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Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesJoin CHIRP for Sarah Morris at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Tuesday November 19th
The city of Chicago has always been a rich subject for artists and thinkers. It’s the kind of city that’s not only a great place to create ideas, but is also an idea in itself, the kind of muse that gets people thinking about the nature of urban living and how mankind interacts with the natural and artificial world. CHIRP is pleased to help present the latest installment of this ongoing conversation on Tuesday, November 19th, when the Museum of Contemporary Art hosts a preview screening of Chicago, a new project from artist and film maker Sarah Morris. Senior Curator Dieter Roelstraete will host a discussion with Morris following the film.
Morris, who lives in New York and London, has a truly international influence, having had solo shows across continental Europe and in the US. Her work focuses not only on the images, but the meanings behind their compositions and their relations to each other. Socio-political themes are often brought to the surface from her work, as well s the underlying psychology of the people who build cities and live in them.
Morris’ work will be part of the MCA’s new exhibit City Self, which explores the different ways that artists, both local and from elsewhere, look at and interpret the city of Chicago. The exhibit will be on display from November 29th 2013 to April 13, 2014. The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 220 E Chicago Avenue in Chicago.
Mike Bennett writesFriday iPod/MP3 Shuffle—Happy Birthday Frida Edition
Alex D writesIn Concert: Widowspeak and Pure Bathing Culture at Schubas (10/31/13)
If one had simply attended any other stop on Widowspeak and Pure Bathing Culture’s national tour throughout the last month, he or she might have experienced something similar to what he or she expected: dancing, general entertainment, and good music by talented musicians who have been categorized in one’s mind as “two bands I like”.
Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesWeekly Voyages: Friday November 15 to Thursday November 21
Weekly Voyages is CHIRP Radio's listing of concerts in Chicago at select venues. Information about tickets can be obtained from the venues' Web sites. (Do you have corrections or updates for this list? Send us an e-mail.)
Friday November 15
Baile de las Calaveras featuring Grupo Charangueo
Abbey Pub 21+
Slayer
Aragon Ballroom
The Business, The Stand Alones, Brick Assassin
Beat Kitchen 9pm
Knapsack
Bottom Lounge 8pm
Lady, Soul Summit DJs Sloppy White, Dave Mata, & Duke Grip
Double Door 9pm, 21+
Sheriff Scabs, Sunday Movers, the REUNION, The Outliars
Elbo Room 8:30pm, 21+
The Hoyle Brothers
Empty Bottle 5:30pm, 21+
Kyle Whelliston writesJoin CHIRP for Kelly Hogan and Mark Eitzel at the Old Town School on Thursday, November 14!
CHIRP is overwhelmingly pleased to welcome Kelly Hogan and Mark Eitzel to the Old Town School of Music on Thursday, November 14. The show will be held at the Gary and Laura Maurer Concert Hall (the one on the western side of Lincoln Avenue), and will begin promptly at 8 pm.
Mark Eitzel, "America's greatest living lyricist" according to London's The Guardian newspaper, has been active since 1980 and first came to prominence as the leader of American Music Club, a group that peaked with aching slowcore classics Mercury and San Francisco in the early 1990s. During a decade-long AMC hiatus, Mr. Eitzel built up a solo career with relentless touring and collaborations with members of Sonic Youth, Yo La Tengo and the Arcade Fire.