Kulturschmetterling Kalender- ARTS EVENTS LIST FOR CHICAGO

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Areas: BP-Bridgeport DT-downtown RN-River North N-north side LS-Logan Square WP-Wicker Park HB-Humboldt Park RD-Randolph District P-Pilsen S-south side HP-Hyde Park NW-northwest side CW-Central West SW-southwest side SB-suburbs OT-out of town

Event Types: A-art gallery B-music BT-bike tour C-reading, lecture E-Fest, fair, parade F-film, video screening G-theater, dance, performance H-party, fundraiser T-tour U-unusual event

Events are free unless otherwise noted. Events in bold red are official KB gatherings. To submit an event, write hey at fengi dot com (spelled out to avoid spambots). Updated 1/23/2010

JANUARY

Day	Time	What	Where	Area	Type
1/23	6p-9p	Rune opens	Ben Russell 1716 S Morgan #2F	P	A
1/23	6p-9p	We Are the World, Reception	Roots and Culture, 1034 N. Milwaukee Ave.	WP	A
1/23	7p	Myopic Poetry Series Kevin Coval and Roger Bonair-Agard feature	Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave	WP	C
1/23	7p-10p	Quarterly #1: Minimumixam, Reception	Pentagon Gallery, 961 W. 19th St.	P	A
1/23	7p-11p	Four Names, Reception	Barbara & Barbara, 1021 N. Western	WP	A
1/23	9p	Free the Assembly, Meqqa, Villain vs. Villain, Heart-Set Self-Destruct play	Double Door 1572 N. Milwaukee	WP	B
1/23	9p	White Mystery, Johnny & the Limelites play	Flo's Algiers Lounge, 5436 W. Montrose	NW	B
1/23	10p	Hoyle Brothers play	California Clipper, 1002 N. California	HB	B
1/24	1p	Room-A-Loom performs	Swimming Pool Project Space 2858 W. Montrose	N	A
1/24	2p	This Providence plays	Record Breakers 2109 S. State	S	B
1/24	3p	Chicago Consortium of Community Music Schools	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	B
1/24	7p	Myopic Poetry Series Nick Demske and Michael Bernstein are featured	Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave	WP	C
1/25	7:30p	Michael Hartman & Michael Zerang play	Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave	WP	B
1/25	7:30p	Incubator Series Showcase - Spandex Presented by Wishbone Theatre Collective $5 Reservations 312.742.8497	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	G
1/25	9:30p	Cacaw, Moonrises, Running play	Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western	WP	B
1/25	9:30p	Maurice, Grun-Tu-Molani play	The Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave	LS	B
1/26	6p	Dancers at Work Forum: "Growing the Local Dance Scene"	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
1/26	7:30p	TallGrass Writers Guild $5-$6	Bourgeois Pig, 738 W. Fullerton	N	C
1/26	7:30p	The Nervous Breakdown Literary Experience	The Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave.	LS	C
1/26	8p	The Moth Story Slam $7	Martyrs', 3855 N. Lincoln Ave	N	C
1/27	5p-8p	The Free Store Chicago Opening	Gallery 400 at University of Illinois at Chicago 400 S. Peoria St., Chicago	RD	A
1/27	6p	Garry Wills discusses Bomb Power: The Modern Presidency and the National Security State	Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton	N	C
1/27	6:30p	"Doowop: The Chicago Scene" Talk by music historian Robert Pruter	Blackstone Branch Library, 4904 S. Lake Park	S	C
1/27	7:30p	Danny's Reading Series poets Rob Schlegel and Catherine Theis	Danny's Tavern, 1951 W. Dickens	WP	C
1/27	9:30p	Matt Ulery's Loom plays	The Whistler, 2421 N. Milwaukee Ave	LS	B
1/28	5p-7p	Opening Reception: 50% Grey: Contemporary Czech Photography Reconsidered	The Museum of Contemporary Photography 600 S. Michigan Ave	DT	A
1/28	6p	Jason Lazarus -Visiting Artist Lecture Series	DePaul University Art Museum 2350 N. Kenmore	N	C
1/28	6:30p	John Bowe presents Us: Americans Talk About Love.	3rd Coast Cafe & Wine Bar, 1260 N. Dearborn	N	C
1/28	7p	Chicago Review Launch- Seven Poets from Berlin	Goethe Institute Chicago, 150 N. Michigan Ave	DT	C
1/28	7:30p-11:55p	LiveWire's sneak peek of world premiere play "Lower Debt"	Beat Kitchen 2100 W Belmont Ave	N	G
1/29	3p-10p	Wear Recycle Poster Show Artist talk; reception	Elephant Room, Inc., 704 S. Wabash	DT	A
1/29	5:30p	Opening Reception: Hollis Sigler: Expect the Unexpected, Touch with Your Eyes: Recent Work by Angel Otero, Christine Tarkowski: Last Things Will Be First and First Things Will Be Last	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	A
1/29	7p-10p	I've Been To Europe: New Factual Paintings By Jay Ryan	Rotofugi Gallery, 1955 W Chicago Ave	WP	A
1/29	10p	Nouvelle Vague plays, cover	Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave	N	B
1/30	10p	Greg O'Drobinak, Christopher Preissing, and Eric Leonardson play	Hotti Biscotti, 3545 W. Fullerton	LS	B
1/30	2p	Slide Lecture "Hollis Sigler, When Dresses Take Flight"	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
1/30	6p-9p	The Power of Selection, Part 1 and Suitable Video: Works From the Suitable Exhibitions Archive, Reception	Western Exhibitions, 119 N. Peoria, suite 2A	RD	A
1/30	7p	Myopic Poetry Series German poets Monika Rinck and Uljana Wolf	Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave.	WP	C
1/30	7p	D.L. Russell reads from his story collection Hell Is an Awfully Big City	Quimby's, 1854 W. North Ave	WP	C
1/30	7:30p	Jeff Biggers performs a "dramatic reading" from his book Reckoning at Eagle Creek: The Secret Legacy of Coal in the Heartland	No Exit Cafe, 6970 N. Glenwood	N	C
1/30	8p	The Masked Ball -A benefit for Opera-matic $15 - $50	Kimball Arts Center 1757 N Kimball	HB	H
1/30	8p-10p	Home Listening # 2.3	Mvsevm 1626 N. California	HB	B
1/31	3p	Allos Musica performs Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time.	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	B
1/31	4:30p	Louise A. Cainkar presents Homeland Insecurity: The Arab American and Muslim American Experience After 9/11	Women & Children First, 5233 N. Clark St.	N	C
1/31	7p	Myopic Poetry Series Anthony Madrid and Robert Fernandez	Myopic Books, 1564 N. Milwaukee Ave.	WP	C

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FEBRUARY

Day	Time	What	Where	Area	Type
2/1	6p	Theater at Work Forum: Best Practices for Your Front of House	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
2/1	6p	T.C. Boyle reads from his new story collection, Wild Child	Harold Washington Library Center, auditorium, 400 S. State	DT	C
2/1	7p	Joshua Ferris (Then We Came to the End) reads from his new novel, The Unnamed.	Borders, 2817 N. Clark	N	C
2/1	7p	Black Violet: Act II: The Great Exodus of the Tamed	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	G
2/2	6p	Creatives at Work: Tax Prep for Creatives	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
2/2	7:30p	Jaimee Wriston Colbert reads from her novel Shark Girls	Film Row Cinema, Columbia College, 1104 S. Wabash	DT	C
2/2	7:30p	Tuesday Funk reading series of the Gothic Funk Nation	Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark	N	C
2/2	7p	The Parlor School of the Art Institute writing program chair Sara Levine reads her work	Green Lantern, 1511 N. Milwaukee, 2nd fl.	WP	C
2/2	9p	Fight Amp, Heaving Mass, Hate, Sick/Tired play	White Star Bar, 3049 N. Cicero Ave	NW	B
2/3	7:30p	RUI: Reading Under the Influence $3	Sheffield's, 3258 N. Sheffield Ave.	N	C
2/3	7p	New Millennium/New Music: Chicago Underground Duo	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	B
2/3	7p	Series A showcasing experimental writing	Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell	HP	C
2/3	9p	Lockeroom Talk, Lazer Dudes, Benton Harbor Lunchbox play	Double Door, 1572 N. Milwaukee	WP	B
2/3	9p	Midstates & the Choir of Ghosts, Camera, Plane, House of Normandie play	Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western	WP	B
2/4	8p	Koosil-ja/danceKUMIKO Dance, Cover	Dance Center of Columbia College 1306 S. Michigan Ave.	DT	G
2/5	6:30p	Art & Tea, Reception feat William Estrada	Looseleaf Lounge, 2915 N. Broadway	N	A
2/6	10p	The Great Influence Machine with Universal Product (super group) plays	Mutiny, 2428 N. Western Ave	N	B
2/7	3p	Classical Symphony Orchestra Rossini's popular William Tell Overture	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	B
2/8	6p	New Directions in Presenting Chicago Dance	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
2/9	7p	This Much Is True: An Evening of Storytelling	Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark	N	C
2/9	7p	The Mourning Show live music, dance, theater on relationship between art and mourning.	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	G
2/10	6:30p	Cinep-club Series: Vivre Ensemble with Rachel Boue Zim and Co. by Pierre Jolivet (2005). In French with English subtitles Admission: $5	Alliance Francaise, 54 W. Chicago	RN	F
2/10	7p	AFTRA/SAG Senior Radio Players Charity Never Began and Liz's Radio Script	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	G
2/11	5p	Special selection of short French films for young people Admission: $3	Alliance Francaise, 54 W. Chicago	RN	F
2/13	1:30p	Cine-club Series: Les parapluies de Cherbourg (The Umbrellas of Cherbourg) Admission: $5	Alliance Francaise, 54 W. Chicago	RN	F
2/13	12p-4p	Handmade Market	Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western	WP	H
2/14	9:30p	Getting Drunk To Spin Records To Get Drunk To with Permanent Record DJ's	The Whistler	LS	B
2/21	6p	Lurie Garden Program: "Millennium Park: Creating a Chicago Landmark"	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
2/26	6p	A winning selection of Europe' best short films of the year Nonp-members $15	Alliance Francaise, 54 W. Chicago	RN	F
2/28	5p	RE:BORN Live Painting & Art Exhibition by Nathan Jalani Taylor	Avram Eisen, 5202 N. Damen	N	A

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MARCH

Day	Time	What	Where	Area	Type
3/5	3p	O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels $16	Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd. Rosemont, IL	SB	E
3/6	10a	O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels $16	Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd. Rosemont, IL	SB	E
3/7	10a	O'Reilly Auto Parts World of Wheels $16	Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, 5555 N. River Rd. Rosemont, IL	SB	E
3/8	6p	Dance and Criticism	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
3/9	7p	This Much Is True: An Evening of Storytelling	Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark	N	C
3/13	12p-4p	Handmade Market	Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western	WP	H
3/17	8p	Tossers play, cover	Metro, 3730 N. Clark	N	B
3/20	10p	The Ex, Shellac play, cover	Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln	N	B
3/23	6p	Gunslingers plays	Permanent Records 1914 W Chicago Ave	WP	B
3/26	1p-5p	IN>TIME 2010 Symposium	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
3/27	6p-9p	IN>TIME 2010 Showcase	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	G

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APRIL

Day	Time	What	Where	Area	Type
4/10	12p-4p	Handmade Market	Empty Bottle, 1035 N. Western	WP	H
4/10	6p	Dance Forum Creative Chicago Expo	Cultural Center 78 E. Washington St	DT	C
4/13	7p	This Much Is True: An Evening of Storytelling	Hopleaf Bar, 5148 N. Clark	N	C

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