Agenda Calendar
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The music industry is notorious for chewing up artists and spitting them out—starting a band rates pretty low as a career decision. That’s why bands built on friendship, fun, and love of the craft often last the longest. »
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In the duo Cleared, multi-instrumentalist Michael Vallera launches surges of jagged guitar chords and looming electronic fog banks against Steven Hess’s unyielding drumbeats. In solo settings Vallera sticks to an electric guitar and pedals, but his music hardly sounds limited; without another player to establish a rhythm or set boundaries, he stirs up masses of sound that feel as big as weather systems. »
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Seven local food enthusiasts are participating in a spoken-word series titled Eat This! Stories for the Love of Food. »
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To celebrate the release of MAKE's latest issue, which centers on the theme of "architectural" and features new work from Chris Wiewiora and Paul Pedroza, local comedian Adam Burke hosts a Q and A session with the City of Chicago’s Official Cultural Historian, Tim Samuelson. Also slated to appear is poet Ted Mathys and Reader contributor Tovah Burstein.
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It’s no longer unusual for a classical group to have a name that doesn’t include a word like “quartet” or “ensemble,” or for it to focus on new compositions or on music that draws on pop, jazz, electronica, and the like. All of which means New York string quartet Brooklyn Rider isn’t an oddity these days—but it’s one of the best of this new generation. »
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This city has a long, pretty romantic history with hip-hop. Celebrate the genre's past and future in Chicago at the fifth annual Winter Block Party for Hip Hop Arts, a day of dance battles, poetry slams, and a screening of Benji, the heart-wrenching documentary about Simeon basketball star Ben Wilson's 1984 murder. »
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Cinephiles and audiophiles alike ought to check out the Music-About-Film & Film-About-Music Show, an event hosted by Hopscotch Cinema in which film artist and cellist Tatsu Aoki and professor Lori Felker illustrate the unique properties the two disciplines share. Additionally, four 16mm short films directed by art-rock band the Residents will screen, while our own Ben Sachs teams up with Edward Crouse to form what's likely the world's first film-critic band—the two will perform "pop songs about films and film directors" under the name Farewell Scarlet.
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Second City's 100th revue.
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If their aim was to capitalize on burned-out Record Store Day shoppers, Dusty Groove and Maria's have timed the launch of their "Diggin' Dusties" series perfectly. Peruse DG's new releases in the comfort of your own drunkenness days after wrestling that greedy asshole for the last Lana Del Rey single. »
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As Cross Record, Chicagoan Emily Cross tiptoes along the line between experimental ambient drone and soft-spoken acoustic indie folk—assuming there’s a line there in the first place. Though the south Florida transplant has a delicate, soulful voice that most singer-songwriters would sell their Martin guitars for, her ambition makes her much more than just another ignorable cafe strummer: she often contorts and layers her singing to create a dark, tense atmosphere that’s more likely to elicit a chill down the spine than a gentle sway of the hips. »
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William S. Burroughs: Movie Star is an evening dedicated to the screen presence of the noted Beat Generation writer. Film writer and Burroughs expert Graham Rae joins the Psychotronic Film Society for an evening that will feature two rarely screened films: Towers Open Fire, which Burroughs made in collaboration with English director Anthony Balch, and Burroughs: the Movie, a documentary directed by poet John Giorno.
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The inimitable movie rental store hosts this monthly film screening. January's edition features the 1973 Senegalese drama film, Touki Bouki.
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Second City's 100th revue.
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To celebrate the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Dusable Museum of African American History hosts its annual celebration of his life and accomplishments. There will be dance performances, films, and poetry readings to commemorate not only King's legacy, but the many others who took part in the civil and human rights movement. »
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A showcase.
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Local rappers duke it out for a spot to open for the venerable Wu-Tang member at during his headlining show at the Double Door.
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Take a ride with Polkaholics, as they bike from the Daley Plaza to Habetler Bowl for an evening of 10-pin and commiseration.
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A storytelling series featuring tales that are just too crazy, they must be true. Scheduled to appear are Rebecca Anderson, Parker Stockman, and Cyn Vargas.
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Queens rapper and former chef Action Bronson spent most of last year supporting Blue Chips, a Reebok-sponsored mixtape cut with Brooklyn producer Party Supplies. It was one of the most celebrated rap releases of 2012—the Reader’s Miles Raymer praised its boldly sloppy subversion of NYC hip-hop—and a wave of year-end best-of roundups that mentioned it began right around the same time Bronson released the Alchemist-produced mixtape Rare Chandeliers (Vice/Warner). »
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