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Friday, April 18 2008
Saul Williams @ Martyrs
Fresh off his album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust! incomparable hip-hop poet Saul Williams returns to Chicago to play Martyrs, 3855 N. Lincoln, at 10pm tonight. Tickets are $16 and are available through Ticketmaster.
Death Set, Fake Fictions At Empty Bottle
Death Set play fast electro styled music with a hint of punk. Fake Fictions play warm and fuzzy pop. Sort of a mismatch of styles, but a great show. Death Set is currently getting loads of hype. Fake Fictions are using the show as a album release party. Coltrane Motion and Vote Regan open. Photos by Avant/Chicago.
Get On the Bus Benefit @ First Slice
First Slice will be holding a benefit for its new mobile meals program tonight from 7-10pm at Architectural Artifacts (4325 N. Ravenswood). Your $50 donation ($60 at the door) will get you food from the First Slice kitchen, with drinks supplied by Goose Island, Vin Divino, The Hess Collection, and Crop to Cup Coffee. Live music, too! Email First Slice or contact the Pie Cafe at 4401 N. Ravenswood to reserve.
Benefit for Chicago Books for Women in Prison @ AV-aerie
Come out to rock, and help the Chicago Books for Women in Prison group raise funds for its very worthy cause this Friday, 4/18 at AV-aerie. Lineup includes: Jessica Hopper, GutterButter (Ben & Logan) & Special Guests! $10 suggested donation, $8 with donation of paperback dictionary. Plus, Raffles! Bring your extra books to donate! AV-aerie is located at 2000 W. Fulton St. #310 (at Damen). Music starts at 8pm. All ages welcome.
Poetic Grace Opening and Book Signing
Elizabeth Opalenik will be on hand at David Weinberg Gallery from 5 to 8 pm to sign copies of her new book, “Poetic Grace.” Opalenik is known for her use of Mordançage, an arcane development technique that reverses a negative image to a positive and allows the artist to manipulate the film gelatin. In addition to her Mordançage work, the book features black and white nudes and nature photography from the past thirty years of her career.
Battle of the Badges @ De La Salle Institute
Chicago's Finest will take on, well, Chicago's Other Finest when policemen take on firemen in a benefit boxing match tonight, 6:30 p.m., at De La Salle Institute, 3455 S. Wabash Ave. Funds raised will benefit various charities.
Free Wine Tasting @ A Vision
A Vision hosts a free wine tasting (2 - 3 wines) every Friday from 5 - 7pm. A Vision is located at 910 N Damen Ave and they can be reached at (773) 227-5700.
stART @ Newd
This April 18, used and new clothing store/art gallery Newd brings us work by local street artists Nice-One and Tiny. These two artists focus on characters to a lively effect. Join the artists from 7 pm to 11 pm to check out (and buy!) their work, plus enjoy a new documentary, "Bomb It," about graffiti. Newd is located at 1917 W. Division Ave, near Damen.
Innervation Dance Cooperative @ Hamlin Park Fieldhouse
Innervation Dance Cooperative presents Everyman, a contemporary dance interpretation of the 15th-century morality play, sans religion, and all set to music by Led Zeppelin. Everyman begs her friends, family, Wealth, Beauty, Strength, and others to accompany her on her journey to Death.
April 17, 19, 24, 25 @ 7:30, and April 20, 27 @ 2:30. Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, 3035 N. Hoyne. $15 ($10 students/seniors). Purchase tickets at the door or contact Innervation at info@innervationdance.org or 773-230-2168.
Armitage Gone! Dance @ Dance Center of Columbia College
Karole Armitage's newest creative force performs Ligeti Essays, a suite of concise jewel-like movements choreographed to music by the great Hungarian composer Gyorgy Ligeti, one of the most influential composers of the 20th century, renowned for musical ideas that offered penetrating insight into human consciousness. Each song consists of a short choreographic incident of different character, ranging from the humorous to the enchanted. Also on the program is Time is the echo of an axe within a wood, set to the music of Bela Bartok. The piece "samples" a range of choreographic styles, from yoga and bharata natyam to vogueing. When it debuted in 2004, Jennifer Dunning described it in the New York Times as "one of the most beautiful dances to be seen in New York in a very long time." Both pieces are designed by internationally acclaimed visual artist David Salle. Through April 19. $24-$28. 8 p.m. 1306 S. Michigan Ave. For tickets or info, call 312-344-6600 or visit the Website.
