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Deadline Projects Presents: Electric	Event Type: Opening Event Type: Exhibit Saturday, November 15, 2008 6:00pm - 11:00pm Exploring the dialogue between art and energy, Deadline Projects presents Electric, a one-night-only multimedia art exhibition at Happy Dog Gallery located in the heart of Wicker Park. Participating local artists display new works in painting, photography, sculpture, stencil, collage, and video in an event designed to stimulate their audience. Electric is free and opens to the public on Saturday, November 15th, from 6pm to 11pm. Live music will be provided by Moment Sound. more... Event Location Venue: Happy Dog Gallery Address: 1542 N Milwaukee, 2nd Floor Chicago, IL 60622 Google Map Neighborhood: Wicker Park
Jatin Das - Presentation and Discussion with Renowned Indian Artist	Event Type: Lecture Monday, July 28, 2008 6:00pm - 7:30pm The University of Chicago Center for International Studies and the South Asia Language and Area Center, in conjunction with the Around the Coyote Gallery present: A Presentation and Discussion with renowned Indian artist... Jatin Das http://jatindas.com/ Date: Monday, July 28, 2008 Time: 6pm to 7:30pm FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC Location: Around the Coyote Gallery [1935 1/2 W. North Ave., Chicago, IL 60622] more... Event Location Venue: Around the Coyote Gallery Address: 1935 1/2 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60622 Google Map Neighborhood: Wicker Park
FREE Legal Advice for Businesses and Nonprofits!	Event Type: Workshop Saturday, July 12, 2008 9:30am Attorneys from Caterpillar Inc. and the law firm of Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold are staffing a free legal clinic on Saturday, July 12th at their offices at 9:30 a.m. in downtown Chicago. You will have the opportunity to meet individually with an attorney to discuss a specific legal issue or to receive general advice. The issues should not involve litigation or an existing dispute, but rather "transactional" matters such as personnel/employment issues, real estate, bylaws, or corporate management. The clinic will run for approximately four hours and will include lunch. If you would like to meet with an attorney please contact cedlp@cedlp.org Event Location Venue: Chicago Neighborhood: Loop
Friday Gallery Openings Guide	Event Type: Opening Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:32pm - Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:00am Hello Chicago artists! Every Thursday I put together a list of all the openings happening Friday of that week, organized by neighborhood. I started out doing this for myself, then started e-mailing it out to friends and colleagues. Given the positive reaction I've had, I would like to make it available to the wider Chicago arts community. If you would like to be added to the list to receive Friday gallery openings listings, drop me an email at wham_doodle@yahoo.com, titled ADD ME TO THE GALLERY CREWL LIST. Hope to see you all out there! -Steph Event Location Venue: Chicago galleries Neighborhood: West Loop
Hull House Soup Kitchen: FREE LUNCH and a chance to show off your artwork!	Event Type: Other Event Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:00pm Calling all ARTISTS (any discipline) for the next Soup Soapbox! Hull-House Kitchen: Rethinking Soup Every Tuesday Noon-1:30 Residents' Dining Hall 800 S. Halsted St. Topic of the day: Soup Soapbox on Art and Food Speakers of the day: Local artists concerned with food, production, labor, consumption, sensuality, and more... Artists: please RSVP to cath@uic.edu. Thanks! more... Event Location Venue: Jane Addams Hull-House Museum Dining Hall Address: 800 S Halsted Chicago, IL 60608 Google Map Neighborhood: University Village
A Humechanical Nightmare	Event Type: Performance Friday, May 23, 2008 8:00pm A giant mechanical dream machine pulls one hesitant dreamer deep within its works. Strange and beautiful movement, live music, all within one ever-shifting dream world. For more information, press, and photos, check out: lucidstreet.org ........................................................................................ "If the monsters from a zombie flick and a Stanley Kubrik film had a creepy baby, their kid would be A Humechanical Nightmare." -Laura Lodewyck, NBC5 Street Team "It was a mesmerizing act that not even a full force deluge could hope to undermine." -K. P. Dawes., Hoopleton Event Location Venue: Humboldt Park Address: 1301 n Humboldt Blvd Chicago, IL 60622 Google Map Neighborhood: Humboldt Park
Where Seeds Have Grown	Event Type: Class Sunday, May 18, 2008 2:00pm - 4:00pm Tuesday, May 20, 2008 5:30pm - 7:30pm 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... Event Location Venue: Silverspace Studio Neighborhood: Wicker Park
Lumetype Printmaking Lecture	Event Type: Lecture Wednesday, May 7, 2008 7:00pm The Lumetype lecture will be given by Caro d'Offay with a special introduction by our current exhibiting artist, Friedhard Kiekeben, Professor of Printmaking at Columbia College. This lecture will introduce you to the merging of science and art through this process that was discovered and patented by Caro d'Offay. After the lecture, at 8:00 p.m., a short hands-on workshop will be given by Caro for those who want to see the Lumetype process in action. The introductory workshop costs $25. Please RSVP for the lecture at in the Question/Comment here: http://www.carodoffaygallery.com/classes.cfm Event Location Venue: Caro d'Offay Gallery Address: 2204 W. North Ave Chicago, IL 60647 Google Map Neighborhood: Wicker Park