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Tuesday, July 07 2015
Tell it to the Birds @ Millennium Park
Jenny Kendler, the Natural Resources Defense Council Artist-in-Residence, presents her work Tell it to the Birds at the Mylayne Pavilion in Millennium Park's Lurie Garden today from 11am to 6pm. The work is an interactive piece that delves into the connections between human culture, the natural world, and declining biodiversity. The installation transforms human speech live into bird song, with only the speaker aware of the meaning behind their birdsong. This is a one-day-only event.
First Tuesdays w/Mick & Ben @ Hideout
First Tuesdays with Mick & Ben is back at the Hideout, 1354 W. Wabansia Ave., tonight at 6:30pm. This month the Reader's Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky welcome Chicago magazine political reporter Dave McKinney and Grassroots Collaborative Executive Director Amisha Patel. RSVP on Facebook. Tickets are $5. 21+
Tuesday Funk @ Hopleaf
Cool yourself with a beer and Tuesday Funk in the upstairs lounge at Hopleaf, 5148 N. Clark St., tonight. Featured readers are Erin Watson, Fred Sasaki, Norman Doucet and Lily Be -- plus cohost Eden Robins with a full-length piece. Doors open at 7pm sharp -- no earlier, please, but get there as close to 7 as possible to grab a table, as the room fills up quickly -- and the show begins promptly at 7:30pm. Andrew Huff and Eden Robins co-host. RSVP on Facebook. Free, 21+
Cameron McGill @ Schubas
Singer-songwriter Cameron McGill plays one last show tonight at Schubas, 3159 N. Southport Ave., before heading off to grad school in Idaho. Coins, featuring Angela Mullenhour, opens. (Hear McGill and Mullenhour together in their performance at GB's Stars Align concert series earlier this year.) Doors are at 8pm. Tickets are $10. 21+
