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Susan writesCHIRP Radio’s First Time Series Is Coming to Printers Row Lit Fest This Saturday

This will not be the first time that Freda Love Smith, Britt Julious, and Joe Meno, have shared personal stories with a CHIRP Radio First Time audience. These three have been dubbed Storytelling All Stars by the creators of the series. The producers are “super excited” about bringing them to the Printers Row audience.

The First Time dovetails personal storytelling with music played by The First Time Four band. The music is selected by the storytellers and is directly related to the story being told. The First Time Four band is a small versatile group comprising singer Steve Frisbie, drummer-singer Gerald Dowd, performer Liam Davis and keyboardist Scott Stevenson.

The First Time’s All Star line up of storytellers, with emcee Jenn Sodini, and The First Time Four band will appear June 10th, 4:15 – 5:00 p.m. at the Printers Row Lit Fest in the Jones College Prep. South Auditorium, 700 S. State Street. Free tickets are available here.

For more about The First Time see the First Time Web site. On July 12th The First Time will return to its regular home at Martyrs.

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of June 5)

Upcoming Events

• Tuesday, June 6: CHIRP Radio welcomes Urban Cone to Schubas
• Saturday, June 10: CHIRP Radio’s First Time series presents an ALL-STAR edition at the 33rd annual Printers Row Lit Fair in the South Loop
• Sunday, June 11: CHIRP Radio and Kickstand Productions present Nothing at Beat Kitchen

New Media

• Amanda Mayer talks to Arriver
• Amelia Hruby talks with Danielle Sines of Impulsive Hearts and Sophie Leigh of Fauvely
• First Time: First Test - Britt Julious
• Clarence Ewing and Kevin Fullam discuss the film Nightcrawler

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesTomorrow Is CHIRP NIght at the Whistler with O Paradiso and Blacker Face!

Coleslaw performing at CHIRP Night at the Whistler (March 2017)

Scotch the Filmmaker performing at CHIRP Night at the Whistler (March 2017)

The fourth Wednesday of the month is the time for CHIRP Night at The Whistler. Fantastic cocktails and fantastic music make for a great combination at this regular event. This month’s show is tomorrow night (5/24) and features Chicago bands O Paradiso and Blacker Face in performance. There is no cover for this 21 and over event, which starts around 8:30pm. See you there!

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRADIO (Week of May 22)

Upcoming Events

• Wednesday May 24: It’s CHIRP Night at The Whistler with O Paradiso and Blackerface
• Thursday, May 25: CHIRP Radio new volunteer orientation at Conrad Sulzer Regional Library

New Media

• Lee Gomez interviews Oathbreaker
• Clarence Ewing and Kevin Fullam explore Urban Dystopia in the Movies in this week’s The Fourth Wall

Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writes@CHIRPRadio (Week of May 8)

Upcoming Events

• Wednesday May 8: The next edition of CHIRP Factory Sessions goes live with a performance from Chicago group Air Credits. Don’t miss the premiere of this original performance at 10:00am Central Time!
• Thursday May 11: CHIRP Radio Family Fundraiser at the Logan Square Panera
• Thursday May 11: The CHIRP Radio Book Club meets at Transistor to discuss The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross

New Media

• Amanda Dabandons interviews local Hip Hop artist, actor and poet Mykele Deville
• Amanda Dabandons also interviews Crown Larks
• Shawna Kaiser posts pictures of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood then and now.
• Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society are In Rotation
• Kevin Fullam and Clarence Ewing discuss the movie The Lost City of Z and the nature of exploration in film

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