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Flosstradamus Live at the Abbey Pub 4/20/2009
Princeton Laptop Orchestra Comes to Town for Show
By Jennifer Hummke On Thursday, April 16th, the MacArthur Foundation is bringing an innovative ensemble of laptop musicians — the Princeton Laptop Orchestra — to Chicago to perform at the Newberry Library (performance starts at 6:30 p.m.) Seven laptopists will be performing — each with a laptop and custom designed hemispherical speaker that emulates...
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Chicago Opera Vanguard Tries Crowdsourcing to Attract New Patrons
Image by ginja_ninja via Flickr Did you like V for Vendetta? Maybe its time for you to try opera. Chicago Opera Vanguardthinks that a punk opera during an economic recession can be financed in part by graffiti. Virtual graffiti, that is. Visiting www.chicagovanguard.org (COV) their “wall” let’s anyone become an opera patron – and...
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Hip-Hop Lyrics By: Lucia A. Crespo
< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = “urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office” ?> Lucia A. Crespo 11/8/08 Lyrics Hip-hop listener Adrien Acevedo likes the new trend in lyrics toward less tough talk and more positive images of real life. “It’s not all about sex or money, but about dreams that people want to accomplish,”...
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No Money for African Adventure? Enjoy a “Staycation” at Nuah Woo in Washington Park
The African Festival of the Arts runs over Labor Day weekend August 29 – September 1 in Washington Park located at 5100 S. Cottage Grove. It is presented by Africa International House and Chrysler Financial. This is not the racetrack, Washington Park, but one of Chicago’s legacy of grand parks. There is plenty of...
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Maxwell Street’s Little Violinist
by Rebecca Michauda August 12, 2008 – Mariachi music from Mexican radio stations blare from the vendors’ car speakers. The Customers of Maxwell Street The Family of Maxwell Street The Music of Maxwell Street The History of Maxwell Street Market The big blue van at the edge of the market on Canal and Roosevelt...
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Chicago’s Home of Folk Music
by Katie Fanuko. August 1, 2008 – It all started with Win Stracke‘s hunch. What began as informal jam sessions in a living room, became the nationally recognized Old Town School of Folk Music. Stracke created the school in 1957 to satisfy Chicago’s growing appetite for folk music. The school was unique in the...
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