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TODAY
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Slowdown
BY DAY
Saturday, January 21 2006
Classical music @ St. Luke's
Phenix, a classical trio composed of Beth Bryngelson, Nell Flanders, Craig Trompeter, perform at St. Luke Church, 1500 W. Belmont, tonight at 7:30pm with guest pianist Andrea Swan. Tickets are $15 ($5 for students and seniors), free parking in the LaSalle Bank lot just west of the church.
Opening: Jan Theun van Rees @ Cultural Center
Subjects of the photos here include the Chicago Cultural Center and other local sites as well as buildings in Peru and the Netherlands. The exhibit, called Photographs: Building Dreams in the Bookbinder’s Room, runs through 19 March. 78 E Washington Street. For more information, call 312-744-6630 or visit the website.
Jon Langford: The Executioner’s Last Songs @ MCA
This performance by artist and activist Jon Langford incorporates songs, theater, and visual art. Tickets are $22 (MCA members $18). 7:30 PM, in the MCA Theater, 220 E Chicago Avenue. For more information, visit the website.
David Alan Grier @ Center for Performing Arts
Always hilarious and, usually, inappropriate, David Alan Grier gives a performance at The Center for Performing Arts at Governors State University. Tickets for the 8pm show range from $28-$37 and can be bought online or by calling 708-235-2222.
Small Change, Abstract Giants, Wine Poetry @ Morseland
Small Change, a hip hop band described as "somewhere between Jimi Hendrix and Mos Def," perform at a late show tonight at Morseland, 1218 W. Morse Ave. Abstract Giants and Wine Poetry open. Show starts at 10pm, $5 cover at the door.
Opening: Los Carpinteros @ Cultural Center
The Chicago Cultural Center’s Sidney R. Yates gallery hosts the first major museum survey of work by the acclaimed contemporary Cuban artist collective Los Carpinteros. The mixed media exhibit closes 2 April. 78 E. Washington Street. For more information, call 312-744-6630 or visit the website.
Jazz Fair @ Cultural Center
The Jazz Institute of Chicago joins with the Chicago Cultural Center in presenting a weekend of free jazz programming. From 11:30 AM to 5 PM today, Cinema Jazz screens a series of jazz-related films. 77 E Randolph Street. For more information, call 312-744-6630 or visit the website.
World Kitchen: Cute as a Cupcake
Cupcakes are coming back and World Kitchen is holding this class to give you the best tips on creating sophisticated mini confectionary delights. Pre-registration is required for the $30 class and can be had by calling 312-742-8497 or visiting the box office at Gallery 37 Center for the Arts, 66 E. Randolph. 11am-2pm at Gallery 37.
Vulgar Boatmen @ Schuba's
Vulgar Boatmen at Schuba's (with Riviera and Second Hand Poets).
As heard on all three Vulgar Boatmen albums, the nebulous group's ability to grasp and shape simple elements into three-chord (often two-chord) songs of delicate grandeur is unmatched by any of the countless groups that have attempted the same feat. With Lawrence and Ray's high, clear voices singing intimately unrevealing lyrics about people and places, always raising more questions than they answer, the Vulgar Boatmen are as American as an Andrew Wyeth painting and as evocative as a Robert Frost poem. Showtime - 9:00pm. Tickets $10.00
Handmade Market
Erica Coslor, aka DJ Plastique, helps make the local indie designer market grow by creating the monthly Handmade Market. It's going to be at the Empty Bottle every month (usually the 3rd Saturday) from 12-5pm. It's free to get in. Come shop, drink bloody marys, and listen to some great tunes while meeting 25 of the best hip, new designers in the city. If you're inclined to join, $25 will get you a spot and as of right now there are still a few spaces left for this show. Email her at erica(@)djplastique.com if you want in.
