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TODAY
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BY DAY
Wednesday, March 26 2008
Sound of Silent Film Festival @ Chopin Theatre
Presented by Accessible Contemporary Music. Films include 2006 Tribeca Film Festival winner Native New Yorker by Steve Bilich, the eerily engrossing Elastic Stronghold by Justin Heim, Chicago Underground Film Festival semi-finalist Birdcatcher by Chris Hefner, The Purse Belongs to Her, by BJ Moore, Chicago filmmaker and Jeff Award-winning playwright Hurt McDermott’s Bajalica, two new one-minute Drew the Dramatic Fool shorts by Drew Peterson. Music composed by award winning composers William Susman, Demetrius Spaneas, Natasha Bogojevich and Amos Gillespie. BYOB. Free parking at Division and Noble. $10 if tickets purchased online, $12 at the door. 1543 W. Division. For more info, call 773-334-3650 or visit the Website.
Michelle Webb, Mykel Boyd, Magic Missile @ Enemy
Improviser Michelle Webb, who plays an impressive array of unconventionally-created string instruments (some which seem to have well over 15 strings on them), brings her improvisational intensity to Enemy, 1550 N. Milwaukee Ave, 3rd floor, tonight. Time is 8 p.m. sharp, cost is $5. Also appearing: Mykel Boyd and Magic Missile. More information to be found at Transmission.
Your Input on Clybourn Corridor Transit
Speak up to improve access to transit, shopping and jobs. An initiative of the City of Chicago's Department of Planning and Development asks Clybourn Corridor residents for their thoughts in a March 26 meeting or an online questionnaire.
Street Map Talk @ Cultural Center
As part of the Mapping Today series of discussions, related to the Cultural Center's HereThereEverywhere exhibit (which is in turn associated with the Chicago Festival of Maps), Dennis McClendon of Chicago CartoGraphics talks about what's involved in making street maps, in the 1st floor Garland Room. Free, 6 PM. 78 E Washington. For more information, call 312-744-6630 or visit the website.
BOREDOMS @ Congress Theater
Japanese experimental sonic explorers The Boredoms play the Congress Theater tonight, as part of their first extensive U.S. tour in over two years. By special arrangement, the band will be playing "in the round" in the center of the Theater floor. Their appearance ties in with the pending release of their latest album, which comes out on Thrill Jockey in early April. Soft Circle and Human Bell open. 2135 N Milwaukee Ave. Show starts at 8:30 PM, tickets are $25. See the preview on our Transmission page for more details.
