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Saturday, December 9
Eleni Mandell brings her sultry voice and tiny guitar to Schubas tonight for a 9pm, 21 and over show. This is a record release show for Artificial Fire from the Zedtone label. Mandell's music defies categorization, seamlessly bridging country, jazz and power-pop to create gorgeous grownup lullabies and songs of conflicted love, lust and heartache. Daniel Martin Moore opens. Show is at 9pm and tickets are $12. Schubas: 3159 N. Southport (at Bemont). (773) 525-2508.
Regulars Chrissy Murderbot and Popstatic welcome a guest for March, the venerable DJ C, who's taking this chance to dig through and bring out all his old jungle records and showcase tracks that pay homage to that old-school sound. Presented by Sixpoint Chicago. 3184 N. Milwaukee, 10pm-2am, $3 entry, $5 you-call-its and $4 Okocim. Free glowsticks.
Anne Elizabeth Moore discusses the exhibition Holle Cambodia at ThreeWalls Gallery, 119 N. Peoria #2d, from 6pm to 8pm tonight. The exhibition features seven zines and comics handmade by young Cambodian women with little other access to mediums of self-expression, as well as the collaborative book New Girl Law, a demand for gender equality and human rights co-created by Moore and 32 residents of a unique all-girls university dormitory. Moore will explain how the publicaitons were created and about the barriers in Cambodia and the US to letting you see them.
Delilah's (2771 N. Lincoln Ave.) kicks off a week's worth of WhiskyFest-related events tonight with a tasting of Ardberg Scotch Whisky, as well as a showing of paintings of the Ardbeg Distilery by Scotsman Ian Gray. The event starts at 8 PM and is free. Call 773-472-2771 for more info.