Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
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“Promiscuous Code,” “This Was Supposed to Help,” and the rest of your weekend in visual arts
Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
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A fried-chicken-eating contest and more food and drink events this week:
A Templeton Rye documentary, The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats, a survivalist’s supper, and more.
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Pre-Thanksgiving soul with Harvey Scales
Soul DJ and label owner John Ciba hosts a pre-Thanksgiving soul night Wednesday at the Darkroom with Milwaukee’s Harvey Scales.
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Soundboard: June 30-July 6
White Fence, Fucked Up, Hex Machine, Devin Townsend Project and other notable shows
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
A Blackbird dinner, an Italian Easter feast, an Earth Day party, and more.
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Bicycle Film Festival
The Bicycle Film Festival Chicago hosts screenings Friday 2/25 and Saturday 2/26, with parties at Beauty Bar, the Viaduct and Darkroom starting Thursday 2/24.
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The Reader’s Guide to the World Music Festival Chicago 2010: Friday, September 24
Noon | Claudia Cassidy Theater Pansori Brecht Though playwright Bertolt Brecht captured his place and time (Europe between the world wars) with incisive, biting detail, his works are nearly as adaptable as Shakespeare’s and have been transposed into other contexts with great success. Pansori is a Korean musical and theatrical tradition that relies to a […]
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Rita J Finally Drops Her Debut
After two years of delays, Chicago native Rita J releases “Artist Workshop,” and it’s worth the wait.
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10/18 — Free Screening of “Proven”
10/18 — “Proven” screens at Chicago Filmmakers, followed by an after party at the Darkroom
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The “Soul” of Mayer Hawthorne
Hip-hop kid Mayer Hawthorne re-creates the sound of Motown but forgets the soul.
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Captive Audience release party
Local writer Dave Reidy celebrates the release of his debut story collection, Captive Audience, with a party on Saturday, June 27, from 7 to 9:30 PM at the Darkroom, 2210 W. Chicago, 773-276-1411. 21+.
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Steinski at Darkroom 2/26
Producer and DJ Steinski–of “Lessons” fame–spins at Darkroom tonight (2/26).
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The Herbaliser gets bland
London downtempo artists the Herbaliser return to Chicago with a new but less interesting sound.