer, Skating, Gardening + Footwork Battles + Dance Battles + Mobile Recording + Eco Literacy + Skate Park + Live Concert + BNV Offering for Life + Art Installations and many other artists, including special guests.
ALSO SATURDAY 7/18
TSR 7th Annual Block Party
BLOCK PARTY CENTRAL @ EVERGREEN & MILWAUKEE
noon – 10pm | Free
Source: http://thesilverroom.com
Source: http://thesilverroom.com/blkprty.jpg
Source: http://chicago.going.com/event-623192;TSR_7th_Annual_Block_Party
Following our mission and tradition of supporting and promoting the best in local flavor, talent and community, July 18th marks the TSR 7th Annual Sound System Block Party.
This year we truly have an AMAZING line-up, so make sure to come on out and show your love, be in love, celebrate love and have a good time…
** Live mural painting by:
Sandra I. Antongiorgi, Tres and Tripa Colectivo
ALSO SATURDAY 7/18
A Late-Night Puppetry Cabaret and Live Music: Lolly Extract Amber Marsh and Others
LOFT3A (3036 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago)
Source: http://loft3a.com/post/132712578/a-late-night-cabaret-july-18th-9pm-2am
Come witness their latest mis-happening of intellectual adult content; a boxer kicking the shit out of the economy, a praying mantis does it again, movement to music, & other stimulating interactions of stunningly creative minds. The Lineup: The Catatonics 10pm /Lily Emerson 10:30pm/ ‘The Fight of the Century’ – Lolly Extract 10:50pm/ ‘Mantis and the Prey’ – Amber Marsh & Violent Lange 11:30pm/DJ blackdaylight 11:45pm-2am
Loft 3a is run by digital designer Leon Grant Bussinger and street installation artist Zoë McCloskey.
We use our 3000 square foot loft to host emerging and experimental creative endeavors in the form of concerts, gallery shows, private parties, fundraisers, temporary cafes, film screenings, workshops, and rehearsals.
We like to partner with visiting artists, small collectives, and other not-yet-institutionalized entities to serve as a physical platform in which to manifest their inspirations and create happenings.
We work with projects that are underground, emerging, and/or transformative. Feel free to contact us with an idea.
ALSO SATURDAY 7/18
The Diorama Show @ Home
SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE closing @ Co-Prosperity Sphere
SUNDAY 7/19
Signs of the Apocalypse/Rapture @ HPAC
SEWING REBELLION @ Mess Hall
MONDAY 7/20
The Andreas Kapsalis & Goran Ivanovic Guitar Duo
Chopin Theater
7pm | $12
Source: http://www.myspace.com/akgiduo
Steel string ten finger tapping guitar prodigy Andreas Kapsalis, and nylon string Balkan folk guitarist Goran Ivanovic have fused their Serbian and Greek folk music roots with modern, classical, world, jazz and beyond in this experimental duo.
TUESDAY 7/21
Tuesdays on the Terrace
Museum of Contemporary Art
5:30pm | Free
free alfresco jazz concert featuring Henry Johnson
Source: http://www.mcachicago.org/programs/event_detail.php?id=22&page=genev
THURSDAY 7/23
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in the Collection
Source: http://www.artic.edu/aic/calendar/event?EventID=6149&Month=7_2009&Day=23
Source: http://hubbardstreetdance.com
Fullerton Hall
6-7 p.m. | Free
Preview the yearlong residency of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at the Art Institute!
The exuberant, athletic, and innovative movement of Chicago’s critically acclaimed contemporary dance company connects with the museum’s world-renowned collection of modern and contemporary art. Hubbard Street Dance Chicago associate artistic director Glenn Edgerton highlights selected works on view in the Modern Wing. Watch and listen as art and commentary are set in motion.
