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.
FRIDAY 7/10
Capturing Motion
Seth Gershberg
DATE: Friday July 10
TIME: 6-10PM
LOCATION: Chicago Art Department, 1837 S. Halsted St.
Source: http://proximitymagazine.com/2009/07/capturing-motion-cad/
New CAD resident artist and co-founder of mfchicago, a music, video and street art collective, will exhibit a collection of his video work and still photographic captures derived from his VJ experience from 2004-2009. The show titled “Capturing Motion” will be held from 6-10 PM on Friday, July 10th at the Chicago Art Department.
A VJ is a performance artist that manipulates video as an art form. Typically, VJ’s mix video live and in conjunction with electronic music at clubs, festivals and “illegal” underground parties called “raves”. Seth’s VJ work combines video found in the public domain, samples of uncommon film footage and video he shoots of objects and subjects of interest.
Musical Performance by Trenchdigger and 0+1=Everything
ALSO FRIDAY 7/10
Gallery Night in Pilsen
Event listing: http://chicagoartsdistrict.org/events_main.asp
Also: http://proximitymagazine.com/category/calendar
The Chicago Arts District hosts “2nd FRIDAYS Gallery Night”, the monthly opening receptions at the galleries and artists’ studios centered around South Halsted and 18th Streets in Chicago. The receptions begin at 6:00pm and run until 10:00pm.
Over 35 galleries surrounding South Halsted and 18th Streets showcase an exciting display of art and artists from Chicago and beyond. This unique art community opens its doors, free of charge, and lets you get up close and personal with the art and artists.
ALSO FRIDAY 7/10
‘Private’ Gallery Tour in Pilsen
(with free wine and appetizers)
Source: http://bit.ly/jPhG5
Join Belgravia group on July 10th for the pilsen 2nd fridays open gallery night with a private gallery tour of the current art exhibition at The Chicago Art Department. Meet at 7pm at the Union Row Townhomes for wine and appetizers located at 644 w. 16th street, unit 3, Chicago, IL 60616. We will leave the sales center at 7:30 for the gallery tour.
ALSO FRIDAY 7/10
The Science of Obscurity
7-10pm | free
Jupiter Outpost (1139 W. Fulton Market, Chicago)
Source: http://underground-library.org/?page_id=458
The Chicago Underground Library celebrates “The Science of Obscurity”, an evening of new, unpublished, and in-progress works presented as science fair experiments. If you are a writer, publisher, bookmaker, or book-lover of any stripe who has recently finished writing a book, has published a book in the past year, or just feels like taking out some aggression on a publication of your choice, we invite you to celebrate by launching your work into space–or at least halfway down the block. Read a paragraph, then release! And while we’re busy launching texts outside, we’ll be dissecting the mysteries of the literary universe inside. We’ll cap the remarkable evening with the shredding and launch of your collective rejection letters. This event is free and for all ages.
SATURDAY 7/11
BarCamp Chicago
Source: http://barcampchicago.com
UIC pavillion
1240 W. Harrison St, Chicago, IL 60607
A BARcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos, and interaction from participants. The name BARcamp was inspired as a complement to FOOcamp, a private tech gathering run by Tim OReilly.
Each person is encouraged to be a participant either by giving a presentation, or helping with the logistics of planning and running the event.
Its a community thing, so its open to all. My thoughts are that these types of people would enjoy it the most:
* hackers, coders, engineers, programmers, admins, and lowly architects
* designers, graphic artists, web monkeys, and artists interested in tech
* entrepreneurs, tech business guys, social media mavens, investors, sales guys lookin for a product
* professors, students (grad and under-grad), researchers, and academic types wanting to see whats going on in the start-up world
* Significant-Others brave enough (or crazy enough) to attend (be prepared to hear jargon and acronyms more than english).
ALSO SATURDAY 7/11 (and SUNDAY 7/12)
Westfest
Source: http://www.westfestchicago.com
Chicago Ave. between Damon & Wood
West Fest is an annual street festival in Chicago’s West Town Community on Chicago Avenue between Damen Avenue and Wood Street.
Enjoy live music by local bands and DJs, food & drink, and more than 100 arts and crafts vendors all along Chicago and Damen Avenues.
ALSO SATURDAY 7/11
Horror Society Film Festival
Source: www.horrorsociety.com/festivals
5pm to 12am
Portage Theater
4050 N. Milwaukee Ave.
Chicago, IL
Oh yes, its time once again for another round of blood curdling, gut wrenching Independent Horror on the big screen. This time around its Summer Slaughter! Slashers, Psychos, and Serial Killers!
We are showcasing some of the best indie slashers out there….This time around its Summer Slaughter, featuring the best slashers, psychos, sickos, and serial killer filled movies that you will ever see! This summer you will witness some of the best special effects in the indie horror world. Horror Society is bringing you film festivals every 3 months in the City of Chicago, and in July we will be bringing you blood filled hours of Independent Underground Horror. We will have vendors, guests, giveaways, trailers, and more!
ALSO SATURDAY 7/11
Electronica Indie Fest
Virus Digital Tour
Source: http://bit.ly/19NcjP
Congress Theater
Doors: 8pm
Free with RSVP
NORTEC COLLECTIVE PRESENTS: Bostich & Fussible
MIS (Mexican institute of Sound)
SILVERIO(Electro-Trash)
SABER (Electro IDM-Indie)
WILLY JOY (Power-Club A’Capella))
ALSO SATURDAY 7/11
The Tour de Fat
9am-4pm
Source: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=67618241685
Palmer Square
Yes folks, the Tour de Fat will once again be meandering and pandering to Chicago spreading the good word about the positive societal offerings of the bicycle and donating to a local non-profit.
Along with our exceptional ability to roust a city’s inner-cyclist, in 2009 we hope to drive our message even deeper by bringing you a show of one lucky Chicagoan who will trade their car for a gloriously hand built commuter bicycle.
TUESDAY 7/14
Chicago Outdoor Film Festival
8pm | Free
Butler Field Grant Park
Source: http://chicago.going.com/event-619842;Chicago_Outdoor_Film_Festival
Recapture the fun of the Drive-In movie with Chicago’s magnificent skyline as your backdrop. Classic American films are shown on a gigantic screen plus a state-of-the-art sound system. Films are shown on seven consecutive evenings in the summer at dusk.
This years films:
July 14 – Sunset Boulevard
July 21 – Duck Soup
July 28 – Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Aug 4 – Born Yesterday
Aug 11 – Psycho
Aug 18 – Young Mr. Lincoln
Aug 25 – Tootsie
FRIDAY 7/3
3rd of July Fireworks
Grant Park
Source: http://www.explorechicago.org/city/en/things_see_do/event_landing/events/mose/3rd_of_july_fireworks.html
7:30 pm – The 85th Army Band
9 pm – Fireworks (20 minutes)
Beginning at 7:30 pm, the 85th Army Band will dazzle the audience with their harmonious sound. Following the conclusion of the 85th Army Band’s performance, spectators will direct their attention to the award-winning fireworks display that will last for 20 minutes as 101.9 THE MIX broadcasts their soundtrack to compliment the show in the background. The view of the show is best throughout Grant Park, and museum campus to the south, as each explosion of color in the sky, along with the musical accompaniment, builds up to the grand finale.
SATURDAY 7/4
the WE market
Source: http://www.outdatrunkshow.com
Mercury Cafe
1505 W Chicago Ave
11am-3pm
Greeting to all, Creatives and art enthusiasts. Woo! Out Da Trunk show is a creative Bizarre open to Indie Clothing Lines, Crafters, Artist, Photographer, Illustrator and Designers you know all you DIY people out there. Out Da Trunk Show offers a unique opportunity for involved artist to sell their goods, along with additional options to market their brands, companies or skills in a supportive environment.
ALSO SATURDAY 7/4
SALAD-CHURCH-EXERCISE
An art show about self-improvement through self-denial
Source: http://www.lumpen.com/CPS/future.html
Opening Saturday, July 4, 2009, 2-6 pm at the Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 S. Morgan, Chicago. Massive salad potluck– come hungry!
Open hours 1-4 pm Saturday July 11, Saturday July 18. Closing party Saturday July 25, 8-12 pm (check Facebook for info as it develops)
While large-scale organs of control, such as schools, hospitals, and prisons, enforce the social contract through a restriction of choice and a remote delegation of authority, personal or cultural techniques for redirecting and mastering libido, the inner primordial chaos we carry within, can be found in the options represented by salad, church, and exercise. The deep loyalty and repulsion aroused in modern hearts by these three everyday pursuits, and their heroic and perverse obsession with denying the desires of the body, is the starting point for the works in “Salad-Church-Exercise,” fantasies that are channeled into a polymorphous menagerie of audiovisual media.
ALSO SATURDAY 7/4
Leave Your Shirt at the Door (House Party)
MYOUR HOUSE
3329 S. Indiana Ave
Source: http://chi.myopenbar.com/index.php?section=trackback&id=3730
10pm
$3 with shirt donation, $3 if you show up shirtless, $5 with college ID, $10 everyone else
free jungle juice
photos by Glitterguts
DJs
MONDAY 7/6
Hypnosis in the Pritzker
Experimental Sound Studio
Edible Audible Picnic
Source: http://www.exsost.org
noon | free
This week, ESS presents the next Edible Audible Picnic–a series of free noontime concerts held each Monday in the Pritzker Pavilion. The four pieces in the program are a sonic exploration of hypnosis and disorientation, enveloping listeners beneath the extraordinary Pritzker Pavilion sound system. Bring a snack, stretch out in the grass and enjoy. Our 70-minute presentation includes:
“Stamen’s Patch” by Noé Cuellar. Featuring Ian Hatcher, Jeff Gburek, Rebecca Bach, Martin Taxt and Eric Leonardson. 2009
“Spurious Landscapes” by Clauraudant, a collaboration between Stephen Hastings-King and Brett Ian Balogh. Audio mix by Todd Carter. 2007
“Hypnosis” by The Glowbug Theatre of the Air, a collaboration between Mark Booth, Audrey Colby, Ken Thompson, Lou Mallozzi, Shanna Linn and Lisa Kucharski. 1996
“rain 1.4″ by Lou Mallozzi. 2005
The Edible Audible Picnic happens in the Pritzker Pavilion each Monday at noon throughout the summer. 201 E. Randolph, 312-742-1168.
WEDNESDAY 7/8
Culinary School @ Great Lakes Naval Base Tour
11am-1pm | $4.25
Source: http://gapersblock.com/slowdown/archives/2009/07/08/
Join the Chicago Foodways Roundtable for a tour of (and lunch at) the Naval Culinary School at the Great Lakes Naval Station today. You’ll get a tour of the School, which runs a thirty-day training program for students that covers kitchen basics and emergency response skills. Graduates go on to cook on U.S. Navy ships, so get a whiff of their skills before they sail off into the culinary horizon. Event runs 11am-1pm. Tour is free, lunch is $4.25, and RSVP required. Parking is available, and the Base is across the street from the Metra North Chicago station (off the Kenosha Line). Call (847) 432-8255 or email to reserve your space.
ALSO WEDNESDAY 7/8
A Night in Tetouan
Source: http://chicago.going.com/event-622053;A_Night_in_Tetouan
Lucky Number Grill/2nd Story Loft
1931 N Milwaukee Ave
10pm | $5
The Balkans move a little more east (tho technically geographically west) in the next installment of Cultural Confusions Balkan World Fusion music+arts party:
Coolshe Collective rocks the house!
We got Moroccan percussion, Balkan sax and electric guitar! Will be a tight set! Brand new band from Chicago, brand new sound!
DJ RomaSoul will be bringing the eastern and gypsy beats inbetween sets.
To go with the North African- feel we will be screening “Battle of Algiers”. Dope legendary film.
Come kick it……
As usual drink specials from $2.50.
Lovely people, dancing, funs.
THURSDAY 7/9
MIGRASHUN: Reference (Luke Hess-Brian Kage) & More
Source: http://www.migrashun.com
Source: http://chicago.going.com/event-618538;MIGRASHUN_Reference_Luke_Hess-Brian_Kage_More
Victor Hotel
311 N. Sangamon Street Chicago, IL
9pm | free
On July 9th, Migrashun will hold a special FREE second installment at Victor Hotel. This will be a hot show not to miss. We are bringing in talent from Detroit.
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