Arts Chicago

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Tomorrow, at Ravinia:

UB40



Wednesday
August 20, 2008
8:00 PM

Pavilion

Reserved seats: $40
Lawn: $15

Day of performance:
Reserved $45
Lawn $20

One of the world’s leading reggae groups, UB40 has amassed over 50 hit singles in their career, most memorably “Red Red Wine” and “Can’t Help Falling In Love.”

Park opens at 5:00 PM

http://www.ravinia.org/

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Not sure if it is arts per se, but I just posted something about Chicago's street light design.

http://theurbanophile.blogspot.com/2...f-chicago.html

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Originally Posted by arenn

Not sure if it is arts per se, but I just posted something about Chicago's street light design.

http://theurbanophile.blogspot.com/2...f-chicago.html

Nice. I would say it counts as functional art.

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Immediate Sound: Anderson, Vandermark and Daisy

Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave (between Elston Ave and Throop St)
Bucktown/Wicker Park, Chicago
773-227-4433
http://www.hideoutchicago.com

Tonight 9:30pm

Tickets: $8

Three local free-jazz legends, each from different generations, take the stage together tonight. While saxophonist Fred Anderson, proprietor of the Velvet Lounge and tornado-inducing free-jazz icon, plays with his own groups regularly around town, this chance to see him work with some of the North Side's best should not be missed. Reedist Vandermark has not let up his prolific pace lately, and his collaborator and drummer Tim Daisy (Vandermark 5, Engines) may be the city's only percussionist who grasps funk and Afrobeat's complex lessons in a jazz setting.

Immediate Sound Series
presents
set I
Ken Vandermark solo reeds
set II
Anderson / Daisy Duo
Fred Anderson tenor saxophone
Tim Daisy drums
set III
Anderson / Vandermark / Daisy
Fred Anderson tenor saxophone
Ken Vandermark reeds
Tim Daisy drums

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Chicago Outdoor Film Festival: An Affair to Remember



Butler Field, Grant Park
201 S Columbus Dr (between Monroe and Van Buren Drs)
Chicago
312-744-3315

Aug 19 8:15pm

Tickets: Free

The annual Outdoor Film Fest continues with another classic film projected on the big screen over Butler Field. Tonight's feature presentation stars Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as star-crossed lovers who indulge in a brief fling, though they're both attached to other people. They agree to meet again in six months at the top of the Empire State Building to decide whether to give love a shot.


http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/we...eEnumValue=184

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At Symphony Center tonight and tomorrow:

Special Event

Memoirs of a Geisha

Wednesday
August 20, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday
August 21, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
John Williams, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello



Arnaud/Williams - Bugler's Dream - Olympic Fanfare and Theme
Williams - Song for World Peace
Williams - The Olympic Spirit
Williams - Excerpts from Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Williams - Flight to Neverland from Hook
Williams - Three Pieces from Indiana Jones
Williams - Sound The Bells!
Williams - Memoirs of a Geisha, Suite for Cello and Orchestra


Leading film composer John Williams returns to conduct the CSO and Yo-Yo Ma in two very special performances of music from Williams' moving and Academy Award® nominated score Memoirs of a Geisha. Based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha is a sweeping romantic epic set in a mysterious and exotic world that still casts a potent spell today. The story begins in the years before WWII when a penniless child is torn from her family and forced to work as a maid in a geisha house, but eventually becomes one of the most celebrated geishas in Japan. These concerts will be recorded live in Orchestra Hall for a future release by Sony/BMG Masterworks.

Call 312-294-3000 for more details.

http://www.cso.org/

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At Symphony Center, on Friday:

Joanna Newsom

Friday
August 22, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joanna Newsom, harp and vocals
Ryan Francesconi, conductor



Joanna Newsom makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center debut. Joanna will perform songs from her CD Ys with orchestral arrangements by Van Dyke Parks, along with selections performed solo and with her band.

Joanna on Ys : “The goal I had in mind was for the harp and vocals to feel like they were developing unawares of the presence of the orchestra, unburdened by any of the self-consciousness/formality/austerity/stiltedness this might provoke....as if the orchestra is hanging in a hallucinatory shimmer around the more substantial harp and voice”

http://www.cso.org/

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At the Audirorium Theatre this weekend:

Eddie Vedder



Dates: August 21 & 22, 2008

Times: 7:30 p.m.

Price: $77, $62 (Limit four tickets per order.)

Liam Finn: Opening act

Eddie Vedder (born December 23, 1964 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, and guitarist. He is the lead singer and one of three guitarists for the American rock band Pearl Jam. He is notable for his "golden baritone" vocal style and is considered a cultural icon of alternative rock

Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
50 E. Congress Parkway, Chicago, IL 60605
p: (312) 922-2110 • f: (312) 431-2360
http://auditoriumtheatre.org/wb/

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Benny Green Trio

image hosted on flickr


Jazz Showcase
47 W Polk St (at Dearborn St)
Chicago
312-360-0234
http://www.jazzshowcase.com/shows.html

When
Tonight through Sat 8 pm, 10 pm , Sun 4 pm, 8 pm, 10 pm.

Tickets: $10–$20

Oscar Peterson passed on only a few months ago, but for the past decade, he's had a disciple arguably outperform him. The bicoastal pianist Benny Green whittles down the overbearing influence of legends like Peterson, as well as Bud Powell and Phineas Newborn Jr., into immaculate bebop sculpture on a nightly basis. A prolific artist with a perpetually boyish visage, the 44-year-old bebop savant swings as hard as any of his more famous musical mentors.

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Edward Wilkerson & 8 Bold Souls


Robert Guinan, "8 Bold Souls" - 1992, oil on canvas, 91.5 x 208

Velvet Lounge
67 E Cermak Rd (between Michigan and Wabash Aves)
Chicago
312-791-9050
http://www.velvetlounge.net

Tonight 8:30 pm

Tickets: $5-$15

For a time in the '90s, Ed Wilkerson Jr.'s 8 Bold Souls were more than just the AACM's flagship group—they were the jazz flagship for the city. While the quality has remained consistent, their performances are far too infrequent to keep a following. That makes this show, a prelude to their Jazz Fest appearance, a must for the curious. Bassist Harrison Bankhead, reedman Mwata Bowden, tubist Aaron Dodd, trumpeter Robert Griffin, trombonist Isaiah Jackson, cellist Naomi Millender and drummer Dushon Mosley join leader Ed Wilkerson Jr.

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Greg Ward Quartet + Jimmy Bennington's Colour and Sound


Steve Eisen, Greg Ward, Carlos Vega

Uncommon Ground (Devon Location)
1401 W Devon Ave (at Glenwood Ave)
Chicago
773-465-9801
http://www.uncommonground.com

Tonight 9 pm

Tickets: donation $10

Rising Chicago saxophonist Greg Ward cut his teeth playing a soulful, eclectic repertoire in Ted Sirota's Rebel Souls. True to form, Ward can go into a similarly diverse repertoire (Afrobeat, blues, soul, bebop) while always maintaining a pungent, bluesy essence. Rob Clearfield on keys, Jeff Greene on bass and Quin Kirchner on drums round out his quartet.

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Grazyna Auguscik & Paulinho Garcia


Paulinho Garcia and Grazyna Auguscik

Katerina's
1920 W Irving Park (between Wolcott and Damen Aves)
Lakeview/Roscoe Village/Wrigleyville, Chicago
773-348-7592

Tonight 8 pm

Tickets: $5


The chilled cabaret of Chicago-based Grazyna Auguscik deserves a spot next to Patricia Barber and Kurt Elling in the lineup of Chicago's most original jazz voices. In this heart-on-sleeve collaboration with Brazilian singer and guitarist Garcia, the music is breathlessly laid-back.

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Made in Chicago: Celebrating Nat King Cole



Millennium Park, Pritzker Pavilion
205 E Randolph St (between Michigan Ave and Columbus Dr)
Chicago
312-742-7638
http://www.grantparkmusicfestival.com

Tonight 6:30 pm

Tickets: Free

The great Nat Cole doesn't get associated with the Chi quite like Al Capone, but this show should go some lengths toward redressing that tragic oversight. Cole grew up in Bronzeville and was one of a number of Capt. Walter Dyett's star pupils at DuSable High School before leaving for California. Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra pays tribute tonight with vocalist Audrey Morris and Nat's younger brother Freddy Cole.

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The latest tile
Edgewater residents and the Chicago Public Art Group beautify Bryn Mawr.
By Philip Berger


Chicago Public Art Group, Growing 2008, 2008.
Photo: Philip Berger


http://www.timeout.com/chicago/artic...he-latest-tile


Excerpt:

Growing 2008 is highly accessible not just artistically, but physically. Completed this month, the bricolage—a tile mosaic that incorporates other materials, such as paint, mirrors and small sculptural elements—boasts a sophisticated composition, strong narrative and lively coloration, all enhanced by the quality of its execution. Yet you won’t find it at the Art Institute or the Museum of Contemporary Art: The mural covers the 185-foot expanse of Lake Shore Drive’s Bryn Mawr underpass.

While its companion mosaic, Living 2007—installed on the underpass’s north wall last summer—reflects the history of Chicago’s Edgewater community, Growing 2008 emphasizes Edgewater’s hope for the future. The project is sponsored by the Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG), which traces its history back to the city’s Wall of Respect. That mural, which depicted dozens of black heroes, including Muhammad Ali and Sarah Vaughan, was painted on a building at the corner of Langley Avenue and 43rd Street in 1967. Though demolished in 1973, the Wall of Respect inspired so-called activist or people’s art across the country. The movement’s community-generated, collaboratively executed murals enlivened the streetscapes of depressed urban neighborhoods...

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Breakbone DanceCo.: DE-evolution of Mudwoman



Viaduct Theater
3111 N Western Ave (at Barry Ave)
Chicago
http://www.viaducttheatre.com/cms/in...tpage&Itemid=1
773-296-6024

Tonight–Tomorrow 9pm , Thu–Aug 30 9pm . Ongoing through Sep 6.

Tickets: $18, students and seniors $15

Meet Mudwoman. She’s the new “IT” girl. Watch as she de-evolves from a superficial poptart diva to the ultimate primordial woman. The twist is that even in her primal state she has more integrity and humanity than our current role models. Mudwoman’s “becoming” is a journey filled with irony, dry wit, human folly, and gorgeous decay. Her transformation affects all who are touched by her.

This new concert features work by award-winning choreographers Colleen Halloran and Atalee Judy and a duet created by former Hubbard Street Chicago dancer, Cheryl Mann.

DE-evolution of Mudwoman, directed by Atalee Judy, features 12 mud clad dancers, a virtuosic solo performance by Mindy Meyers as Mudwoman, high octane moves with Atalee Judy’s signature Bodyslam Technique, a couture fashion show by designer Branimira Ivanova, cinematic videography by Carl Wiedemann, and three “expositors” who enliven the evening with their charismatic correspondence. The traditional dance space is ruptured by these three onlookers who interpret, critique, judge, translate and witness Mudwoman’s de-evolution. One question arises: as Mudwoman reveals her inner woman, will they be transformed as well?

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Chicago Sinfonietta: The Planets at Millennium Park



Friday, August 22, 2008, 7:30 pm
Jay Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park

FREE


Due to popular demand, the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Adler Planetarium present an encore performance of our legendary sight and sound spectacular on Chicago’s most spectacular stage.

Astronomer and visual artist Dr. José Francisco Salgado’s breathtaking video suite is projected on a giant screen while the orchestra performs Gustav Holst’s dramatic masterwork. Immerse yourself in this unforgettable pageant of sight and sound.


a co-production of the Adler Planetarium
and Vectors & Pixels Unlimited
This concert is free and open to the public.

Kay: Overture to the Theater Set
Ginastera: Estancia Dances
Holst: The Planets

Special thanks to the Pritzker Foundation for their generous support.

http://www.chicagosinfonietta.org/

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At Symphony Center this weekend:

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Joanna Newsom



Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Joanna Newsom, harp and vocals
Ryan Francesconi, conductor

Friday
August 22, 2008, 7:30 p.m.

Joanna Newsom makes her Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Center debut. Joanna will perform songs from her CD Ys with orchestral arrangements by Van Dyke Parks, along with selections performed solo and with her band.

Joanna on Ys : “The goal I had in mind was for the harp and vocals to feel like they were developing unawares of the presence of the orchestra, unburdened by any of the self-consciousness/formality/austerity/stiltedness this might provoke....as if the orchestra is hanging in a hallucinatory shimmer around the more substantial harp and voice”

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Tangastic! The Tango Show



Forever Tango Music Orchestra

Saturday
August 23, 2008, 8:00 p.m.

An evocative journey through the emotions of the Argentinean tango, featuring world-renowned tango dancers and musicians.

Including stars from Broadway's Forever Tango and other international tango shows:

Jorge Torres and Natalia Hills
Guillermo Merlo and Fernanda Ghi
Roberto Reis and Vanessa Fatauros
Eduardo Cappussi and Mariana Flores
Damian Esell and Nancy Louzan
Ariel Barrionuevo and Lorena Gasse
Somer Surgit and Maria Blanco

Plus, Forever Tango's music orchestra

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Across Time and Place: Jewish Genealogy at The Newberry Library

August 14 - September 27, 2008

The Newberry Library collects original source material pertaining to the history and culture of western Europe from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century and the Americas from the time of first contact between Europeans and Native Americans. The breadth of the Newberry's collections makes it a premier research facility for studying Jewish genealogy. This exhibition displays a sample of what the Library has to offer, and emphasizes research techniques to help you further explore your roots. Step inside to view a marriage contract created in 1700s Italy, a German newspaper from 1861, sheet music published in New York in 1913, and the memoir of a California pioneer. This is truly a collection that spans time and place.

Be sure to visit the Library's Local and Family History Collections, Special Collections, and Cartographic Collections to get helpful genealogy research tips and discover even more treasures. Register today for a free reader's card and explore...

http://www.newberry.org/exhibits/JewishGenealogy.html


The Pullman Porters on Parade
sheet music M1630.2.A27 P85 1913

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!Viva! Chicago Latin Music Festival



When:
August 23 : 10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.
August 24 : 10:30 a.m. - 9:30 p.m.

Price: Free

Event Phone Number: 312-744-3315

Grant Park
300 S. Columbus Drive
Chicago, IL 60604 312-744-3370

Dance to cumbia, merengue, salsa and more at the 20th annual music festival of sounds from around the world. Also features food vendors and an arts and crafts fair.


Saturday

Viva Side Stage
10:45 a.m.: Azul de noche
11:30 a.m.: Las Indomables
12:20 p.m.: Invasion Musical
1:15 p.m.: "2012"
2:10 p.m.: Papo Santiago y su Orquesta Infraverde

Petrillo Music Shell
2:35 p.m.: Everardo Rey y su flota musical
3:40 p.m.: Malo featuring Jorge Santana
4:45 p.m.: Don Tetto
5:40 p.m.: Tommy Torres
6:25 p.m.: The Dey
7:10 p.m.: Yamil, El orgullo de Mexico con el Mariachi, Zapopan y el Ballet C'Acatl
8:30 p.m.: Alexis y Fido "El Duo Sobrenatural"

Sunday

Viva Side Stage
10:45 a.m.: Stank Star
11:30 a.m.: NOW
12:20 p.m.: Son de la Habana
1:15 p.m.: Las Destinadas
2:10 p.m.: Yamil, El orgullo de Mexico con el Mariachi, Zapopan y el Ballet C'Acatl

Petrillo Music Shell
2:35 p.m.: Menudo
3:40 p.m.: Cruz Martínez y Los Super Reyes
4:50 p.m.: Los Creadores del Pasito Duranguense
6 p.m.: Fobia
7:10 p.m.: Mike Roman and The Tellstars featuring Jose "Chepito" Areas and Armando Peraza
8:10 p.m.: Los Lobos

http://chicago.metromix.com/events/f...355579/content

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GARDENfresh Group Show

August 22, 2008

Artist reception: August 22, 2008 from 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

GardenFresh is pleased to host a large group exhibit featuring talent from 21 Artists in Chicago and across the nation. The show highlights a diversity of styles and brings to fruition a wide range of genres.

Please join us as we bid farewell to our west loop space and move on as nomadic curatorial group.

Featuring art by: Nick Butcher • Emily Cunningham; Joel Feldman; Marc Friend; Justin Goh; Christopher Holmes; Richard Holland; Kelly Jacobson; Terry Karpowicz; Chris Kienke; Lisa Kuppinger; Mike Lash; Brian McGuire; Joshua Mitchell; Michael Mulvihill; Nadine Nakanishi; Kurt Riemersma; Scott Snyder; Rylan Thompson; Ashley E. Towne; Joe Trupia


Fri / Sat 12 - 5pm.
Or by appointment.

GARDENfresh
119 N. Peoria #3D
Chicago, IL, 60607
gardenfresh@gmail.com
http://www.gardenfresh.org/