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Onion Events Newsletter - Chicago [April 29 - May 5]
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| CHICAGO | Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Monday, May 5, 2008 | |
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| Tuesday, April 29 6 p.m. |
Chicago Review Press' Del Close Discussion at The Second City | |
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In honor of Kim "Howard" Johnson's recent Del Close biography, The Funniest One In The Room: The Lives And Legends Of Del Close, the Chicago Review Press is having a panel of speakers discuss the improv legend's life and work. Tim Kazurinsky (Saturday Night Live), Joyce Sloane (Second City producer emeritus), improviser Michael Gellman, and Andrew Alexander (Second City proprietor and executive
producer) are all scheduled to appear--and there will be a performance of an unfinished, previously unperformed one-act written by Close. There will also be a cash bar and copies of The Funniest One In The Room available for sale.
The Second City Theatre (Second Floor of Piper's Alley) |
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| Thursday, May 1 8 p.m. |
Under New Management Party at Bowman's | |
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To celebrate its new management, North Center restaurant Bowman's is throwing a party with a hosted bar, which kicks off at 8
p.m. With an emphasis on bar food, the joint is well-suited to kick back and watch one of five flat-screen TVs or lounge on the sizable patio (weather-willing). Oh, and what party would be complete without a Frank Sinatra impersonator? Arty Fitzgerald gets the night rolling, and $3 Mad Croc bombs
keep it going. Email promotions@theonion.com with "Bowmans" in the subject line for your chance to win a $25 gift certificate. Bowman's | |
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| Saturday, May 3 12 p.m. |
Beer On The Pier 3 Festival | |
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Beer on the Pier 3, Chicago's largest beer festival, returns this Saturday, May 3. As usual, there will be great beer, music,
and metric tons of giveaways. Beer tasting is unlimited as long as you sample responsibly. Check out www.beeronthepier.com for more information. Session 1: 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Session 2: 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Tickets and more information are available online at www.beeronthepier.com. Navy Pier, Festival Hall A |
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| May 3 through May 10 2008 |
Chicago Humanities Festival: Twilight | |
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In a five-night best-of Chicago Humanities Festival--a festival it dubiously bills as "big as your imagination"--the organization presents an array of varied performers and events, emerging and established alike. Highlights
include musical sculptors and acrobats Lelavsion, indie singer-songwriter/occasional The Microphones contributor Mirah with multimedia outfit Spectratone International, Italian interactive multimedia dance troupes Teatro di Piazza D'Occasione, and a remounting of Teatro Luna?s short play Surface
Day, originally commissioned for the 2007 Humanities Festival. Festival venues include Adventure Stage Chicago in Wicker Park, the Victory Gardens Greenhouse Theater in Lincoln Park, and the Kennicott Park Field House in Hyde Park. To view a complete list of program and to purchase tickets visit www.chfestival.org or call 312-494-9509, Monday though Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tickets are FREE for students, teachers, and children 17 and under. $5 in advance; $10 at the door. | |
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| Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays | MOVIE NIGHT AT DELILAH'S: The Harder They Come, Moon Shine County Express, and Dracula's Daughter | |
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On Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in April Delilah's screens music-related movies, with a regular schedule of unusual titles. Tuesday's movie
is The Harder They Come. In this 1972 music industry-inspired flick, Jimmy Cliff plays Ivan, a renegade songwriter from the Jamaican boondocks comes to the big city to hit it big. Instead, he's ripped off, beaten up, and turns to dealing dope before he finally sells a song for $20. But
rather than finding success, he instead runs into problem after problem. Saturday's 6 p.m. feature is 1977's Moonshine County Express. When a bootlegger is killed by a rival syndicate, his three daughters decide to take up the family business--and they've got a secret weapon: their father's secret stash of Prohibition-era whiskey. Sundays at 6 p.m. in May, Delilah's will be screening female-vampire classics. This Sunday's feature is Dracula's Daughter. Picking up where Bram Stoker's Dracula left off, Dr. Van Helsing is arrested for murder, while the beautiful and mysterious Countess Zaleska appears in London to visit Dr. Garth, Von Helsing's psychiatrist. Suddenly, she's gone and so is Dr. Garth's fianc?e. Will they find the missing pair before the third sequel is written? Stop by for $3.50 Tito's vodka drinks all night. Delilah's |
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| Friday, May 2 10 p.m. |
Lacona at The Hideout | |
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If Chicago's bountiful music scene were smaller, a group like Lacona would probably get noticed more quickly. That's not to say
the trio is toiling in anonymity, but its lush, orchestral indie rock warrants a higher standing. Maybe this year's Pantomime will help the cause. It's an epic collection of songs that recalls Interpol, minus the grandiose showiness. After the breakup of one-time indie-cult favorites 12 Rods
in 2004, founding brothers Ev and Ryan Olcott amicably went their separate ways. Ev now plays keyboards in Halloween, Alaska, while Ryan splits time between the solo circuit-bending project Food Team and the trio Mystery Palace, which finds him exploring similarly vaporous digital terrain. After gearing up in 2006 with a live EP and a single, Palace signed with Milwaukee-based Zod Records for its debut full-length, the ethereally electronic Flags Forward. Check out Lacona on iTunes!  Email promotions@theonion.com with "Lacona" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. The Hideout | |
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| Sunday, May 4 8:30p.m. |
The Night Marchers at Schubas | |
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From Pitchfork and Drive Like Jehu to Rocket From The Crypt and Hot Snakes, John Reis' bands have proven he knows his way around a tightly wound, abrasively catchy riff. His new project, The Night Marchers, offers few surprises for longtime fans: Falling exactly between Rocket and Hot Snakes, the band's debut, See You In Magic, is a bare-bones and gruffly propulsive slab of rock with
hints of post-punk and garage--not to mention Reis' distinctive snarl and showmanship. Old fans might find the formula growing slightly tired, but Reis embarking on his third decade as a musician with plenty of hard-won cred and a new handful of comfort-food rock anthems is noteworthy in and of
itself. Opening: The Red Eyed Legends, The Muslims. Check out The Night Marchers on iTunes! Email promotions@theonion.com with "The Night Marchers" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. Schubas |
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| Monday, May 5 8 p.m. |
Tokyo Police Club at Metro | |
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It?s a little late to be blatantly aping The Strokes, but there's something about Canadian outfit Tokyo Police Club's sketchy,
sloshed take on choppy indie-rock that makes one wish this was the direction Casablancas and crew took after their 2001 debut. Not even lyrics about microchips and robots can dilute the appealing dementia of Tokyo Police Club's sound. It's inviting enough to have landed the band a deal with hip
Nebraska indie label Saddle Creek, which just put out Tokyo Police Club?s full-length debut Elephant Shell. Opening band Smoosh has released two albums, played with Pearl Jam, and done way more as
young teenagers than most bands ever do--and all with surprisingly mature songs that bring to mind the likes of Quasi and Bis. Opening: Maps And Atlases. Check out Tokyo Police Club on iTunes! Email promotions@theonion.com with "Tokyo Police Club" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. Metro |
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| Friday, May 9 10 p.m. |
The Saps at Morseland | |
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The Saps take first place in the disparate-influences contest, citing Slayer, The Flaming Lips, and Otis Redding, but the jangly
pop of the 2006's C?mon Already--Start A Fire owes the most sonic debt to the Lips. However, The Saps inject that jangle with a little twang and dreamy, Shins-esque interludes. Start A Fire is the group?s poppiest yet, but the shift in direction suits The Saps well. Opening: Elephant Gun. Check out The Saps on iTunes! Email promotions@theonion.com with "The Saps" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. Morseland |
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| Saturday, May 10 8 p.m. |
Colin Hay at Lakeshore Theater | |
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As the perpetually grinning singer for Men At Work, Colin Hay brought the world "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under," infectious
pop songs that were clearly influenced by the well-mined ore of new wave, jazz, and reggae, yet sounded unlike anything released before or since. Hay?s post-hits career has been low-key--"I Just Don?t Think I?ll Ever Get Over You" from the Garden State soundtrack is one footnote--but the old
hits have aged surprisingly well. This year's Are You Lookin' At Me? finds a still-creative Hay unafraid to take a few risks in his later years, and a voice that still proves impossible to forget. Check out Colin Hay on iTunes! Click here for tickets. Email promotions@theonion.com with "Colin Hay" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. Lakeshore Theater |
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| Thursday, May 22 |
Stone Temple Pilots at Charter One Pavilion | |
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Despite making two of the most durable grunge-era albums (1994's Purple and 1996's Tiny Music...Songs From The Vatican Gift Shop), Stone Temple Pilots are not yet recognized as one of the best mainstream rock bands of their era. They were an easy target for everything to do with the most annoyingly cred-conscious periods in the history of mainstream rock, and eventually broke up in 2003. And yet, like so
many other bands these days, STP (which originally stood for Shirley Temple's Pussy) has announced a presumably lucrative reunion tour. If you missed "Interstate Love Song" the first time around, this is your chance. Check out Stone Temple Pilots on iTunes! Tickets available at the Charter One Pavilion box office, all Ticketmaster Outlets, online at www.LiveNation.com, or charge by phone at 312-559-1212. Email promotions@theonion.com with "Stone Temple Pilots" in the subject line for your chance to win a pair of tickets from your friends at The Onion. Charter One Pavilion at Northerly Island | |
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