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American Art American City - A Chicago Celebration, Sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:44:46 -0500

AMERICAN ART AMERICAN CITY SUMMER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS more...

Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form (Wilmette)

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:47 -0500

Every Saturday 9am-10am. To learn, practise and perform 73-step Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form which looks like a beautiful fan dance when performed to a traditional Chinese music.

Lee's Tai Chi Hapkido Kendo School
3207 Lake Avenue, Unit 9B
Wilmette, IL 60091
(847) 920-9815
www.leethk.com

Ballet Classes with Natalie Rast at Rast Ballet

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:38:56 -0500

Rast Ballet & Dance Studio
1803 West Byron, Suite 201
Chicago, Illinois 60613
773/419.4487
info@rastballet.com

http://www.rastballet.com/class_schedule.html

more...

African Drum and Dance classes At Quennect 4

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:57 -0500

Beginners African Drum and Dance Classes (2416 W. North Ave.)

from craigslist chicago | general community search for "dance"

The weather is getting nice and people want to wear less! So come and workout with a great beginners drum & dance class. There are African Drum and Dance Classes at Quennect4 Studios located 2716 W. North Ave (Next to the Dollar Store). Classes are every Wednesday more...

Scottish Country Dancing in Evanston

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:11:27 -0500

Looking for something different? Looking to get out for an evening? How about Scottish Country Dancing? The Evanston Scottish Country dancers invite you to join them on Friday nights from 7:30 – 9:00 ish at the Winnetka Community House (620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL)room 103. Frances Gillan has been instructing beginning and advanced dancers the strathspeys, reels, and jigs that she learned in Scotland for 40 years. No partner/experience necessary. more...

Justin Cooper: Thread

Gallery 400 — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:04:54 -0500

Thread offers Justin Cooper's first large-scale sculpture/installation, the exhibition is bookended with two performances featuring Cooper with Noelle Mason and Ross Moreno. The installation and performances will interact together intimately, like lovers, as well as ignore each other completely, like lovers. Meanwhile, several dichotomies will be pressed into service: temporality vs. permanence; abstraction vs. personification; audience vs. performer; speech vs. gesture; observed impossibility vs. unseen possibility; low profile vs. high body mass; hard factual accounting vs. ethereal hazy accounting; retention vs. loss; celestial chimes vs. terrestrial drums; object vs. space; cold equations vs. heartwarming pseudoscience; eye-witness account vs. eye-witness account; acting vs. re-acting; realistic expectation vs. idealistic projection; unexplained giant fur-covered paper bag vs. explained giant fur-covered paper bag etc... more...

Open Studio under the Cultural Center -- Mike Genovese

CAR_Barbara — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:29:22 -0500

Open Studio: Mike Genovese
Artist Michael Genovese will transplant his studio in the pedway of the
Chicago Cultural Center (May 1st -June 30th, 2008) as a second phase of his on-site interactive project realized at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago earlier this year. Chicagoans in transit are invited into an artists' studio that welcomes interaction, collaboration, and contemplation. The general public is encouraged to partake in the process by carving their hopes and aspirations, complaints, or confessions onto designated plates of aluminum. The project intends to record a range of perspectives and culture native to Chicago through an art making practice. The collection of work will be exhibited in art galleries and institutions in various regions of the country, showing the unique and dynamic personality of Chicagoans and it's visitors. more...

Rhonda L. Gray Solo Exhibition "Color My Love"

CAR_Alpha — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:49:47 -0500

UIC African American Cultural Center coordinates formal and informal educational programs such as lecture series, visiting artists programs, and symposia. The objective in hosting monthly exhibits increases the opportunities for reciprocal service relationships between students and the African-American community of Chicago. more...

Zena Rommett seeks to contact her students

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:10:03 -0500

Zena Rommett wants to invite all her students for the past 60 years to a party to celebrate her new book. She also wants to include your experiences! If you have worked with Zena, please contact her at CamilleRommett@Floor-Barre.org.
more...

Chicago Dance Supply- April/May Newsletter

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:24:58 -0500

more...

Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," & Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory"

anatgallery — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:22:50 -0500

Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," fiber sculptures rendering abstract visual representations of the body tactile and sunstantial Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory," photos and works on paper re-envisioning anatomy to more accurately reflect the feeling of embodiment Free, public reception for the artists: Friday, May 2, from 5 to 8 pm Entire museum open for viewing Exhibitions run through July 18, 2008 Museum open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm Regular museum admission: $9 for adults; $5 for students and seniors Tuesdays free more...

Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds

abreen — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:36 -0500

TOJO Gallery presents Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds, a group exhibition by Chicago-based artists Andrew Breen, Anders Johnson, Matt Kelly, and Amelia Kieras. Cabinet of Curiosities is a dynamic collection of images, including macrocosms and microcosms of real and imaginary worlds. The show opens Friday, May 2nd with an artist reception from 6 to 11 pm, and continues through May 31st.
more...

May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:20:02 -0500

May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft
735 W. Division St. Chicago IL 60610- Studio #309

located at the SE corner of Division St. & Halsted
(call 773 895 4186 when you get there to buzz in)
for more info see: www.rtgdance.com or email: rachelthorne2@rtgdance.com

Tuesday Evenings: May 6, 13, 20 & 27
6:00-8pm
New Approaches to Modern Dance Tech.
Adv. beg./Intermediate level
Instructor: Rachel Thorne Germond* more...

National Arts Journalism Program: Panel Discussion on the Future of Public Arts Funding

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:34:17 -0500

PANEL DISCUSSION :
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING?

http://www.najp.org/events/publicarts/or1.pdf

NAJP : Events : Panel Discussions : The Future of Public Arts Funding?

THE NATIONAL ARTS JOURNALISM PROGRAM SEEKS to improve the quality of arts and cultural journalism, as well as its prestige in American newsrooms. The extent to which journalism is probing or superficial, broadly engaging or exclusive, helps determine the level of public appreciation of the arts. more...

Los Angeles Dance Events

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:56:26 -0500
Los Angeles Area Performances Courtesy of Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles "Met'a-mor'fo-sis" presenting an evening of new dance works created by the choreographers and dancers of Loyola Marymount University Dance Theater(LMUDT) in Strub Theater at Loyola Marymount University on April 23-26 2008. These artists have created pieces ranging from the abstract and contemporary to commercial hip-hop, while remaining united by their exploration of physicality, virtuosity, and personal expression. Tickets: $10 general admission $5 student with valid ID. Box Office: (310) 338-7588 more...

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:23:46 -0500

Jeremy Sher

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Saturdays, May 3-24, 2:30-4:30pm Followed by a Community Practice 4:30-5:30pm$100, $85 with a non-refundable payment by April 14

Suzuki is a powerful physical training technique drawing from ballet, martial arts, Kabuki and other disciplines. Focusing on breath, the center and the lower body, with stomping, slow movement and explosive gestures, Suzuki brings attention to the voice and its connection to the body. No prior Suzuki experience required. Each session will be followed by an hour-long community practice open to workshop participants as well as artists with prior Suzuki Training. Jeremy Sher is a professional actor in Chicago, who has trained in Suzuki for over nine years around the country and overseas. more...

Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:16:06 -0500
Julie Mayo/Dim Sum Dance Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique Mondays, May 5-26, 6:30-8:30pm $48 for the series, $15 drop-in Skinner Releasing Technique™ is a pioneering approach to dancing that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing tension and habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, powerfully, and articulately. Through guided imagery, music, and hands-on partner studies, the practice facilitates a deep kinesthetic experience of movement, and allows the individual to proceed at their own pace. Open to all. Julie Mayo is Artistic Director of contemporary dance company Dim Sum Dance and a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique™. www.dimsumdance.org For more information or to register for the workshop contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago.

2008 Cary Visual Art Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition

Cary Visual Art — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:50:35 -0500

Call to Artists: Cary Visual Art Temporary Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition. Deadline for Applications: Fri., May16

Cary Visual Art invites sculptors from around the country to submit their works for consideration for this exciting event. Ten sculptors will be selected by juror Hank Foreman of the Turchin Center for the Arts (Boone, NC) to exhibit their works on Cary Town Hall Campus from August '08 through June '09. Each finalist will receive a $1,000 stipend, one $5,000 grand prize will be awarded.

Information available at www.carysculpture.org. Entries, digital images, and $25 entry fee must be received by May 16.

Call 919.531.2821 or go to the dedicated website for more information. more...

Gothic/Rock Tribal Fusion Bellydance

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:39:37 -0500

Gothic/Rock Tribal Fusion Bellydance @ addison and elston

.This is a tribal fusion class that will build upon your basic belly dance knowledge, both cabaret and tribal, & express this vocabulary through rock and gothic influenced music. Concentrating on posture, we will explore arm movement, shimmies, undulations, locks and other Oriental dance techniques. A focus on expression, composure, and all around 'bad girl attitude' will be incorporated into slow movements, appearing to be "swimming through honey". But we will not leave out the lightning fast sudden movements that will make your heart quicken! You will learn a repertoire of spooky/bad girl combinations, breakdowns of more...

HPAC Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

CAR_Barbara — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:11:51 -0500
Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

Muller Meeting Room
Monday, June 9, 2008
6:00 pm

Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman are our featured TalkingPoint artists for June! Come down to the Art Center for a chance to listen, discuss, and learn from an exciting and growing community of creative individuals more...

KO Enterprises

CAR_Alpha — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:06 -0500
KO Enterprises is a private label garment production and retail facility, located in Chicago's former garment manufacturing neighborhood and the UE union hall. Frau Fiber, textile worker and activist will mimic the human expenditure of apparel production, performing the labor of disassembly garment construction of a white-collar uniform. KO Enterprises, White-collar shirt knock off instruction @ the Sewing Rebellion. Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave. Red Line Morse Stop. Sunday May 18, 12-4pm. Check Web site for hours of operation, and locations. more...

yoga

karenfaith — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:07 -0500
Karen Faith leads a yoga class for relatively normal people with artistic, spiritual or stress-related curiousities. Wednesdays 7-8:30pm, Sundays 11-12:30am. www.tsubochicago.com $15. 1821 W Hubbard, suite 201.

Links Hall E Weekly: #275

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:06 -0500
A weekly guide to happenings at Links Hall and in the performance community. May 14, 2008 more...

Doug Post's NYC

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:45:51 -0500

In this issue

:: Performances this week

:: Dancers needed

:: Grants, Space Grants, Fellowships & Residencies

:: Upcoming performances

:: Welcome back, Free Advice!

:: Artist Housing Needed

more...

Flamenco Classes at NIU

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:06:04 -0500

In residence at Northeastern Illinois University

Dame Libby Komaiko, Founder & Artistic Director more...

Hello, Bye-Bye

Virtualartist — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:53:11 -0500
Hello, Bye-Bye
May 16 through June 13, 2008
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 16 from 7 to 10 pm
"Hello, Bye-Bye" is a group exhibition that features photography, painting, ceramics, drawings, installation, film and video by the members of Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) who study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). more...

"Everyday People" at Estudiotres

rbondgren — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:19 -0500
Estudiotres gallery, 5205 N. Clark Street, is proud to present "Everyday People" curated by David Getsy and Rob Bondgren. This LGBT themed exhibition features artists who address some of the ways that sex, gender, lust, love, life, fantasy, revulsion, and survival get worked out in the banal, the simple, and the everyday. This exhibition includes local artists Brooke Barnett, Sean Fader, and Doug Ischar as well as Jared Buckhiester from Brooklyn and Molly Landreth from Seattle. Estudiotres will host an opening reception for the public on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 6:00-10:00p.m. www.estudiotres.com/gallery

Links Hall Community Discussion Events May 18 & June 29 - Participate and Earn Free Tickets!

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:23:22 -0500
Links Hall Community Discussion Events May 18 & June 29 - Participate and Earn Free Tickets! Join Links Hall volunteer Jennifer Harris in a discussion about Links Hall and the arts community. Share your opinions and ideas about Links Hall and your needs and interests as members of our community. Enjoy refreshments and lively interaction with artists and audience members.

No Links Hall staff or Board Members will be present; discussion will remain anonymous.
more...

Parsons Dance Summer Intensive

CAR_Rachel — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:26:19 -0500

Parsons Dance Summer Intensive
Please see website for more information.
Marymount Manhattan College
221 E 71st St, New York, NY, 10021
http://www.parsonsdance.org/cms/Summer_Intensive.p..

Parsons Dance
Summer Intensive 2008

WHEN: May 19-May 31, 2008
WHERE: Marymount Manhattan College more...

cindy brandle dance company audition

CindyBrandle — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:25 -0500
Cindy Brandle Dance Company is seeking 4 dancers. This is a project-based audition for CBDC's upcoming concert "Searching for SuperGirl" which will premiere spring 2009. CBDC is looking for women with a strong background in athletic modern dance. Paid performances and free classes with Cindy Brandle. CBDC rehearses on Tuesdays/Thursdays from 11:45 - 1:30. Dancers must be available to take company class on Tues/Thurs from 10:15 -11:45. Also important to CBDC: Must have a good sense of humor and open mind! We work hard, but we also laugh hard too!! Other performance opportunities may be available prior to the premiere of "SuperGirl". Info on the audition: Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theatre 3035 N.Hoyne Tuesday May 20 10:15 - 11:45 (free class) after which we will make a cut 11:45 - 12:30: those remaining will learn rep from the Company Must be available to start taking class and rehearsals in June. more...

Level II: Measure What Matters -Implement Performance Measurement for Nonprofit Programs

CAR_Leigh — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:07:51 -0500
This session takes your measurement process to the next step by solidifying your outcomes, further articulating success, and learning how to implement your measurement process. The session covers data collection techniques, strategies for key stakeholder buy-in, and ideas for maintaining the process as a continuous learning opportunity. Cost: $75.00 (standard), $105.00 (premium) For more information, visit www.whatworks.org

Where Seeds Have Grown

mmashon — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:50:48 -0500

Hey folks!

There's only 2 workshops left to take advantage of this great FREE opportunity to learn & expand as an artist! Please feel free to come through and bring a friend!

Where Seeds Have Grown

May 18, 2:00-4:00 : Alejandro Madrid & capoeira music

UIC professor of Latin American Studies Alejandro Madrid leads a guest lecture. Alejandro is a musicologist and cultural theorist whose research focuses on the intersection of modernity, tradition, globalization, and identity in music and expressive culture from Mexico, the U.S.-Mexico border, and the circum-Caribbean. His current research interests include transnational history and method, performance studies, and postnational theory. Following his discussion, will be a music class to explore modes of percussion & storytelling in the Afro-Brazilian and the modern African-American diaspora. more...

Gorilla Tango . TV OPEN HOUSE

gtango — Mon, 12 May 2008 11:36:03 -0500

For Filmmakers/Producers...

Don't want to give your stuff away free on YouTube?

Too new to make a deal with Warner Bros.?

Distribute and create revenue by the minute!

GTTV provides everything you need to distribute and monetize your feature films, shorts, animations, etc.

Click here for more details. more...

American Art American City - A Chicago Celebration, Sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:44:46 -0500

AMERICAN ART AMERICAN CITY SUMMER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS more...

Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form (Wilmette)

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:47 -0500

Every Saturday 9am-10am. To learn, practise and perform 73-step Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form which looks like a beautiful fan dance when performed to a traditional Chinese music.

Lee's Tai Chi Hapkido Kendo School
3207 Lake Avenue, Unit 9B
Wilmette, IL 60091
(847) 920-9815
www.leethk.com

Ballet Classes with Natalie Rast at Rast Ballet

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:38:56 -0500
Rast Ballet & Dance Studio
1803 West Byron, Suite 201
Chicago, Illinois 60613
773/419.4487
info@rastballet.com
http://www.rastballet.com/class_schedule.html

more...

African Drum and Dance classes At Quennect 4

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:57 -0500
Beginners African Drum and Dance Classes (2416 W. North Ave.)
from craigslist chicago | general community search for "dance"

The weather is getting nice and people want to wear less! So come and workout with a great beginners drum & dance class. There are African Drum and Dance Classes at Quennect4 Studios located 2716 W. North Ave (Next to the Dollar Store). Classes are every Wednesday more...

Scottish Country Dancing in Evanston

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:11:27 -0500
Looking for something different? Looking to get out for an evening? How about Scottish Country Dancing? The Evanston Scottish Country dancers invite you to join them on Friday nights from 7:30 – 9:00 ish at the Winnetka Community House (620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL)room 103. Frances Gillan has been instructing beginning and advanced dancers the strathspeys, reels, and jigs that she learned in Scotland for 40 years. No partner/experience necessary. more...

Justin Cooper: Thread

Gallery 400 — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:04:54 -0500
Thread offers Justin Cooper's first large-scale sculpture/installation, the exhibition is bookended with two performances featuring Cooper with Noelle Mason and Ross Moreno. The installation and performances will interact together intimately, like lovers, as well as ignore each other completely, like lovers. Meanwhile, several dichotomies will be pressed into service: temporality vs. permanence; abstraction vs. personification; audience vs. performer; speech vs. gesture; observed impossibility vs. unseen possibility; low profile vs. high body mass; hard factual accounting vs. ethereal hazy accounting; retention vs. loss; celestial chimes vs. terrestrial drums; object vs. space; cold equations vs. heartwarming pseudoscience; eye-witness account vs. eye-witness account; acting vs. re-acting; realistic expectation vs. idealistic projection; unexplained giant fur-covered paper bag vs. explained giant fur-covered paper bag etc... more...

Open Studio under the Cultural Center -- Mike Genovese

CAR_Barbara — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:29:22 -0500
Open Studio: Mike Genovese
Artist Michael Genovese will transplant his studio in the pedway of the
Chicago Cultural Center (May 1st -June 30th, 2008) as a second phase of his on-site interactive project realized at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago earlier this year. Chicagoans in transit are invited into an artists' studio that welcomes interaction, collaboration, and contemplation. The general public is encouraged to partake in the process by carving their hopes and aspirations, complaints, or confessions onto designated plates of aluminum. The project intends to record a range of perspectives and culture native to Chicago through an art making practice. The collection of work will be exhibited in art galleries and institutions in various regions of the country, showing the unique and dynamic personality of Chicagoans and it's visitors. more...

Rhonda L. Gray Solo Exhibition "Color My Love"

CAR_Alpha — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:49:47 -0500
UIC African American Cultural Center coordinates formal and informal educational programs such as lecture series, visiting artists programs, and symposia. The objective in hosting monthly exhibits increases the opportunities for reciprocal service relationships between students and the African-American community of Chicago. more...

Zena Rommett seeks to contact her students

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:10:03 -0500
Zena Rommett wants to invite all her students for the past 60 years to a party to celebrate her new book. She also wants to include your experiences!  If you have worked with Zena, please contact her at CamilleRommett@Floor-Barre.org.
more...

Chicago Dance Supply- April/May Newsletter

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:24:58 -0500
more...

Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," & Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory"

anatgallery — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:22:50 -0500
Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," fiber sculptures rendering abstract visual representations of the body tactile and sunstantial Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory," photos and works on paper re-envisioning anatomy to more accurately reflect the feeling of embodiment Free, public reception for the artists: Friday, May 2, from 5 to 8 pm Entire museum open for viewing Exhibitions run through July 18, 2008 Museum open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm Regular museum admission: $9 for adults; $5 for students and seniors Tuesdays free more...

Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds

abreen — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:36 -0500

TOJO Gallery presents Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds, a group exhibition by Chicago-based artists Andrew Breen, Anders Johnson, Matt Kelly, and Amelia Kieras. Cabinet of Curiosities is a dynamic collection of images, including macrocosms and microcosms of real and imaginary worlds. The show opens Friday, May 2nd with an artist reception from 6 to 11 pm, and continues through May 31st.
more...

May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:20:02 -0500
May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft
735 W. Division St. Chicago IL 60610- Studio #309

located at the SE corner of Division St. & Halsted
(call 773 895 4186 when you get there to buzz in)
for more info see: www.rtgdance.com or email: rachelthorne2@rtgdance.com

Tuesday Evenings: May 6, 13, 20 & 27
6:00-8pm
New Approaches to Modern Dance Tech.
Adv. beg./Intermediate level
Instructor: Rachel Thorne Germond* more...

National Arts Journalism Program: Panel Discussion on the Future of Public Arts Funding

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:34:17 -0500

PANEL DISCUSSION :
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING?

http://www.najp.org/events/publicarts/or1.pdf

NAJP : Events : Panel Discussions : The Future of Public Arts Funding?

THE NATIONAL ARTS JOURNALISM PROGRAM SEEKS to improve the quality of arts and cultural journalism, as well as its prestige in American newsrooms. The extent to which journalism is probing or superficial, broadly engaging or exclusive, helps determine the level of public appreciation of the arts. more...

Los Angeles Dance Events

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:56:26 -0500
Los Angeles Area Performances Courtesy of Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles "Met'a-mor'fo-sis" presenting an evening of new dance works created by the choreographers and dancers of Loyola Marymount University Dance Theater(LMUDT) in Strub Theater at Loyola Marymount University on April 23-26 2008. These artists have created pieces ranging from the abstract and contemporary to commercial hip-hop, while remaining united by their exploration of physicality, virtuosity, and personal expression. Tickets: $10 general admission $5 student with valid ID. Box Office: (310) 338-7588 more...

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:23:46 -0500

Jeremy Sher

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Saturdays, May 3-24, 2:30-4:30pm Followed by a Community Practice 4:30-5:30pm$100, $85 with a non-refundable payment by April 14

Suzuki is a powerful physical training technique drawing from ballet, martial arts, Kabuki and other disciplines. Focusing on breath, the center and the lower body, with stomping, slow movement and explosive gestures, Suzuki brings attention to the voice and its connection to the body. No prior Suzuki experience required. Each session will be followed by an hour-long community practice open to workshop participants as well as artists with prior Suzuki Training. Jeremy Sher is a professional actor in Chicago, who has trained in Suzuki for over nine years around the country and overseas. more...

Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:16:06 -0500
Julie Mayo/Dim Sum Dance Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique Mondays, May 5-26, 6:30-8:30pm $48 for the series, $15 drop-in Skinner Releasing Technique™ is a pioneering approach to dancing that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing tension and habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, powerfully, and articulately. Through guided imagery, music, and hands-on partner studies, the practice facilitates a deep kinesthetic experience of movement, and allows the individual to proceed at their own pace. Open to all. Julie Mayo is Artistic Director of contemporary dance company Dim Sum Dance and a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique™. www.dimsumdance.org For more information or to register for the workshop contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago.

Gothic/Rock Tribal Fusion Bellydance

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:39:37 -0500

Gothic/Rock Tribal Fusion Bellydance @ addison and elston

.This is a tribal fusion class that will build upon your basic belly dance knowledge, both cabaret and tribal, & express this vocabulary through rock and gothic influenced music. Concentrating on posture, we will explore arm movement, shimmies, undulations, locks and other Oriental dance techniques. A focus on expression, composure, and all around 'bad girl attitude' will be incorporated into slow movements, appearing to be "swimming through honey". But we will not leave out the lightning fast sudden movements that will make your heart quicken! You will learn a repertoire of spooky/bad girl combinations, breakdowns of more...

HPAC Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

CAR_Barbara — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:11:51 -0500
Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

Muller Meeting Room
Monday, June 9, 2008
6:00 pm

Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman are our featured TalkingPoint artists for June! Come down to the Art Center for a chance to listen, discuss, and learn from an exciting and growing community of creative individuals more...

KO Enterprises

CAR_Alpha — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:06 -0500
KO Enterprises is a private label garment production and retail facility, located in Chicago's former garment manufacturing neighborhood and the UE union hall. Frau Fiber, textile worker and activist will mimic the human expenditure of apparel production, performing the labor of disassembly garment construction of a white-collar uniform. KO Enterprises, White-collar shirt knock off instruction @ the Sewing Rebellion. Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave. Red Line Morse Stop. Sunday May 18, 12-4pm. Check Web site for hours of operation, and locations. more...

yoga

karenfaith — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:07 -0500
Karen Faith leads a yoga class for relatively normal people with artistic, spiritual or stress-related curiousities. Wednesdays 7-8:30pm, Sundays 11-12:30am. www.tsubochicago.com $15. 1821 W Hubbard, suite 201.

Links Hall E Weekly: #275

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:06 -0500
A weekly guide to happenings at Links Hall and in the performance community. May 14, 2008 more...

Doug Post's NYC

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:45:51 -0500

In this issue

:: Performances this week

:: Dancers needed

:: Grants, Space Grants, Fellowships & Residencies

:: Upcoming performances

:: Welcome back, Free Advice!

:: Artist Housing Needed

more...

Flamenco Classes at NIU

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:06:04 -0500

In residence at Northeastern Illinois University

Dame Libby Komaiko, Founder & Artistic Director more...

Hello, Bye-Bye

Virtualartist — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:53:11 -0500
Hello, Bye-Bye
May 16 through June 13, 2008
Opening Reception:
Friday, May 16 from 7 to 10 pm
"Hello, Bye-Bye" is a group exhibition that features photography, painting, ceramics, drawings, installation, film and video by the members of Taiwanese Student Association (TSA) who study at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). more...

"Everyday People" at Estudiotres

rbondgren — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:35:19 -0500
Estudiotres gallery, 5205 N. Clark Street, is proud to present "Everyday People" curated by David Getsy and Rob Bondgren. This LGBT themed exhibition features artists who address some of the ways that sex, gender, lust, love, life, fantasy, revulsion, and survival get worked out in the banal, the simple, and the everyday. This exhibition includes local artists Brooke Barnett, Sean Fader, and Doug Ischar as well as Jared Buckhiester from Brooklyn and Molly Landreth from Seattle. Estudiotres will host an opening reception for the public on Saturday, May 17, 2008 from 6:00-10:00p.m. www.estudiotres.com/gallery

Links Hall Community Discussion Events May 18 & June 29 - Participate and Earn Free Tickets!

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:23:22 -0500
Links Hall Community Discussion Events May 18 & June 29 - Participate and Earn Free Tickets! Join Links Hall volunteer Jennifer Harris in a discussion about Links Hall and the arts community. Share your opinions and ideas about Links Hall and your needs and interests as members of our community. Enjoy refreshments and lively interaction with artists and audience members.

No Links Hall staff or Board Members will be present; discussion will remain anonymous.
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Parsons Dance Summer Intensive

CAR_Rachel — Sun, 18 May 2008 11:26:19 -0500

Parsons Dance Summer Intensive
Please see website for more information.
Marymount Manhattan College
221 E 71st St, New York, NY, 10021
http://www.parsonsdance.org/cms/Summer_Intensive.p..

Parsons Dance
Summer Intensive 2008

WHEN: May 19-May 31, 2008
WHERE: Marymount Manhattan College more...

WIFC Executlive Breakfast Series- Sex and Media

WIFChicago — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:39:38 -0500

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 WIFC Executive Breakfast Series.

Topic: Sex and Media. Women In Film Chicago hosts this breakfast discussion focusing on the implications of sexual imagery in media and advertising. What effect do advertisements have on women as consumers and how is society being shaped as a result? Who defines what is beautiful and how is this reflected in the world of film and advertising?

Location: Grand Lux Cafe, 600 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, 8:00am-10:00am. WIFC members $40.00, Non-members $50.00. For more info visit www.wifchicago.org and RSVP: rsvp@wifchicago.org more...

Off the Grid Ballet Class w. Asimina Chremos

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:30:26 -0500

Off the Grid Ballet Class

This ballet class, taught by Asimina on Wednesday mornings from 10:15am—11:45am at Chicago Moving Company/Hamlin Park Fieldhouse is turning out to be rigorous and fun. Participants express that they are enjoying the very structured nature of the technique itself. The class will continue throughout the summer, updated schedule coming soon. $10/class.
Information/registration: silverspacedance@gmail.com
Studio location: chicagomovingcompany.org more...

Classes at the Hamlin Park Fieldhouse (chicago moving company)

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:32:36 -0500
Fundamentals of Dance Technique Adults – Movement blends concepts from technical modern dance with eastern principals of yoga—to help dancers sing dynamically with their bodies and increase their conscious dancing.
Wednesdays, 6-7:30 pm.
Teacher: Nana Shineflug
Int/Advanced Modern Dance Adults – Shineflug is one of Chicago’s finest teachers; her technique classes focus on establishing a solid center/core of the body, then challenging it in new ways. Nana’s movement blends concepts from technical modern dance with eastern principals of yoga—to help dancers sing dynamically with their bodies and increase their conscious dancing. Live accompaniment by Barry Bennett, CMC composer-in-residence.
Fridays, 10:15 –11:45 am.. more...

CINEYOUTH FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT CELEBRATION!

cineyouthfestival1 — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:42:43 -0500
Friday, June 20, 2008 at 7PM, Film Row Cinema, Columbia College 1104 S. Wabash   The CineYouth Festival (formerly Future Filmmakers Festival) produced by Cinema/Chicago, the presenting organization of the 44th Chicago International Film Festival, will kick-off with an Opening Night Celebration on Friday June 20, 2008 at 7PM. more...

CINEYOUTH FESTIVAL PANEL & PERFORMANCE!

cineyouthfestival1 — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:48:12 -0500
Friday, June 20,2008  3PM-4PM, Louder Than a Bomb is a film about passion, competition, teamwork, and trust. It’s about the joy of being young, and the pain of growing up. more...

CineYouth Festival Green Screen & DIY Workshop!

cineyouthfestival1 — Wed, 21 May 2008 14:58:18 -0500

Saturday, June 21, 2008 3PM-4PM, Youth environmental activists from YAOTL join Open Youth Networks Director Mindy Faber to demonstrate how they are using new digital media networks and DIY participatory culture tools (blogs, googlemaps and social networking) to build awareness about environmental justice. The youth will screen their video, THE CLOUD FACTORY an official selection of CineYouth Festival. This film was funded by Adobe Youth Voices and Listen Up as part of the international TV series BEYOND GREEN. The audience will then contribute their own digital content to the Environmental Justice multimedia map.

Join us for this highly energized and hands-on skill share session! more...

Links Hall Summer Workshops and Performances

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:20:16 -0500
May Workshops
Saturdays, May 3-24, Jeremy Sher, Suzuki Method of Actor Training
Mondays, May 5-26, Julie Mayo/Dim Sum Dance, Skinner Release Technique

JUNE Performances
May 30-June 1 Matter of Reaction Movement Project
June 6-8 Same Planet Different World Dance more...

Leopold Group - open company classes at Galaxie studios

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:13:39 -0500

LEOPOLD GROUP OPEN COMPANY
CLASS more...

American Art American City Special Event - Henry Darger Room Collection Tour at Intuit

Chicago — Wed, 28 May 2008 12:05:06 -0500

Sign up at www.americanartamericancity.org for a chance to win invitations to a private curator-led tour of the Henry Darger Room Collection at Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art at 6 p.m. on Thursday, June 19.

This installation provides insight in to the art and interior world of reclusive visionary artist Henry Darger (1892-1973), internationally recognized for his enigmatic imagined world and prolific output including the world's longest graphic novel, The Story of the Vivian Girls in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal.

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art is located at 756 N. Milwaukee Avenue in Chicago.

Contest ends on June 12 at 5 p.m.

Winners will be notified by the end of the day on June 16. more...

American Art American City - A Chicago Celebration, Sponsored by the Terra Foundation for American Art

Chicago — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:44:46 -0500

AMERICAN ART AMERICAN CITY SUMMER PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS more...

Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form (Wilmette)

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:30:47 -0500

Every Saturday 9am-10am. To learn, practise and perform 73-step Yang style Tai Chi Fan Form which looks like a beautiful fan dance when performed to a traditional Chinese music.

Lee's Tai Chi Hapkido Kendo School
3207 Lake Avenue, Unit 9B
Wilmette, IL 60091
(847) 920-9815
www.leethk.com

Ballet Classes with Natalie Rast at Rast Ballet

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:38:56 -0500
Rast Ballet & Dance Studio
1803 West Byron, Suite 201
Chicago, Illinois 60613
773/419.4487
info@rastballet.com
http://www.rastballet.com/class_schedule.html

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African Drum and Dance classes At Quennect 4

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:56:57 -0500
Beginners African Drum and Dance Classes (2416 W. North Ave.)
from craigslist chicago | general community search for "dance"

The weather is getting nice and people want to wear less! So come and workout with a great beginners drum & dance class. There are African Drum and Dance Classes at Quennect4 Studios located 2716 W. North Ave (Next to the Dollar Store). Classes are every Wednesday more...

Scottish Country Dancing in Evanston

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:11:27 -0500
Looking for something different? Looking to get out for an evening? How about Scottish Country Dancing? The Evanston Scottish Country dancers invite you to join them on Friday nights from 7:30 – 9:00 ish at the Winnetka Community House (620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka, IL)room 103. Frances Gillan has been instructing beginning and advanced dancers the strathspeys, reels, and jigs that she learned in Scotland for 40 years. No partner/experience necessary. more...

Justin Cooper: Thread

Gallery 400 — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:04:54 -0500
Thread offers Justin Cooper's first large-scale sculpture/installation, the exhibition is bookended with two performances featuring Cooper with Noelle Mason and Ross Moreno. The installation and performances will interact together intimately, like lovers, as well as ignore each other completely, like lovers. Meanwhile, several dichotomies will be pressed into service: temporality vs. permanence; abstraction vs. personification; audience vs. performer; speech vs. gesture; observed impossibility vs. unseen possibility; low profile vs. high body mass; hard factual accounting vs. ethereal hazy accounting; retention vs. loss; celestial chimes vs. terrestrial drums; object vs. space; cold equations vs. heartwarming pseudoscience; eye-witness account vs. eye-witness account; acting vs. re-acting; realistic expectation vs. idealistic projection; unexplained giant fur-covered paper bag vs. explained giant fur-covered paper bag etc... more...

Open Studio under the Cultural Center -- Mike Genovese

CAR_Barbara — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:29:22 -0500
Open Studio: Mike Genovese
Artist Michael Genovese will transplant his studio in the pedway of the
Chicago Cultural Center (May 1st -June 30th, 2008) as a second phase of his on-site interactive project realized at the Museum of
Contemporary Art Chicago earlier this year. Chicagoans in transit are invited into an artists' studio that welcomes interaction, collaboration, and contemplation. The general public is encouraged to partake in the process by carving their hopes and aspirations, complaints, or confessions onto designated plates of aluminum. The project intends to record a range of perspectives and culture native to Chicago through an art making practice. The collection of work will be exhibited in art galleries and institutions in various regions of the country, showing the unique and dynamic personality of Chicagoans and it's visitors. more...

Rhonda L. Gray Solo Exhibition "Color My Love"

CAR_Alpha — Wed, 07 May 2008 14:49:47 -0500
UIC African American Cultural Center coordinates formal and informal educational programs such as lecture series, visiting artists programs, and symposia. The objective in hosting monthly exhibits increases the opportunities for reciprocal service relationships between students and the African-American community of Chicago. more...

Zena Rommett seeks to contact her students

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 13:10:03 -0500
Zena Rommett wants to invite all her students for the past 60 years to a party to celebrate her new book. She also wants to include your experiences!  If you have worked with Zena, please contact her at CamilleRommett@Floor-Barre.org.
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Chicago Dance Supply- April/May Newsletter

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 14:24:58 -0500
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Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," & Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory"

anatgallery — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:22:50 -0500
Timea Tihanyi, "Two Spaces, One Body," fiber sculptures rendering abstract visual representations of the body tactile and sunstantial Christa Donner, "ExtraSensory," photos and works on paper re-envisioning anatomy to more accurately reflect the feeling of embodiment Free, public reception for the artists: Friday, May 2, from 5 to 8 pm Entire museum open for viewing Exhibitions run through July 18, 2008 Museum open Tuesday through Sunday from 10 am to 4 pm Regular museum admission: $9 for adults; $5 for students and seniors Tuesdays free more...

Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds

abreen — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:49:36 -0500

TOJO Gallery presents Cabinet of Curiosities: Images from Disparate Worlds, a group exhibition by Chicago-based artists Andrew Breen, Anders Johnson, Matt Kelly, and Amelia Kieras. Cabinet of Curiosities is a dynamic collection of images, including macrocosms and microcosms of real and imaginary worlds. The show opens Friday, May 2nd with an artist reception from 6 to 11 pm, and continues through May 31st.
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May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:20:02 -0500
May Classes at the Division Street Dance Loft
735 W. Division St. Chicago IL 60610- Studio #309

located at the SE corner of Division St. & Halsted
(call 773 895 4186 when you get there to buzz in)
for more info see: www.rtgdance.com or email: rachelthorne2@rtgdance.com

Tuesday Evenings: May 6, 13, 20 & 27
6:00-8pm
New Approaches to Modern Dance Tech.
Adv. beg./Intermediate level
Instructor: Rachel Thorne Germond* more...

National Arts Journalism Program: Panel Discussion on the Future of Public Arts Funding

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:34:17 -0500

PANEL DISCUSSION :
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC ARTS FUNDING?

http://www.najp.org/events/publicarts/or1.pdf

NAJP : Events : Panel Discussions : The Future of Public Arts Funding?

THE NATIONAL ARTS JOURNALISM PROGRAM SEEKS to improve the quality of arts and cultural journalism, as well as its prestige in American newsrooms. The extent to which journalism is probing or superficial, broadly engaging or exclusive, helps determine the level of public appreciation of the arts. more...

Los Angeles Dance Events

CAR_Rachel — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:56:26 -0500
Los Angeles Area Performances Courtesy of Dance Resource Center of Los Angeles "Met'a-mor'fo-sis" presenting an evening of new dance works created by the choreographers and dancers of Loyola Marymount University Dance Theater(LMUDT) in Strub Theater at Loyola Marymount University on April 23-26 2008. These artists have created pieces ranging from the abstract and contemporary to commercial hip-hop, while remaining united by their exploration of physicality, virtuosity, and personal expression. Tickets: $10 general admission $5 student with valid ID. Box Office: (310) 338-7588 more...

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:23:46 -0500

Jeremy Sher

Suzuki Method of Actor Training

Saturdays, May 3-24, 2:30-4:30pm Followed by a Community Practice 4:30-5:30pm$100, $85 with a non-refundable payment by April 14

Suzuki is a powerful physical training technique drawing from ballet, martial arts, Kabuki and other disciplines. Focusing on breath, the center and the lower body, with stomping, slow movement and explosive gestures, Suzuki brings attention to the voice and its connection to the body. No prior Suzuki experience required. Each session will be followed by an hour-long community practice open to workshop participants as well as artists with prior Suzuki Training. Jeremy Sher is a professional actor in Chicago, who has trained in Suzuki for over nine years around the country and overseas. more...

Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique

Links Hall Educational Programming — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 20:16:06 -0500
Julie Mayo/Dim Sum Dance Intro Series in Skinner Releasing Technique Mondays, May 5-26, 6:30-8:30pm $48 for the series, $15 drop-in Skinner Releasing Technique™ is a pioneering approach to dancing that has evolved from the simple principle that when we are releasing tension and habitual holding patterns we can move more freely, powerfully, and articulately. Through guided imagery, music, and hands-on partner studies, the practice facilitates a deep kinesthetic experience of movement, and allows the individual to proceed at their own pace. Open to all. Julie Mayo is Artistic Director of contemporary dance company Dim Sum Dance and a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique™. www.dimsumdance.org For more information or to register for the workshop contact Erica at 773.281.0824 or emott@linkshall.org Links Hall is located at 3435 N. Sheffield Avenue, Chicago.

HPAC Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

CAR_Barbara — Wed, 28 May 2008 18:11:51 -0500
Talkingpoint: Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman

Muller Meeting Room
Monday, June 9, 2008
6:00 pm

Phyllis Bramson and Judith Geichman are our featured TalkingPoint artists for June! Come down to the Art Center for a chance to listen, discuss, and learn from an exciting and growing community of creative individuals more...

KO Enterprises

CAR_Alpha — Sun, 11 May 2008 13:08:06 -0500
KO Enterprises is a private label garment production and retail facility, located in Chicago's former garment manufacturing neighborhood and the UE union hall. Frau Fiber, textile worker and activist will mimic the human expenditure of apparel production, performing the labor of disassembly garment construction of a white-collar uniform. KO Enterprises, White-collar shirt knock off instruction @ the Sewing Rebellion. Mess Hall, 6932 North Glenwood Ave. Red Line Morse Stop. Sunday May 18, 12-4pm. Check Web site for hours of operation, and locations. more...

yoga

karenfaith — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:13:07 -0500
Karen Faith leads a yoga class for relatively normal people with artistic, spiritual or stress-related curiousities. Wednesdays 7-8:30pm, Sundays 11-12:30am. www.tsubochicago.com $15. 1821 W Hubbard, suite 201.

Links Hall E Weekly: #275

CAR_Rachel — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:55:06 -0500
A weekly guide to happenings at Links Hall and in the performance community. May 14, 2008 more...