Live Painting with Live Music @ Heaven Gallery

Tali Farchi and Royce Deans will be painting to music performed by Wilbert de Joode (bass), Dave Rempis (reeds), and Mike Reed (drums): 10 pm at Heaven Gallery, 1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd floor in Chicago. Suggested donation is $12.

D3: Deconstruct, Discover Detroit Art and Music Series @ Smartbar

In dance music, Chicago and Detroit once shared a lot of talent and ideas between the two. Friday, March 12th at Smartbar, D3: Deconstruct, Discover Detroit Art and Music Series hopes to revive this exchange. Put together by local techno promoter VOLATL, house label D'Lectable Music, and art collective Prak-sis, D3's opening night features Detroit native and second-wave techno innovator Stacey Pullen, D3 founder Lady D and locals Max Jacobson, Max Loomis and Jay Cho, as well as multimedia art and performances. Smartbar is located at 3730 N. Clark. Tickets are $15 and the show starts at 8pm and is 21+.

Vagina Monologues @ UIC

Today at 7pm, the UIC Student Outreach Services presents the University's annual production of Eve Ensler's "Vagina Monologues," a theatrical performance to celebrate women - and end violence. Profits from the show go to local agencies, groups and organizations involved in the struggle to end violence against women. Hosted at the Theatre, Education, Performing Arts & Social Work (EPASW), 1040 W. Harrison Street. Cost is $8 for students & UIC community, $10 for the general public. Get additional information and performance/ticket details, email for more info or call (312) 413-1025.

Assemble Info on HIV/AIDS @ UIC School of Public Health

Join volunteers from UIC School of Public Health (1603 W. Taylor St.) to help assemble health promotion kits for distribution by Community Outreach Intervention Projects' (COIP) outreach workers. COIP, housed in the UIC School of Public Health, provides high risk populations with information and resources to prevent and help treat infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases. Advance sign-up is required (two-hour blocks are available throughout the day). Contact UIC for more information.

2010 Chicago Zine Fest

Open to the public and featuring self publishers from around Chicago, the Midwest, as well as zinesters from across the country, the Chicago Zine Fest is an independent event creating an outlet for small press and independent publishers to showcase their work. The goal is to make DIY zine-making accessible, highlighting the talents of self-published artists, and give independent artists a chance to interact, and swap skills through tabling, lectures, and workshops. It's happening at multiple venues around Chicago, including Quimby's Bookstore, Johalla Gallery, and Conaway Student Center at Columbia College. More information at ChicagoZineFest.Org.

Cocktails & Clay @ Hyde Park Art Center

Get a 45-minute tutorial on how to play with mud and then dance to a live DJ and enjoy drink specials into the late night at the Hyde Park Art Center. Cocktails and Clay takes places from 8:00 pm to midnight. Donations suggested. The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue, 773-324-5520.

Skybox @ Lincoln Hall

Long time friend of GB Skybox is on tour supporting their newest album, Morning After Cuts, and tonight they make a stop at home for an early show at Lincoln Hall. Be sure to check out their new music video for "In A Dream," you might just spot one of our Transmission staffers...
Skybox plays with Tally Hall and Jukebox The Ghost. Show starts at 7pm. All ages. Tickets are $12 ($14 door). 2424 N. Lincoln Ave.

Strategizing for LGBTQ Equality @ Columbia College

This weekend long event organized by Equality Across America will bring together LGBTQ activists from across the midwest to Columbia College to figure out how to move closer to full gay, lesbian, trans, bi and queer rights. Registration is $15.

Speakers will include:
* Lt. Dan Choi, prominent activist against Don't Ask Don't Tell
* Staceyann Chin, Jamaican-born lesbian performance artist and poet
* Adam Bouska, photographer and creator of the "NO H8" campaign

RSVP on Facebook.

Localicious Party at Family Farmed Expo @ UIC

The Family Farmed Expo is great opportunity to meet and chew the sustainable cud with advocates of local growing and eating initiatives. Tonight's Localicious party will show you the best of regional eats while you mingle with the swells. Event takes place at UIC Forum, 725 West Roosevelt, 7-9pm.

Twista, Kidz in the Hall & Mic Terror (Bassment 8th Anniversary Party) @ Green Dolphin

Celebrating their 8th year of Chicago streetwear and hip hop mixtapes, The Bassment is going hard and kicking off another unforgettable jam tonight at Green Dolphin (2200 N. Ashland). Recruiting an all-city lineup that includes Twista, Kidz in the Hall, Mic Terror, The Cool Kids' Chuck Inglish, Million Dollar Mano and the shop's own Bassment Boyz DJs, the anniversary party will be major. The 21+ show runs from 10pm - 4am and tickets are $15 in advance or $20 at the door.