- Blogs, Bleader, May 17, 2013
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Rare Sun Ra sounds and images from Corbett vs. Dempsey
Corbett vs. Dempsey releases a new CD and book of Sun Ra-related brilliance.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 29, 2013
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Bassist and onetime Chicagoan Devin Hoff returns for April
A conversation with bassist Devin Hoff about his April residency in Chicago
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 10, 2012
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Homeroom's latest class: intro to jazz legend Sun Ra
Scholar, gallerist, and occasional Reader contributor present Sun Ra 101: Man From Saturn at the Hungry Brain on Tuesday
- Galleries & Museums, Art Critic's Choice, Oct 9, 2012
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Hebru Brantley visits planet America
The Afro-Futurist artist shows new work in "Brothers of the Robbing Hood"
- Blogs, Bleader, Oct 3, 2012
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12 O'Clock Track: Living by Lanterns, "Forget B"
A track from the dazzling debut of Living by Lanterns, aka Mike Reed's Sun Ra group from the 2011 Chicago Jazz Festival
- Music, The Secret History of Chicago Music, Jul 24, 2012
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The Secret History of Chicago Music: Malachi Favors
This avant-garde jazz bassist anchored the legendary Art Ensemble of Chicago for nearly 40 years.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 1, 2012
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Cauleen Smith's Sun Ra-inspired "A Star Is a Seed" at the MCA
A review of Cauleen Smith's "A Star Is a Seed"
- Blogs, Bleader, May 25, 2012
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Cauleen Smith, John Parot, and other arty stuff to do this weekend
Arty stuff to do this weekend
- Music, Three Beats, May 21, 2012
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Three Beats: A live Empty Bottle compilation gets a proper release party
Plus: Corbett vs. Dempsey sprouts a full-grown reissue label, and a Yakuza documentarian turns to Kickstarter after a decade of work
- Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
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Friday at SPACE: the new NRBQ doesn't miss a beat
Terry Adams brings a new NRBQ lineup worthy of the group's legacy to SPACE on Friday
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 2, 2012
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This week on the B Side
Bye-bye to Megaupload and some LA-bound Chicagoans, hello to new music from Calez and Rockie Fresh, and more
- Music, Gossip Wolf, Feb 2, 2012
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Gossip Wolf: Must be the burritos
Lindsay Powell of Fielded and Rand Sevilla of Sich Mang join the exodus to LA. Plus: Eternals front man Damon Locks launches an interstellar tribute to Sun Ra
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 17, 2010
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Celebrating Sun Ra
Corbett vs. Dempsey hosts a book-release celebration for Traveling the Spaceways: Sun Ra, the Astro Black and Other Solar Myths.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2010
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Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 5/18
Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 14, 2010
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Experimental Music in Chicago, Tonight and This Summer
Tonight at Heaven Gallery, TV Pow's Todd Carter debuts a new multichannel work using archival Sun Ra recordings; the Neon Marshmallow Festival, scheduled for August, announces its impressive lineup.
- Music, Music Feature, Mar 18, 2010
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Two Turntables, Hold the Microphone
Five new online mixes chart the evolution of the hip-hop beat into a freestanding art form.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 22, 2009
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Sun Ra's Chicago days--in Philadelphia
"Pathways to Unknown Worlds," the knockout exhibition of Sun Ra art and ephemera that debuted here in 2006, opens Thursday at the ICA in Phillly.
- Blogs, Bleader, Jan 9, 2009
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Alk of the town
Chicago Film Archives presents a series on Chicago filmmaker Howard Alk.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 14, 2008
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Phil Cohran's living legacy
Chicago fixture Phil Cohran pays tribute to his first great mentor, Sun Ra, but his sons may steal the show.
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 9, 2006
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Ra's musical (and political) legacy
The son of Sun Ra saxophonist Pat Patrick is elected governor of Massachusetts
