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TODAY
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BY DAY
Tuesday, April 22 2008
Free concert @ Chicago Cultural Center: Sonic Liberation Front
The Chicago Department for Cultural Affairs enters the final third of its series of 11 FREE programs of live avant-garde jazz and experimental music at the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural Center (77 East Randolph Street). Tonight's performance features free-jazz/Afro-Cuban/electronic unit Sonic Liberation Front, a group that proudly allies itself with Sun Ra, Albert Ayler, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago. You get the idea. 7 p.m., and free.
The Local Option @ Chicago History Museum
In honor of Earth Day and Chicago's green initiatives, "The Local Option" lecture tonight at 7pm at the Chicago History Museum will cover the vocabulary of organic eating and locally-grown products. Celebchefs Rick Bayless and Sarah Stegner will be joined by Dave Cleverdon of Northern Illinois's Kinnikinnick Farm. Cost is $10; $8 CHM members.
Atmosphere @ Metro
Minneapolis-based, and not Prince. The answer is Atmosphere, with Ant on the beats and Slug on the rhymes. Come help celebrate the release of When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, also available at the merch table. Tuesday is all ages, with doors at 6 and show at 6:30. Wednesday is 18 and over, doors at 8, show at 9. Tickets are $20, $22 at the door.
Adult Kickball League @ Wicker Park
Warm up your, um, foot... the World Adult Kickball League is coming to Chicago. Action in the Deep Dish League (one of two local adult kickball leagues) begins Tuesday, April 22, at Chase Park, 4701 N. Ashland. Play in the Skyscraper League begins Thursday, April 24. For more information, contact league officials.
Dodgeball @ Sheridan Park
Relive those traumatizing... er, fun-filled days of elementary school gym by playing dodgeball under the lights at Sheridan Park, 910 S. Aberdeen St. To get in on the action, text your name and the word "dodgeball" to 312-804-4665. Games are played Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m.
White Sox vs. Yankees @ U.S. Cellular
The first-place (yes!) White Sox take on the New York Yankees in a three-game series at U.S. Cellular beginning tonight, 7:11 p.m. at the ballpark, 333 W. 35th Street. The series continues with games Wednesday and Thursday night, also at 7:11 p.m.
Neil Shubin @ Revolution Books
Neil Shubin, Provost of the Field Museum, comes to Revolution Books to discuss his new work Your Inner Fish: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion Year History of the Human Body. The book looks at the inner working of the human body and traces the origins of many of our most common diseases through evolutionary theory. There will be a slide show presentation and a book signing at the event. Free at 7pm, 1103 N. Ashland Ave. Call 773-489-0930 for more information.
Judy Chicago @ Women & Children First
Acclaimed feminist artist Judy Chicago comes to Women & Children First to celebrate the release of her new book The Dinner Party: From Creation to Preservation. The book focuses on Chicago's exhibit of the same name, now on permanent display in Brooklyn. Free at 7:30pm, 5233 N. Clark St. Call 773-769-9299 for more information.
